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Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Dying a Roman death 1 Dying for Rome? The glorious death of a commander 2 Death as spectacle: looking at death in the arena 3 Fighting the fear of death 4 Defiance, complicity and the politics of self-destruction 5 Dying in character: Stoicism and the Roman death scene 6 Tasting death 7 A feminine ending? 8 Laughing at death? Christian martyrdom Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Index
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Death -- Social aspects -- Rome.
Rome -- History.
Rome -- Social life and customs.
Civilization, Ancient.