Melanie Racette-Campbell is an assistant professor of classics at the University of Winnipeg. She is coeditor of the forthcoming volume Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World.

Melanie Racette-Campbell provides deft analysis and brilliant close readings about how the Augustan poets mobilized their understanding of Roman masculinity in response to life in the new regime. Highly recommended for anyone interested in ancient Roman sexuality and gender or the intersection of political history and gendered norms." - Charles Goldberg, Bethel University

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Augustus and the End of Republican MasculinityChapter 1: Catullus and Cicero: Word Play in the RuinsChapter 2: Virtus under the PrincipateChapter 3: Resistance through AuthorityChapter 4: Disengagement through the RecusatioChapter 5: Speaking through the GodsConclusion: After Augustan MasculinityNotesReferencesIndex LocorumIndex

Melanie Racette-Campbell is an assistant professor of classics at the University of Winnipeg. She is coeditor of the forthcoming volume Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World.

Melanie Racette-Campbell provides deft analysis and brilliant close readings about how the Augustan poets mobilized their understanding of Roman masculinity in response to life in the new regime. Highly recommended for anyone interested in ancient Roman sexuality and gender or the intersection of political history and gendered norms." - Charles Goldberg, Bethel University

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Augustus and the End of Republican MasculinityChapter 1: Catullus and Cicero: Word Play in the RuinsChapter 2: Virtus under the PrincipateChapter 3: Resistance through AuthorityChapter 4: Disengagement through the RecusatioChapter 5: Speaking through the GodsConclusion: After Augustan MasculinityNotesReferencesIndex LocorumIndex

Melanie Racette-Campbell is an assistant professor of classics at the University of Winnipeg. She is coeditor of the forthcoming volume Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World.

Melanie Racette-Campbell provides deft analysis and brilliant close readings about how the Augustan poets mobilized their understanding of Roman masculinity in response to life in the new regime. Highly recommended for anyone interested in ancient Roman sexuality and gender or the intersection of political history and gendered norms." - Charles Goldberg, Bethel University

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Augustus and the End of Republican MasculinityChapter 1: Catullus and Cicero: Word Play in the RuinsChapter 2: Virtus under the PrincipateChapter 3: Resistance through AuthorityChapter 4: Disengagement through the RecusatioChapter 5: Speaking through the GodsConclusion: After Augustan MasculinityNotesReferencesIndex LocorumIndex