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Dining posture in ancient Rome : bodies, values, and status

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roller, Matthew B. (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press , 2018
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Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691178004.001.0001
Author Notes:Matthew B. Roller
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology
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Summary: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
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2017
Includes bibliographical references and index
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource illustrations (black and white, and colour)
ISBN:9781400888245