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Roman Dining

A Special Issue of American Journal of Philology

edited by Barbara K. Gold and John F. Donahue

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This special issue of the American Journal of Philology illuminates the nature and function of food and dining in the Roman world, offering historical, sociological, literary, cultural, and material perspectives.

The articles collected here explore topics from diverse fields to analyze Roman culture and material practice, including the dietary practices and nutritional concerns of the Romans, dining and its links to ideology during the early imperial period, public banqueting and its social function in Roman society, and the emphasis placed on the waiting servant in both domestic and funerary...

This special issue of the American Journal of Philology illuminates the nature and function of food and dining in the Roman world, offering historical, sociological, literary, cultural, and material perspectives.

The articles collected here explore topics from diverse fields to analyze Roman culture and material practice, including the dietary practices and nutritional concerns of the Romans, dining and its links to ideology during the early imperial period, public banqueting and its social function in Roman society, and the emphasis placed on the waiting servant in both domestic and funerary settings.

The American Journal of Philology is renowned for its role in helping to shape American classical scholarship. Today the Journal has achieved worldwide recognition as a forum for international exchange among classicists by publishing original research in Greco-Roman literature, and culture.

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A high-quality collection of essays that those interested in Roman food and Roman social history will want to consult.

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Available
Trim Size
5.875
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9
Pages
184
ISBN
9780801882029
Illustration Description
29 halftones
Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. The Way We USed to Eat: Diet, Community and History at Rome
2. Land and Sea: Italy and the Mediterranean in the Roman Discourse of Dining
3. Horizontal Woman: Posture and Sex in

Preface
Introduction
1. The Way We USed to Eat: Diet, Community and History at Rome
2. Land and Sea: Italy and the Mediterranean in the Roman Discourse of Dining
3. Horizontal Woman: Posture and Sex in the Roman Convivium
4. Toward a Typology of Roman Public Feasting
5. The Waiting Servant in Later Roman Art

Author Bios
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John F. Donahue

John F. Donahue is an assistant professor in the department of classical studies at the College of William and Mary.