Death in ancient Rome / Catharine Edwards
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420504
ISBN: 9780300112085
Physical description; 287 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; 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. Subjects; Death Social aspects Rome. Civilization, Ancient. Thanatology history. Roman World history. Latin literature History and criticism.
Price: €35.00