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Buch, Englisch, 373 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 731 g

Hudson

Dining at the End of Antiquity

Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-520-39145-1
Verlag: University of California Press

Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables

Buch, Englisch, 373 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 731 g

ISBN: 978-0-520-39145-1
Verlag: University of California Press


The history of dining is a story that cannot be told without archaeology. Surviving texts describe the opulent banquets of Rome’s wealthy elite but give little attention to the simpler, more intimate social gatherings of domestic invitation dinners. The lower classes, in particular, are largely ignored by literary sources. We can, however, find the voices of the underprivileged by turning to the material detritus of ancient cultures that reflects their social history. Dining at the End of Antiquity brings together the material culture and literary traditions of Romans at the table to reimagine dining culture as an integral part of Roman social order. Through a careful analysis of the tools and equipment of dining, Nicholas Hudson uncovers significant changes to the way different classes came together to share food and wine between the fourth and sixth centuries. Reconstructing the practices of Roman dining culture, Hudson explores the depths of new social distances between the powerful and the dependent at the end of antiquity.

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Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Roman Tables

1. “We Should Invite Friends”: The Written Evidence

2. “ Bring the Couch Red with Fine Linen”: The Physical Elements of Atmosphere

3. “Lordly Dishes”: Table Equipment

4. “ Gleaming Paneled Vaults”: Architecture, Furniture, and Lighting

5. Images of Communion

6. “For the Sake of Eating”: Patrons at the Table

7. “For the Sake of Living”: Clients at the Table

8. “ None Should Suffer Wrong”: Social Justice and Division at the End of Antiquity

Bibliography

Index


Nicholas Hudson is Professor of Ancient Art and Archaeology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a researcher of Roman pottery in the Eastern Mediterranean, where he is currently principal investigator of Roman pottery at the Athenian Agora.



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