An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
340: Hadrian and Antinous
June 12, 2023
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Craig Williams
Context:
Tom explicitly mentions this as 'a book called Roman Homosexuality by a great scholar called Craig Williams, which is really the kind of the definitive work on this subject' when discussing how Romans viewed sexuality differently from modern categorizations.
Author: Suetonius
Context:
Referenced when discussing Roman emperors' sexual preferences: 'Suetonius in his Lives of the Caesars describes Claudius as a man who only ever slept with women and Galva as a man who only ever slept with men.'
Author: Oscar Wilde
Context:
Mentioned when discussing Oscar Wilde's admiration for Antinous: 'He compares him to Dorian Gray in his novel.' This refers to Wilde's famous novel featuring the beautiful young Dorian Gray.