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Dining Posture in Ancient Rome: Bodies, Values, and Status

By Matthew B. Roller

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
978-0-691-17800-4, 978-0-691-12457-5, 0-691-12457-4, 9781400888245, 1400888247
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7483594 bytes)
Pages
0\245
Time added
2019-04-14 09:00:00
Posture -- Rome.;Table etiquette -- Rome.;Dinners

Description

What was really going on at Roman banquets? This text takes a look at a feature of Roman culture: dining posture. It investigates the meaning and importance of the three principal dining postures - reclining, sitting, and standing - in the period 200 B.C.-200 AD. Abstract: What was really going on at Roman banquets? This text takes a look at a feature of Roman culture: dining posture. It investigates the meaning and importance of the three principal dining postures - reclining, sitting, and standing - in the period 200 B.C.-200 AD

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