When Men were Men. Masculinity, Power and Identity in Classical Antiquity

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Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society VolumeS

WHEN MEN WERE MEN The history of classical antiquity is a history of men. We have been taught to see it as rhe history of Western civilizmion, not simply as " history: just one of the many strands of a broader past which makes us what we arc today. This volume questions the deep-set assumption that men's history speaks and has alwo~ys spoken for all of us. by exploring the story of chrs· sical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story. H'hen Men Were Merr covers a wide range of periods and plaL-es. from Archaic Greece through Classical Athens to Imperial Rome and Roman Egypt. It employs a variety of critical approaches and methodologies and focuses on a broad range of source material to examine masculinity in the classical world. Among the topics explored are gender diiTcrcntiation in Archaic Greece, the 'maclri.mro' of the Athenian Empire. the masculinity of the Hellenistic king and the Roman emperor. the male body in Roman Egypt. masculinity and male social roles in Roman Boiotia. and soldiers. masculinity and power in Republican and Imperial Rome. When Mrrr Were Men presents a beautifully illustrated and innovative study of masculine dominance in the classical world. Un Foxhall is Reader in the School of Archaeological Studies at the University of Leicester. She is the co·editor. with A. S. E. Lewis. of Ju.'itifh-ations not Justife: The Political Context t~f' /_uu- in Anc·ient (ireec-c• (1996). John Salmon is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Weultlry Corinth (1984). and co-editor, with Gro~ham Shipley, of l/umarr LarrdS