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Martyrdom and noble death

by J. W. van Henten

2002 200 pages eng

"Today's society is uncomfortable with death, and willingly submitting to a violent and ostentatious death in public is seen as particularly shocking and unusual. Yet classical sources give a different view, with public self-sacrifice often being applauded - the Romans admired a heroic end in the ba…

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