Game of Death in Ancient Rome - Arena Sport and Political Suicide

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Plass
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.1998
• EAN: 9780299145743
• ISBN: 978-0-299-14574-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics; Wisconsin Studies in Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries