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ANATOMY OF A ROMAN DINNER PARTY Roman dinner parties were similar but more sumptuous than those of today. Hors d'oeuvres were served, followed by six or seven main courses, then several kinds of dessert, with a lot of drinking underscoring the whole affair before, during, and after the actual dinner. A small army of slaves usually dealt with the whims of the guests as well as serving watered-down wine throughout the proceedings. Some hosts served their best wine to start with and then lesser vintages as guests became more intoxicated. In the early days of Rome, women were discouraged from drinking wine altogether, unless it was well watereddown, but this stricture was dropped during the empire. At any dinner party it was considered polite to belch. PHASE OF THE DINNER PARTY Hors d'oeuvres Main Course LATIN NAME TYPICAL FOOD SERVED Salads, radishes, gustatio or mushrooms, eggs, promulsio oysters, sardines prima mensa OTHER NOTES followed an initial drink of wine sweetened with honey There might be several hors d’oeuvres at an elegant dinner party Fish included eel, turbot, mackerel, tunny, mullet, eels, prawns, oysters, other shellfish. Poultry dishes included: chicken, goose, ostrich, crane, There might be several main duck, partridge, courses in an elegant dinner pheasant, pigeon, dove, party and--for the rich-peacock. Meat included boar, venison, wild goat, mutton, lamb, kid, sucking pig, hare, dormice, and sausage Offering to the Household Gods ? None Involved a short silence while an offering of wheat, salt, and wine was made to the household gods on the family altar Dessert secunda mensa every kind of honeysweetened cakes and fruit. Two favorite desserts were stuffed dates and honeyed bread; another was poppyseeds mixed with honey. Wine mixed with water During the rest of the party, music, song, dancing girls, conjurors, dwarfs, and acrobats were sometimes provided as entertainment After Dinner Drinking and Entertainment ? The Invitation Every great party has to start with an invitation. You are a rich Roman who wants to show off all of the decadence you have. You need to throw a dinner party in order to prove to Rome how much power and wealth you possess. Design an invitation that: explains why you are throwing the party has a menu for the guests tells about the entertainment is colorful and makes people want to attend your party optional: has a seating chart You will be graded on the rubric below: Reason for Party _______/1 A valid reason for the party is given according to the social structure and norms of Roman society Menu _______/2 An authentic menu of Roman foods are given Entertainment _______/1 Real roman entertainment is explained and offered Colorful _______/1 Bedazzeled Total Score _______/5