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ISBN10: 0415096782, ISBN13: 9780415096782, [publisher: London and New York: Routledge. 04.06.1998.] Hardcover XII, 288 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome -- Rome’s legacy is forever stained with the blood of the arena, for in elaborate public spectacles, from gladiatorial combats, to beast fights, to stylized executions, Rome killed thousands of humans and animals, with efficiency, ingenuity and delectation. Combining ancient evidence, current scholarship and cross-cultural comparisons, this insightful, interdisciplinary study asks not only who the victims were, and why they were killed in brutal and spectacular ways, but what happened to their bodies. Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome presents • a clarification of central problems in understanding the spectacles and an introduction of an original and revealing focus on the treatment and disposal of human and animal victims • a survey of the historical development of spectacles at Rome from the early Republic to Constantine and a description of the procurement and hierarchy of the victims • a discussion of death, burial and the afterlife in Roman culture and comparisons to other ...
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ISBN10: 0415096782, ISBN13: 9780415096782, [publisher: Routledge 1998-06-04] Hardcover
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1998]

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