Food and society in classical antiquity / Peter Garnsey.

This is a general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition. It also treats the non-food uses of food, focusing on the role of food in forming and marking the social hierarchy. Food defines the group, whether social, religious, philosophical or political.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garnsey, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Key themes in ancient history.
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