Dining with Caesar : food and power in ancient Rome [videorecording] / [lecture by] Andrew Dalby ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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Dining with Caesar : food and power in ancient Rome [videorecording] / [lecture by] Andrew Dalby ; [sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Museum].

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In this lecture Andrew Dalby explores dining practices in the city that once ruled the Mediterranean. He identifies the range of luxuries that comprised a fashionable meal 2,000 years ago: great wines, local farm produce, and exotic spices from India and beyond. Dalby illustrates how invitations and place settings at the table were calculated to impress, persuade, or seduce. Gaius Julius Caesar understood better than any of his rivals that food could serve as a means of persuasion. How did Caesar, a relatively unknown politician, build up the influence that made him a dictator and gave birth to a new political structure? Dalby shares examples from the ruler's feasts and entertainments to shed fresh light on this pivotal period of Roman history. Dalby's talk is followed by remarks by Sally Grainger, food historian and chef.

1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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