Roman manliness
Subtitle: virtus and the Roman Republic
By: Myles McDonnell.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge ;  New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780521827881
Subjects: Men -- Rome.; Masculinity -- History.; Virtue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Virtus and early Latin pp. 26-27; title: Plautus and Roman comedy pp. 27-57; title: Early Latin inscriptions pp. 57-76; title: Early Latin epic, tragedy, and history pp. 76-87; title: M. Porcius Cato pp. 87-102; title: Virtus and martial courage in the Middle republic; title: Hellenization and jarethv pp. 123-181; title: Bilingualism and semantic calque pp. 123-145; title: Virtus and Fortuna pp. 145-164; title: Virtute deum pp. 165-181; title: Ajrethv and manly virtus pp. 182-244; title: Semantic borrowing and popular theater pp. 182-185; title: Virtus as human excellence pp. 185-190; title: Ethical virtus pp. 190-222; title: Virtus and the canonical "virtues" pp. 222-232; title: Virtus as a political value pp. 232-244; title: Visual representations of virtus pp. 246-272; title: Visualization of abstract concepts pp. 246-252; title: In ancient Rome; title: Virtus as the armed amazon pp. 252-256; title: Virtus and the mounted warrior pp. 256-264; title: The equestrian image in republican Rome pp. 264-272; title: The boundaries of manliness pp. 273-309; title: Virtus, slaves, and foreigners pp. 273-276; title: Virtus and women pp. 276-283; title: Virtus and sexuality pp. 283-287; title: Fatherhood, family, and wealth:; title: Virtus and private life pp. 288-295; title: Man and boy : patria potestas and virtus pp. 295-309; title: Manliness in republican Rome pp. 310-352; title: Teaching manliness pp. 310-317; title: Aristocrats and horses pp. 317-334; title: Institutional constraints on pp. 334-352; title: Displays of manliness; title: Divine virtus, m. Claudius Marcellus pp. 353-411; title: And Roman politics; title: Manliness and politics pp. 353-357; title: Abstract deities and divine virtus pp. 358-363; title: Virtus and honos pp. 363-391; title: Breaking the constraints pp. 391-403 Marcellus' successors pp. 403-411; title: Virtus contested pp. 412-488; title: The experience of war pp. 413-423; title: Equites equo publico pp. 423-439; title: Cultural change and hellenism pp. 440-449; title: The new man of virtus pp. 449-454; title: Marius and the gods pp. 454-460; title: Competing definitions of manliness pp. 460-484; title: Virtus and the legacy of Marius pp. 484-488; title: Virtus imperatoris pp. 489-533; title: Virtus in the late republic pp. 489-492; title: The virtus of Pompey pp. 492-500; title: Virtus and Caesar's commentaries pp. 500-533; title: Manliness redefined pp. 534-638; title: Virtus and the new man pp. 534-555; title: Imperator togatus; title: Cicero's claim to virtus pp. 556-595; title: Manliness redefined; title: -the dual nature pp. 595-638; title: Of virtus in sallust; title: Epilogue; title: Roman manliness and the principate pp. 639-646.