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

Paul Plass

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ISBN 10: 0299145743 ISBN 13: 9780299145743

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 1998

Language: English

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Title

The 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

Paperback

Condition

New

Weight

0.062 pounds

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Ancient & Classical Studies

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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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