Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide (Wisconsin Studies in Classics) - Softcover

Plass, Paul

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9780299145743: Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0299145743 ISBN 13: 9780299145743
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book examines two forms of Roman `institutional' violence:
gladitorial combat and political suicide, attempting to explain
and correlate the social and psychological significance of these
phenomena.

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About the Author

Paul Plass is professor emeritus of Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Wit and the Writing of History, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0299145743
ISBN 13 
9780299145743
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
283
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