Man to Man: Desire, Homosociality, and Authority in Late-Roman Manhood

by Mark Masterson and Mark Masterson

In an analysis that promises to be controversial, Man to Man: Desire, Homosociality, and Authority in Late-Roman Manhood surveys the presence of same-sex desire between men in the later Roman empire. Most accounts of recent years have either noted that sexual desire between men was forbidden or they have ignored it. This book argues that desire between men was known and that it was a way to express friendship, patronage, solidarity, and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814253016
• ISBN13: 9780814253014
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"