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Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome

Caroline Vout

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Description:The relationships between Roman emperors & their objects of desire, male & female, are well attested. The salacious nature of this evidence means that it's often omitted from mainstream historical inquiry. Yet that is to underestimate the importance of 'gossip' & the act of thinking about an emperor's private life. In this book Dr Vout takes the reader from Rome, & Martial's & Statius' poems about Domitian's favourite eunuch, to Antioch & dialogs in praise of Lucius Verus' mistress, to the widespread visual commemoration & cult of Hadrian's young male lover, Antinous. She explores not the relationships themselves but rather the implications of their description. Such description provides a template with which to examine the relationship between emperor & subject, god & mortal, East & West, centre & periphery. It thus contributes to the fields of imperial representation, court society & the imperial cult.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome. To get started finding Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The relationships between Roman emperors & their objects of desire, male & female, are well attested. The salacious nature of this evidence means that it's often omitted from mainstream historical inquiry. Yet that is to underestimate the importance of 'gossip' & the act of thinking about an emperor's private life. In this book Dr Vout takes the reader from Rome, & Martial's & Statius' poems about Domitian's favourite eunuch, to Antioch & dialogs in praise of Lucius Verus' mistress, to the widespread visual commemoration & cult of Hadrian's young male lover, Antinous. She explores not the relationships themselves but rather the implications of their description. Such description provides a template with which to examine the relationship between emperor & subject, god & mortal, East & West, centre & periphery. It thus contributes to the fields of imperial representation, court society & the imperial cult.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome. To get started finding Power and Eroticism in Imperial Rome, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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