Death in Ancient Rome

List of illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Dying a Roman death 1(18) Dying for Rome? The glorious death of a commander 19(27) Death as spectacle: looking at death in the arena 46(32) Fighting the fear of death 78(35) Defiance, complicity and the politics of self-destruction 113(31) Dying in character: Stoicism and the Roman death scene 144(17) Tasting death 161(18) A feminine ending? 179(28) Laughing at death? Christian martyrdom 207(14) Notes 221(43) Abbreviations 264(4) Bibliography 268(15) Index 283