Publicly Luxurious: Banqueting Women on Tombstones in Roman Britain

Anique Hamelink

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Chapter 11 Publicly Luxurious

Banqueting Women on Tombstones in Roman Britain

In: The Public Lives of Ancient Women (500 BCE-650 CE)

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Anique Hamelink University of Amsterdam Amsterdam School of Historical Studies

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Pages:: 249–269

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004534513_014

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The funerary banquet, or Totenmahl, was a popular iconographic theme on tombstones along the northern border regions of the Roman Empire, where it was chiefly used by and for men from military communities. In Roman Britain, however, it was a type of scene that was employed in the commemoration of women too. They were depicted reclining, either alone or as part of a family group, in the luxurious setting of a Roman banquet. This setting included servants, elegant furniture and wine cups, as well as a special dinner-costume known as the synthesis.

This paper explores the significance of the iconography of the funerary banquet and dinner-dress in the public commemoration of women in Roman Britain, zooming in on the adoption of, and familiarity with, Roman style dining practices in the north-western provinces, the inclusivity of women in these practices and the relationship between the commemorative image of the banqueteers and their lived reality.

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The Public Lives of Ancient Women (500 BCE-650 CE)

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 468 and Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, Volume: 468

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 07 Feb 2023

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