Food in the Ancient World Paperback / softback
by John (University of Exeter) Wilkins, Shaun (University of Exeter) Hill
Part of the Ancient Cultures series
Paperback / softback
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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. 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. Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2005
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- ISBN:9780631235514
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780631235514
