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Tables of Contents for The Game of Death in Ancient Rome
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
2
Note on References
xi
Introduction
3
12
Part I. Arena Games and Public Uses of Violence
15
66
1. Public Spectacles as Broken Routine
15
10
2. Games and Liminoid Ritual
25
4
3. Gladiatorial Combat
29
17
4. Extravagant Expenditure, Conspicuous Consumption
46
10
5. Sociology of Public Violence
56
6
6. Social Anomaly and Public Violence
62
19
Part II. Political Suicide: Were They Pushed, or Did They Jump?
81
54
7. Political Violence and Suicide
81
6
8. Political Game Rules
87
5
9. The Tactics of Political Suicide
92
24
10. Political Anomaly and Suicide
116
19
Epilogue
135
6
Addendum 1. Legal Antinomy
141
3
Addendum 2. Orgiastic Violence
144
4
Addendum 3. The Ambivalent Triumph
148
7
Addendum 4. Political Monstrosity
155
3
Addendum 5. Political Game Moves
158
5
Addendum 6. Clemency
163
5
Addendum 7. Loss Aversion
168
4
Addendum 8. Degrees of Penalty
172
3
Notes
175
87
Selected Bibliography
262
10
Index
272
4
Index of Passages Cited in Text
276