The Roman castrati : eunuchs in the Roman Empire

1. Verfasser: Tougher, Shaun , [VerfasserIn]
Körperschaft: Bloomsbury (Firm)
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource ( x, 221 pages).
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Parallelausgabe: Tougher, Shaun., The Roman castrati (Print version:) | ISSN: 9781847251688
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Eunichs in the Roman Empire
  • Eunuchs of the Great Mother: The Galli in Rome
  • Greeks Bearing Gifts: Terence's The Eunuch
  • Of Seed and Spring: Eunuch Slaves of Imperial Rome
  • Born Eunuchs: The Case of Favorinus of Arles
  • Eusebius and His Kind: Court Eunuchs of the Later Roman Empire
  • 'Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven': Self-Castration and Eunuchs in Early Christianity
  • Military Eunuchs: The Case of Narses.