Roman dining :  a special issue of American Journal of Philology / 
edited by Barbara K. Gold & John F. Donahue. 
 - xiii, 140 pages, 29 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Preface /  Introduction /  The way we used to eat : diet, community, and history at Rome /  Land and sea : Italy and the Mediterranean in the Roman discourse of dining /  Horizontal women : posture and sex in the Roman Convivium /  Toward a typology of Roman public feasting /  The waiting servant in later Roman art /  Barbara K. Gold --  John F. Donahue --  Nicholas Purcell --  John Wilkins --  Matthew Roller --  John F. Donahue --  Katherine M. D. Dunbabin. 
<br/><br/> "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."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801882028 9780801882029 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dinners and dining--History--Rome<br/>Food habits--Rome<br/>Dinners and dining--Rome
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DG101  / .R655 2005 GT2853.R6  / R65 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394.120937