Empire of Pleasures

An evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wine and entertainments in literature and in art.

Table des matières

1 Introduction 2 Imperium sine fine 3 Ausonia 4 Vesper 5 Aurora 6 Barbaricum 7 Saeva urbs 8 The use of Empire

A propos de l'auteur

Andrew Dalby

Résumé

An evocative survey of the sensory culture of the Roman Empire, showing how the Romans themselves depicted their food, wine and entertainments in literature and in art.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrew Dalby, Dalby Andrew
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 19.09.2000
• EAN: 9780415186247
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18624-7
• Pages: 346
• Poids: 800 g
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Antiquité; COOKING / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Cookery / food & drink etc, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Cookery / food and drink / food writing