books.google.co.uk - This is a volume of studies concerned with death and its impact on the social order. The first topic considered is gladiatorial combat; not merely popular entertainment, it was also an important element in Roman politics. The book then investigates the composition of the political elite in the late Republic...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Death_and_Renewal_Volume_2.html?id=pTZMCKs0tWUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDeath and Renewal: Volume 2
