Title Spectacles of death in ancient Rome / Donald G. Kyle.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-281) and index.
Contents	Introduction : violent spectacles and Roman civilization -- The phenomenon : the development and diversity of Roman spectacles of death -- The victims : differentiation, status, and supply -- Death, disposal, and damnation of humans : some methods and messages -- Disposal from Roman arenas : some rituals and options -- Arenas and eating : corpses and carcasses as food? -- Rituals, spectacles, and the Tiber River -- Christians : persecutions and disposal -- Conclusion : hunts and homicides as spectacles of death.
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Subject	Death -- Social aspects -- Rome.
	Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Rome.
	Violence -- Rome -- History.
	Gladiators -- Rome -- History.
	Christian martyrs -- Rome -- History.
	Rome -- Social life and customs.
	Rome (Empire)
	Manners and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Kyle, Donald G. Spectacles of death in ancient Rome. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 0415096782 (DLC) 97043475 (OCoLC)37890477
ISBN	0203158571 (electronic book)
	9780203158579 (electronic book)
	0203006356 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
	9780203006351 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
	0415096782 (hardback)