The Roman Castrati: Eunuchs in the Roman Empire

Cover page\nHalftitle page\nSeries page\nTitle page\nCopyright page\nDedication\nContents\nPreface\nAcknowledgements\nAbbreviations\nIntroduction: Eunuchs in the Roman Empire\n	Cleopatra’s eunuchs\n	Roman eunuchs\n	Span, scope and significance\n1 Eunuchs of the Great Mother: The Galli in Rome\n	Introduction\n	The Great Mother comes to Rome\n	The Great Mother and Attis\n	The Great Mother and the Galli\n	Roman views of the Galli\n	Conclusion\n2 Greeks Bearing Gifts: Terence’s The Eunuch\n	Introduction\n	Terence: a life?\n	The Eunuch: a summary\n	Eunuchs in The Eunuch: aspects and attitudes\n	Rome and The Eunuch\n	Conclusion\n3 Of Seed and Spring: Eunuch Slaves of Imperial Rome\n	Introduction\n	Sporus: the texts\n	Earinus: the texts\n	Interpretations of Sporus and Earinus\n	Sporus and Earinus: a view\n	The wider picture\n	Conclusion\n4 Born Eunuchs: The Case of Favorinus of Arles\n	Introduction\n	Life and career of Favorinus\n	Favorinus as eunuch\n	Favorinus as born eunuch\n	Conclusion\n	Appendix: Appearances and mentions of Favorinus in Aulus Gellius’ Attic Nights\n5 Eusebius and His Kind: Court Eunuchs of the Later Roman Empire\n	Introduction\n	The emergence of the court eunuch\n	The case of Eusebius\n	The case of Eutropius\n	Reading Eusebius and Eutropius\n	Conclusion\n6 ‘Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’: Self-Castration and Eunuchs in Early Christianity\n	Introduction\n	Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven: self- castration and Christianity\n	The Ethiopian Eunuch: a place for eunuchs in Christianity\n	Eunuchs as clergy, monks, martyrs and saints\n	Conclusion\n7 Military Eunuchs: The Case of Narses\n	Introduction\n	Narses: background and career\n	Narses as a successful general: explanations\n	Narses as eunuch general: characterization and selection\n	Narses in context\n	Conclusion\nNotes\nReferences\nIndex