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 | Martyrdom and Noble Death: Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Antiquity (The Context of Early Christianity) (1st Edition) by Friedrich Avemarie, Jan Van Henten Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-415-13891-4 / 0415138914 ISBN-13: 978-0-415-13891-8 / 9780415138918 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 | |