The Roman castrati : eunuchs in the Roman Empire /: eunuchs in the Roman Empire. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shaun Tougher.
• Authors: Tougher, Shaun
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 221 pages)
• Subjects: 305.90937; Castrati -- Rome; Eunuchs -- Rome; Castrati; Civilization; Eunuchs; Rome -- Civilization; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D; Rome (Empire); History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350164048; 1350164046; 9781441174413; 1441174419; 9781474217187; 1474217184
• Related ISBNs: 9781847251688; 9781350188235
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 08, 2020).
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