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Dining at the End of Antiquity: Class, Status, and Identity at Roman Tables (Nicholas Hudson) California - Los Angeles albodingasThe history of dining is a story that cannot be told without archaeology. Surviving texts describe the opulent banquets of Romes wealthy elite but give little attention to the simpler, more intimate social gatherings of domestic invitation dinners. The lower classes, in particular, are largely ignored by literary sources. We can, however, find the voices of the underprivileged by turning to the material detritus of ancient cultures that reflects their