Satire and moral criticism bias this reconstruction; do not universalize it. The diagram on PDF70 is an explanatory seating sketch, not archaeological measurement.
A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), Roman convivium
The banquet is presented as a hierarchy expressed through seating, wine quality, vessels and enslaved service.
chap. 8, “The Roman Convivium”
chap. 8, “The Roman Convivium”
Paraphrase checked against supplied PDF. Verified means faithful source attribution, not independent corroboration. Satire and moral criticism bias this reconstruction; do not universalize it. The diagram on PDF70 is an explanatory seating sketch, not archaeological measurement. Crosswalk 2026-09-16: reader locator uses verified chapter/section. Original PDF 66–PDF 73 retained here for internal retrieval; legacy Page field is a PDF position, not printed pagination. No change to claim assessment.
Evidence
The banquet is presented as a hierarchy expressed through seating, wine quality, vessels and enslaved service.
Location and context
Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (2017), chap. 8, “The Roman Convivium”. Original paraphrase, not quotation. The private PDF retrieval range is retained in Verification Notes.
Annotation
Satire and moral criticism bias this reconstruction; do not universalize it. The diagram on PDF70 is an explanatory seating sketch, not archaeological measurement.
Verification
Faithful attribution checked; historical truth not thereby established.