Octavian’s masculinity under attack: power relations and potentiality for leadership in Rome during the 1st century BCE

Authors

  • Carlos Eduardo da Costa Campos Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - Faculdade de Ciências Humanas Coordenador geral do ATRIVM / UFMS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/hist.2021.251.01

Abstract

As far as antiquity is concerned, Latin and Greek writers’ discourses generally represented princeps Augustus’ deeds in Rome as an exemplum of “uir bonus” (good citizen). However, due to the textual diversity regarding Octavius Augustus, a documentary selection was required. Thus, Marcus Tullius Cicero and Velleius Paterculus were selected for the discussion of the evidence that expresses the attacks, tensions and defenses present in literary culture concerning young Augustus’ masculinity, complemented by later writings by Suetonius. With this, the discursive emphasis on sexuality and morality as intrinsic elements concerning power relations and potentiality for Rome’s government during the 1st century BCE will be analyzed.

Author Biography

Carlos Eduardo da Costa Campos, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - Faculdade de Ciências Humanas Coordenador geral do ATRIVM / UFMS

Carlos Eduardo da Costa Campos é Professor Adjunto, do Curso de História, da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul - FACH e coordenador do grupo de pesquisa ATRIVM / UFMS. O referido pesquisador é Doutor (2014-2017) e mestre (2011-2013) em História Política,na linha política e cultura, do Programa de Pós Graduação em História da UERJ. Campos possui estágios supervisionados de pesquisa no ANHIMA (Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques ANHIMA), sob a direção da Professora Dra. Violaine Sebillote Cruchet e supervisão do Prof. Dr. Anderson Martins (2018), na Universidade Paris I, Sorbonne; na Ecole Francaise DAthenes (2012); na Universidade de Coimbra, sob supervisão da Professora Doutora Carmen Soares (nos anos de 2012 e 2014), além da atividade de pesquisa no Centro Arqueológico de Saguntum / Valência- Espanha (2012). Campos atuou como secretário do Grupo de Trabalho em História Antiga do Rio Grande do Sul e do ATRIVM-UFRJ, ambos entre 2016 e 2018. Membro do LECA-UFPel; GEMAM - UFSM; Leitorado Antiguo-UPE. A área de atuação do pesquisador é: República Tardia e Principado em Roma; Religião, Magia e Rituais de Roma; História das Cidades; Educação Patrimonial; Ensino de História Antiga; Teoria e Metodologia de Pesquisa Científica.

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Published

2021-01-04

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2021): Janeiro/Abril

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