Death in ancient Rome / Catharine Edwards.

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2007], ©2007.

xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-281) and index.

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.