The way we used to eat: diet, community, and history at Rome.

Changes in foodways were an object of literary reflection on the Roman past in the early empire. They offered a rich set of ingredients with which to characterize social, economic, and cultural change. Varro is prominent in attesting and shaping this tradition, but it is an older, and more broadly b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Purcell, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2003