09-20-2013, 05:42 PM
Here's a question, Rado posted that lovely 'patrician's patera, and I posted several gorgeous examples from civillian sites. Why are they so high status? If they stayed in the kitchen, no one would see them. If they were used at the table, how were they used? I've never seen any tricilinium scene depicted with patera's on hand .... I'm not sure that ritual is the answer.
Paul Elliott
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
