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The Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide - Wisconsin Studies in Classics Paul Plass New edition
The Game of Death in Ancient Rome: Arena Sport and Political Suicide - Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Paul Plass
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.
296 pages, 2 figures
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 30, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780299145743 |
| Publishers | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 229 × 21 mm · 415 g |