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Roman manliness : virtus and the Roman Republic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDonnell, Myles Anthony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Men > Rome.
Masculinity > History.
Virtue.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Virtus and early Latin pp. 12-16
  • Plautus and Roman comedy pp. 16-33
  • Early Latin inscriptions pp. 33-43
  • Early Latin epic, tragedy, and history pp. 44-50
  • M. Porcius Cato pp. 50-59
  • Virtus and martial courage in the Middle republic pp. 59-71
  • Hellenization and 'ApetÅ„ : semantic borrowing
  • Bilingualism and semantic calque pp. 72-84
  • Virtus and Fortuna pp. 84-95
  • Virtute deum pp. 95-104
  • 'ApetÅ„ and manly virtus
  • Semantic borrowing and popular theater pp. 105-107
  • Virtus as human excellence pp. 107-110
  • Ethical virtus pp. 110-128
  • Virtus and the canonical "virtues" pp. 128-134
  • Virtus as a political value pp. 134-141
  • Visual representations of virtus
  • Visualization of abstract concepts in ancient Rome pp. 142-146
  • Virtus as the armed amazon pp. 146-149
  • Virtus and the mounted warrior pp. 149-154
  • The equestrian image in republican Rome pp. 154-158
  • The boundaries of manliness
  • Virtus, slaves, and foreigners pp. 159-161
  • Virtus and women pp. 161-165
  • Virtus and sexuality pp. 165-168
  • Fatherhood, family, and wealth: virtus and private life pp. 168-173
  • Man and boy : patria potestas and virtus pp. 173-180
  • Manliness in republican Rome
  • Teaching manliness pp. 181-185
  • Aristocrats and horses pp. 185-195
  • Institutional constraints on displays of manliness pp. 195-205
  • Divine virtus, M. Claudius Marcellus and Roman politics
  • Manliness and politics pp. 206-209
  • Abstract deities and divine virtus pp. 209-212
  • Virtus and honos pp. 212-228
  • Breaking the constraints pp. 228-235
  • Marcellus' successors pp. 235-240
  • Virtus contested
  • The experience of war pp. 242-247
  • Equites equo publico pp. 248-258
  • Cultural change and hellenism pp. 259-265
  • The new man of virtus pp. 265-267
  • Marius and the gods pp. 267-271
  • Competing definitions of manliness pp. 271-290
  • Virtus and the legacy of Marius pp. 290-292
  • Virtus imperatoris
  • Virtus in the late republic pp. 293-295
  • The virtus of Pompey pp. 295-300
  • Virtus and Caesar's commentaries pp. 300-319
  • Manliness redefined
  • Virtus and the new man pp. 320-332
  • Imperator togatus : Cicero's claim to virtus pp. 332-355
  • The dual nature of virtus in Sallust pp. 356-384
  • Epilogue : Roman manliness and the principate pp. 385-389.