The monarch's banquet in the ancient world.
PURennes| N° d'inventaire | 16837 |
| Format | 15.5 x 24 |
| Détails | 550 p., black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Rennes, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
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Banquets in the Near Eastern, Greek, Celtic, Etruscan, and Roman worlds served as political tools to establish legitimacy and unite subjects, friends, and allies. This book examines specific aspects of these events, such as the reality of a specific Roman commissatio, the judgment of drunkenness, and the imaginary world of the Roman banquet. Table manners and figures of commensality, the choice of dishes and the setting of feasts, the royal tryphè, and the circulation of surpluses are presented in a dialogue between cultural spaces, highlighting legacies and ruptures.
Banquets in the Near Eastern, Greek, Celtic, Etruscan, and Roman worlds served as political tools to establish legitimacy and unite subjects, friends, and allies. This book examines specific aspects of these events, such as the reality of a specific Roman commissatio, the judgment of drunkenness, and the imaginary world of the Roman banquet. Table manners and figures of commensality, the choice of dishes and the setting of feasts, the royal tryphè, and the circulation of surpluses are presented in a dialogue between cultural spaces, highlighting legacies and ruptures.