Food in the Ancient World (Ancient Cultures) (Paperback)
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Short Description for Food in the Ancient World In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. * Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c. 750 BC to 200 AD. * Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order.
Full description- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published: 10 February 2006
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Sociology: Customs & Traditions | General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Food & Drink
- ISBN 13: 9780631235514 ISBN 10: 0631235515
- Sales rank: 601,246
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Full description for Food in the Ancient World
In "Food in the Ancient World", a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. This book explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD; shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order; concerns people from all walks of life - impoverished citizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites; describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes; and, considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.
