TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gold,Barbara K.
AU  - Donahue,John F.
TI  - Roman dining: a special issue of American Journal of Philology 
SN  - 0801882028
AV  - DG101 .R655 2005
U1  - 394.120937 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Baltimore, Md.
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Dinners and dining
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Food habits
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Preface; Barbara K. Gold --; Introduction; John F. Donahue --; The way we used to eat : diet, community, and history at Rome; Nicholas Purcell --; Land and sea : Italy and the Mediterranean in the Roman discourse of dining; John Wilkins --; Horizontal women : posture and sex in the Roman Convivium; Matthew Roller --; Toward a typology of Roman public feasting; John F. Donahue --; The waiting servant in later Roman art; Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
N2  - "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
ER  -