Death in ancient Rome
Introduction: Dying a Roman death -- Dying for Rome : the glorious death of a commander -- Death as spectacle : looking at death in the arena -- Fighting the fear of death -- Defiance, complicity, and the politics of self-destruction -- Dying in character : stoicism and the Roman death scene -- Tast...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New Haven, Conn. u.a.
Yale Univ. Press
2007
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Dying a Roman death -- Dying for Rome : the glorious death of a commander -- Death as spectacle : looking at death in the arena -- Fighting the fear of death -- Defiance, complicity, and the politics of self-destruction -- Dying in character : stoicism and the Roman death scene -- Tasting death -- A feminine ending -- Laughing at death : Christian martyrdom |
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| Beschreibung: | XII, 287 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0300112084 0-300-11208-4 9780300112085 978-0-300-11208-5 9780300217278 978-0-300-21727-8 |