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2007
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"Death in Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook is a selected compilation of ancient texts in translation on the subject of death in ancient Rome. Mortality rates were high in ancient Rome and how a person died was no less important than how they lived. Despite the brutality of the assassinations that feature in accounts of Roman political life, laudable figures faced their deaths with dignity and stoicism, their last words set down for posterity. Whether a...