The Game of Death in Ancient Rome

Arena Sport and Political Suicide

Paul Plass

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English

University of Wisconsin
28 February 1999

History; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Social & cultural history; Violence in society; Anthropology

Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics

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Our taste for blood sport stops short at the bruising clash of football players or the gloved blows of boxers, and the suicide of a politician is no more than a personal tragedy. What, then, are we to make of the ancient Romans, for whom the meaning of sport and politics often depended on death? In this provocative, thoughtful book, Paul Plass shows how the deadly violence of arena sport and political suicide served a social purpose in ancient Rome. His work offers a reminder of the complex uses to which institutionalized violence can be put.

Violence, Plass observes, is a universal part of human life, and so must be integrated into social order. Grounding his study in evidence from Roman history and drawing on ideas from contemporary sociology and anthropology, he first discusses gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome. Massive bloodshed in the arena, Plass argues, embodied the element of danger for a society frequently engaged in war, with outsiders--whether slaves, criminals, or prisoners of war--sacrificed for a sense of public security

By: Paul Plass
Imprint: University of Wisconsin
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 415g
ISBN: 9780299145743
ISBN 10: 0299145743
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 28 February 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Arena Sport and Political Suicide

Paul Plass

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