The game of death in ancient Rome: arena sport and political suicide

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Classical Antiquity Studies Historical and Religious Studies of Rome Violence, Religion, and Philosophy

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Offering a reminder of the complex uses to which institutionalized violence can be put, this study shows how the deadly violence of arena sport and political suicide served a social purpose in ancient Rome.

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