When Men Were Men

to see it as the history of Western civilization, not simply as a history: just

one of the many strands of a broader past which makes us what we are

today. This volume questions the deep-set assumption that men's history

speaks and has always spoken for all of us, by exploring the story of classical antiquity as an explicitly masculine story.

When Men Were Men covers a wide range of periods and places, 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 differentiation in

Archaic Greece, the 'machismo' 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 Men Were Men presents a beautifully illustrated and innovative

study of masculine dominance in the classical world.