Ambitiosa Mors

Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature

T. D. Hill

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Routledge
11 August 2004

Sociology: death & dying

Series: Studies in Classics

Although the distinctive - and sometimes bizarre - means by which Roman aristocrats often chose to end their lives has attracted some scholarly attention in the past, most writers on the subject have been content to view this a s an irrational and inexplicable aspect of Roman culture. In this book, T.D. Hill traces the cultural logic which animated these suicides, describing the meaning and significance of such deaths in their original cultural context. Covering the writing of most major Latin authors between Lucretius and Lucan, this book argues that the significance of the 'noble death' in Roman culture cannot be understood if the phenomenon is viewed in the context of modern ideas of the nature of the self.

By: T. D. Hill
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 10
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9780415970976
ISBN 10: 0415970970
Series: Studies in Classics
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 11 August 2004
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

T. D. Hill

Reviews for Ambitiosa Mors: Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature

it fully realizes its claim to deepen our understanding of ancient suicide by making self-killing practices of the Roman elite of the Early Principate part of the ancient category of good dying, euthanatein in the classical sense. -Anton J.L. van Hooff, Nijmegen University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 09/2005