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T.D. Hill traces the cultural logic which dictated the attitude to suicide amongst the Roman nobility. He describes the meaning & significance of often bizarre suicides in the contexts of their time & place, arguing that the significance of the 'noble death' cannot be understood in the context of modern ideas.Hill, Timothy is the author of 'Ambitiosa Mors Suicide and the Self in Roman Thought and Literature', published 2004 under ISBN 9780415970976 and ISBN 0415970970.
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