Death in ancient Rome
By: Catharine Edwards.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300112085
Subjects: Death -- Social aspects -- Rome; Civilization, Ancient; Rome -- History; Rome -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Dying a Roman death; title: Dying for Rome : the glorious death of a commander; title: Death as spectacle : looking at death in the arena; title: Fighting the fear of death; title: Defiance, complicity, and the politics of self-destruction; title: Dying in character : stoicism and the Roman death scene; title: Tasting death; title: A feminine ending; title: Laughing at death : Christian martyrdom.