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On its initial publication, The Roman Community at Table during the Principate broke new ground with its approach to the integral place of feasting in ancient Roman culture and the unique power of food to unite and to separate its recipients along class lines throughout the Empire. This expanded edition includes significant new material on current trends in food studies.

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Praise for the hardcover edition: ""This book is indispensable both for ancient history and for food history. . . . Donahue offers fascinating reflections on public and private dining, doing for Roman politics what Pauline Schmitt did for the Greek polis. [He] brilliantly ties meal times into the practices of Rome's Hellenistic predecessors and richly reflects the religious and cultural contexts of eating."" - John Wilkins, University of Exeter

The Roman Community at Table during the

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 8/3/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472036950, 978-0472036950
      ISBN10: 0472036955
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      Archaeology European history: the Romans

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      On its initial publication, The Roman Community at Table during the Principate broke new ground with its approach to the integral place of feasting in ancient Roman culture and the unique power of food to unite and to separate its recipients along class lines throughout the Empire. This expanded edition includes significant new material on current trends in food studies.

      Trade Review
      Praise for the hardcover edition: ""This book is indispensable both for ancient history and for food history. . . . Donahue offers fascinating reflections on public and private dining, doing for Roman politics what Pauline Schmitt did for the Greek polis. [He] brilliantly ties meal times into the practices of Rome's Hellenistic predecessors and richly reflects the religious and cultural contexts of eating."" - John Wilkins, University of Exeter

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