The Ideal Male in Late Antiquity: Claudian's Example of Flavius Stilicho.

This article looks at the poet Claudian’s construction of the imperial general Flavius Stilicho, with particular attention to the concept of masculinity in late antiquity. It argues that Stilicho’s depiction as the ‘ideal’ male not only included a number of traditional and contemporary concepts of m...

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Published in:	Gender & History Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 10 - 28
Main Author:	Nathan, Geoffrey
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Apr2015
Subjects:	Claudianus, Claudius Stilicho, Flavius Masculinity in literature History of masculinity Honorius, Flavius, Emperor of Rome, 384-423 Virtus (The Latin word) Ideals (Aesthetics)
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