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Death in ancient Rome
- Title
- Death in ancient Rome / Catharine Edwards.
- Author
- Edwards, Catharine.
- Publication
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 07-4394 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 287 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-4394
- ISBN
- 0300112084 (hbk.)
- 9780300112085 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2007010421
- OCLC
- 78988868
- Author
- Edwards, Catharine.
- Title
- Death in ancient Rome / Catharine Edwards.
- Imprint
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-281) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-4394