Death in Ancient Rome by Edwards, Catharine

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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; xii, 287 pp., illustrations, 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-281) and index. 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. Death in literature.