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Death In Ancient Rome
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Author : Catharine Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Death In Ancient Rome written by Catharine Edwards and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with History categories.
For the Romans, the manner of a person's death was the most telling indication of their true character. Death revealed the true patriot, the genuine philosopher, even, perhaps, the great artist--and certainly the faithful Christian. Catharine Edwards draws on the many and richly varied accounts of death in the writings of Roman historians, poets, and philosophers, including Cicero, Lucretius, Virgil, Seneca, Petronius, Tacitus, Tertullian, and Augustine, to investigate the complex significance of dying in the Roman world. Death in the Roman world was largely understood and often literally viewed as a spectacle. Those deaths that figured in recorded history were almost invariably violent--murders, executions, suicides--and yet the most admired figures met their ends with exemplary calm, their last words set down for posterity. From noble deaths in civil war, mortal combat between gladiators, political execution and suicide, to the deathly dinner of Domitian, the harrowing deaths of women such as the mythical Lucretia and Nero's mother Agrippina, as well as instances of Christian martyrdom, Edwards engagingly explores the culture of death in Roman literature and history.
Death In Ancient Rome
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Author : Valerie Hope
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-11-13
Death In Ancient Rome written by Valerie Hope and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-13 with History categories.
Presenting a wide range of relevant, translated texts on death, burial and commemoration in the Roman world, this book is organized thematically and supported by discussion of recent scholarship. The breadth of material included ensures that this sourcebook will shed light on the way death was thought about and dealt with in Roman society.
Death In Rome
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Author : Wolfgang Koeppen
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2001
Death In Rome written by Wolfgang Koeppen and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fiction categories.
Mirroring the social and political upheaval following the fall of Nazism, Koeppen offers the story of four members of a German family reunited by chance in the decaying beauty of postwar Rome.
Roman Death
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Author : Valerie M. Hope
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2009-06-15
Roman Death written by Valerie M. Hope and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-15 with History categories.
An original study of the role and rituals of death in Roman civilization. Death never ceases to fascinate the living and in roman society, where the mortality was high, people were forced to confront the brevity of life and the impact of death. What did death mean and symbolize to the Romans? What does 'roman death' tell the modern reader about ancient society? This accessible and engaging book ranges from suicides, funeral feasts, necromancy and Hades to mourning, epitaphs and posthumous damnation. Impressive in its broad scope and fascinating in the level of detail, Valerie Hope presents the first survey to study death in ancient Rome in such an approachable and authoritative style.
Death In Rome
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Author : Wolfgang Koeppen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date : 1994
Death In Rome written by Wolfgang Koeppen and has been published by Penguin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Fiction categories.
"Four members of a German family are reunited by chance in the decaying beauty of post war Rome: a composer, Siegfried; his estranged father, Friedrich, a burgomaster and ex-Naxi administrator; his uncle Judejahn, a former SS general; and Judejahn's renegade son, Adolf, who is preparing himself for the Catholic priesthood. The four men recount their separate, often chilling, histories. Individually representing music, bureaucracy, arms and religion, together they personify the German soul."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Death And Renewal Volume 2
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Author : Keith Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1983
Death And Renewal Volume 2 written by Keith Hopkins and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
This is a book for Roman historians which will also be of interest to sociologists.
Death In Rome An Account Of The Ardeatine Massacre
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Author : Robert Katz (Author of 'Death in Rome'.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Death In Rome An Account Of The Ardeatine Massacre written by Robert Katz (Author of 'Death in Rome'.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.
Death In Ancient Rome
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Author : Valerie M. Hope
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2007
Death In Ancient Rome written by Valerie M. Hope and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
"The sources include literary evidence such as poetry, letters and philosophy, as well as epitaphs and other inscriptions, along with visual material of, in particular, funerary monuments and cemeteries." "This varied evidence collectively builds a vivid picture of how people died, were buried, commemorated and remembered, and what the living believed happened to the dead after they were gone." "Topics covered include the deathbed, making a will, memory promotion, the funeral, the cemetery, funerary monuments, mourning rituals, expressions of grief and afterlife beliefs."--BOOK JACKET.
Spectacles Of Death In Ancient Rome
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Author : Donald G. Kyle
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Spectacles Of Death In Ancient Rome written by Donald G. Kyle and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with History categories.
The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores * the origins and historical development of the games * who the victims were and why they were chosen * how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses * the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence * the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians. This lively and original work provides compelling, sometimes controversial, perspectives on the bloody entertainments of ancient Rome, which continue to fascinate us to this day.
The Death Of Rome Saga 1 3
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Author : Richard Blake
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-07-09
The Death Of Rome Saga 1 3 written by Richard Blake and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-09 with Fiction categories.
Three page-turning, exhilarating thrillers from Richard Blake: CONSPIRACIES OF ROME, THE TERROR OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE BLOOD OF ALEXANDRIA. Available together as a digital-only package for the first time. Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow.