The game of death in ancient Rome : arena sport and political suicide / Paul Plass.
The game of death in ancient Rome : arena sport and political suicide / Paul Plass.
The game of death in ancient Rome : arena sport and political suicide / Paul Plass.
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Madison., Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995.
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N796.09376/1
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English
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xi, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Arena Games and Public Uses of Violence. 1. Public Spectacles as Broken Routine. 2. Games and Liminoid Ritual. 3. Gladiatorial Combat. 4. Extravagant Expenditure, Conspicuous Consumption. 5. Sociology of Public Violence. 6. Social Anomaly and Public Violence -- Pt. II. Political Suicide: Were...
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Madison., Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995.
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Wisconsin
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
Our taste for blood sport stops short at the bruising clash of football players or the gloved blows of boxers, and the suicide of a politician is no more than a personal tragedy. What, then, are we to make of the ancient Romans, for whom the meaning of sport and politics often depended on death? In this provocative, deeply thoughtful book, Paul Pla...
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The game of death in ancient Rome : arena sport and political suicide / Paul Plass.
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Wisconsin studies in classics.
Includes Index.
Bibliography: p. 262-271.
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c1995.
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N796.09376/1
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74Vv28LoEbGA
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0299145743 (pbk.) :
9780299145705
0299145700
9780299145743 (pbk.) :
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796.09376
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991004074969702626
