09-06-2003, 07:18 AM
I started thinking about this because of a post on RAT in which Togaman says we haven't any images of Romans reclining to dine. So my question is, where does this idea come from? What are the ancient sources? Anybody know?<br>
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I have always thought it would be quite awkward to recline while dining and that if they actually did it, it would only be on certain rare occasions such as special dinner parties. It certainly wouldn't aid digestion to eat that way and would require more room for guests around the tables. Any thoughts? No doubt I am letting my modern ideas colour my thinking, but when something seems impractical to me, I want to know why it was done.<br>
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Wendy <p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i></i>
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I have always thought it would be quite awkward to recline while dining and that if they actually did it, it would only be on certain rare occasions such as special dinner parties. It certainly wouldn't aid digestion to eat that way and would require more room for guests around the tables. Any thoughts? No doubt I am letting my modern ideas colour my thinking, but when something seems impractical to me, I want to know why it was done.<br>
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Wendy <p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i></i>
