The Roman Banquet: Images of Conviviality

Katherine M. D. Dunbabin

Cambridge University Press, 2003 - Art - 291 pages

Dining was an important social occasion in the classical world. Scenes of drinking and dining decorate the wall paintings and mosaic pavements of many Roman houses. They are also painted in tombs and carved in relief on sarcophagi and on innumerable smaller grave monuments. Drawing frequently upon ancient literature inscriptions as well as archaeological evidence, this book examines the visual and material evidence for dining through Roman antiquity. Richly illustrated, Roman Banqueting offers the fullest and varied picture of the role of the banquet in Roman life.

About the author

Katherine M. D. Dunbabin is Professor Emerita of Classics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. A scholar of the British School at Rome, a Humboldt Fellow, a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and a Jackson Lecturer at Harvard University, she is also the author of Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Roman Banquet: Images of Conviviality
• Author: Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0521822521, 9780521822527
• Length: 291 pages
• Subjects: Art / History / Ancient & Classical; History / Ancient / General