Historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender in the mid-6th century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. But Procopius' most significant work, the Wars, has received far less attention. This monograph examines how gender shaped the presentation of not only key personalities but also the Persians, Vandals, Goths, Eastern Romans, and Italo-Romans.
Historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender in the mid-6th century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea. But Procopius' most significant work, the Wars, has received far less attention. This monograph examines how gender shaped the presentation of not only key personalities but also the Persians, Vandals, Goths, Eastern Romans, and Italo-Romans.
Michael Edward Stewart (honorary Research Fellow, University of Queensland) researches issues of culture, gender, and identity in Late Antiquity. He is the author of Masculinity, Identity, and the Rhetoric of Power Politics in the Age of Justinian (Amsterdam University Press, 2020).
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgements A Note on Translations Sources and Names Preface I Finding Procopius 1. Introduction 2. Will the Real Procopius Please Stand Up Procopius' Oeuvre Historiographical Debates A Christian Procopius Dates Cistern or Safety Net? II The Contest 3. The Danger of the Soft Life Rhetoric and Reality A Soft Empire Vita Militaris Romans and Goths Aeneas' Ship 4. Courage Fear and Generalship in the Vandal War Fifth-century Roman Failures The Launch Tricamarum 5. Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Eunuchs in a Changing World The Blame Game Solomon Narses: The Manly Eunuch Martial Manliness Draining Belisarius' andreia Brave New World III Chaos Encroaching 6. Killing Justinian Artabanes: Slayer of Tyrants Theodora Steps In The Plot 7. Totila: Hero or Trope? Order out of Chaos Standing up to Totila Last Dance Conclusion: All Quiet on the Italian Front Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index Chronology
Acknowledgements A Note on Translations Sources and Names Preface I Finding Procopius 1. Introduction 2. Will the Real Procopius Please Stand Up Procopius' Oeuvre Historiographical Debates A Christian Procopius Dates Cistern or Safety Net? II The Contest 3. The Danger of the Soft Life Rhetoric and Reality A Soft Empire Vita Militaris Romans and Goths Aeneas' Ship 4. Courage Fear and Generalship in the Vandal War Fifth-century Roman Failures The Launch Tricamarum 5. Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Eunuchs in a Changing World The Blame Game Solomon Narses: The Manly Eunuch Martial Manliness Draining Belisarius' andreia Brave New World III Chaos Encroaching 6. Killing Justinian Artabanes: Slayer of Tyrants Theodora Steps In The Plot 7. Totila: Hero or Trope? Order out of Chaos Standing up to Totila Last Dance Conclusion: All Quiet on the Italian Front Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index Chronology
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