Death in ancient rome - Edwards, Catharine (New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007., 2007)
Introduction: Dying a Roman death -- Dying for Rome? The glorious death of a commander -- Death as spectacle : looking at death in the arena -- Fighting the fear of death -- Defiance, complicity, and the politics of self-destruction -- Dying in character : stoicism and the Roman death scene -- Tasting death -- A feminine ending? -- Laughing at death? Christian martyrdom.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-281) and index.
Keywords: Roma-historia de; Muerte; Sociología romana; Estoicismo; Cristianismo; Roma-historia de-política