Death in Ancient Rome
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: August 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300112085
Subjects: Death & Dying; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Social history; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; General; History / General; Civilization, Ancient; Death; Rome; Social aspects
Description: "For the Romans, the manner of a person's death was the most telling indication of their true character. Death revealed the true patriot, the genuine philosopher, even, perhaps the great artist - and certainly the faithful Christian. Catharine Edwards draws on the many varied accounts of death in the writings of Roman historians, poets and philosophers, including Cicero, Lucretius, Virgil, Seneca, Petronius, Tacitus, Tertullian and Augustine, to investigate the complex significance of dying in the Roman world."--Jacket.