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Title:

EMPIRE OF PLEASURES
LUXURY AND INDULGENCE IN THE ROMAN WORLD

By:

Andrew Dalby

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0415280737

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9780415280730

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

25 July, 2002

Pages:

352

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

Empire of Pleasures presents 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. This fascinating journey envelops the reader in a world devoted to the titillation and fulfilment of the senses, allowing them to recapture the Empire as it was sensed and imagined by those who lived in it. It will fascinate and entrance anyone with a love of the classical world

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Routledge

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