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Dining Posture in Ancient Rome: Bodies, Values, and Status Matthew B. Roller
Dining Posture in Ancient Rome: Bodies, Values, and Status
Matthew B. Roller
Looks at a feature of Roman culture: dining posture. This book investigates the meaning and importance of the three principal dining postures - reclining, sitting, and standing - in the period 200 BC-200 AD. It explores the social values and distinctions associated with each of the postures and with the diners who assumed them.
248 pages, 8 color plates. 15 halftones. 3 line illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 23, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691124575 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 167 × 24 mm · 502 g |
| Language | English |