Power lunches in the Eastern Roman empire

From: Michigan Quarterly Review | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

You might be wondering about my title. Even in this depressed economy, you can all still envision the spectacle of a "power lunch": that scene of extravagant eating, drinking, and even more extravagant billing, of collusion, coercion, and power plays around the table. Meanwhile, if you put the notion of "food" anywhere near the concept of "the Roman empire," an equally immediate, and still more fantastic image springs to mind: of wild parties, unimaginable meals, of excess beyond belief.

Both these phenomena are appropriately invoked in a lecture intended to do honor to John D'Arms. Let's ...

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