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

Plass, Paul

ISBN 10: 0299145743 / ISBN 13: 9780299145743

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 1998

About this Item

Offering a reminder of the complex uses to which institutionalized violence can be put, this study shows how the deadly violence of arena sport and political suicide served a social purpose in ancient Rome. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408. . 1998. New edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299145743
• ISBN 13: 9780299145743
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

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.

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.