Game of Death in Ancient Rome : Arena Sport and Political Suicide

Acknowledgments ix(2) Note on References xi Introduction 3(12) Part I. Arena Games and Public Uses of Violence 15(66) 1. Public Spectacles as Broken Routine 15(10) 2. Games and Liminoid Ritual 25(4) 3. Gladiatorial Combat 29(17) 4. Extravagant Expenditure, Conspicuous Consumption 46(10) 5. Sociology of Public Violence 56(6) 6. Social Anomaly and Public Violence 62(19) Part II. Political Suicide: Were They Pushed, or Did They Jump? 81(54) 7. Political Violence and Suicide 81(6) 8. Political Game Rules 87(5) 9. The Tactics of Political Suicide 92(24) 10. Political Anomaly and Suicide 116(19) Epilogue 135(6) Addendum 1. Legal Antinomy 141(3) Addendum 2. Orgiastic Violence 144(4) Addendum 3. The Ambivalent Triumph 148(7) Addendum 4. Political Monstrosity 155(3) Addendum 5. Political Game Moves 158(5) Addendum 6. Clemency 163(5) Addendum 7. Loss Aversion 168(4) Addendum 8. Degrees of Penalty 172(3) Notes 175(87) Selected Bibliography 262(10) Index 272(4) Index of Passages Cited in Text 276