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. . . . .

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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

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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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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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