LEADER 04400oam 2200733I 450 001 9910778878303321 005 20230207222506.0 010 $a1-134-86271-7 010 $a1-134-86272-5 010 $a1-280-33500-9 010 $a0-203-00635-6 010 $a0-203-15857-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203006351 035 $a(CKB)111004366674316 035 $a(EBL)165397 035 $a(OCoLC)57070305 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000249576 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249576 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10227328 035 $a(PQKB)10029840 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165397 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165397 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5001393 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33500 035 $a(OCoLC)48139040 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366674316 100 $a20180331d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpectacles of death in ancient Rome /$fDonald G. Kyle 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-24842-6 311 $a0-415-09678-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 272-281) and index. 327 $aSPECTACLES OF DEATH IN ANCIENT ROME; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1 Introduction: violent spectacles and Roman civilization; Ancient and modern attitudes; Interpretations of Roman violence and spectacles; Somatics and necrology: the problem of disposal; 2 The phenomenon: the development and diversity of Roman spectacles of death; Festivals, punishments, celebrations, and games; Munera: rites and spectacles; Late Republic: power, proscriptions, and multi-dimensional spectacles; Spectacular punishments: summa supplicia and 'fatal charades' 327 $a3 The victims: differentiation, status, and supplyThe body count; Gladiators and beast-fighters: infamy, virtue, and ambivalence; Noxii: the doomed and the damned; Law and the arena: demand and supply; Rituals and resources; 4 Death, disposal, and damnation of humans: some methods and messages; Roman death: rites and rights, hierarchy and the hereafter; Death as a spectacle in some other pre-modern societies; 5 Disposal from Roman arenas: some rituals and options; Rituals of death and removal; Some options: burial, pits, exposure, crucifixion, fire 327 $a6 Arenas and eating: corpses and carcasses as food?Ad bestias - consumption or abuse?; Hunting, games, and game; Spectacles and food: spectators and scrambles; Addendum: America; 7 Rituals, spectacles, and the Tiber River; Water: punishment and purgation; Executions and riots in the Forum; Political violence and disposal by water; Commodus the gladiator; 8 Christians: persecutions and disposal; Persecutions: passions, procedures, spectacles, and disposal; Lyons and disposal by water; Relics and resurrection; 9 Conclusion: hunts and homicides as spectacles of death; References; Index 330 $aThe elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores* the origins and historical development of the games* who the victims were and why they were chosen* how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses* the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence* the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians.T 606 $aDeath$xSocial aspects$zRome 606 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies$zRome 606 $aViolence$zRome$xHistory 606 $aGladiators$zRome$xHistory 606 $aChristian martyrs$zRome$xHistory 607 $aRome$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aDeath$xSocial aspects 615 0$aFuneral rites and ceremonies 615 0$aViolence$xHistory. 615 0$aGladiators$xHistory. 615 0$aChristian martyrs$xHistory. 676 $a306.9 700 $aKyle$b Donald G.$0158772 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778878303321 996 $aSpectacles of death in Ancient Rome$91305159 997 $aUNINA