Dining at the End of Antiquity: Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables

The history of dining is a story that cannot be told without archaeology. Surviving texts describe the...
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Author: Nicholas Hudson
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Dining at the End of Antiquity: Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables by Hudson, Nicholas

Dining at the End of Antiquity: Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables

€220,17

Dining at the End of Antiquity: Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables

€220,17
Author: Nicholas Hudson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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.


Author: Nicholas Hudson
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 11/19/2024
Pages: 373
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.34d
ISBN: 9780520391451

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





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