Roman Manliness
Subtitle: "Virtus" and the Roman Republic
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780521827881
Subjects: Interdisciplinary Studies; Men; History - General History; History; Virtue; History: World; Italy; Men's Studies - Masculinity; Ancient - Rome; Social History; History / General; Europe - Italy; Masculinity; Rome
First sentence: A basic and necessary premise for the theory that virtus had an intrinsically broad semantic field of reference is the contention that its very common meaning of courage, especially martial courage, was but one aspect of a wide-ranging concept.