Death in ancient Rome
| 1. Verfasser: |
Edwards, Catharine.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
2007.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
