Ch 15 Meals & Food

Match the dinner terms with their English translation.

• lunch

• convivium

• breakfast

• pandium

• banquet

• ientaculum

• dining room

• cena

• dinner

• triclinium

What were the slaves doing when the guests arrived?

• They were cooking food

• They were removing shoes and washing feet

• They were decorating the banquet

• They were singing and dancing

What does this image depict?

Draw a Roman man/woman dining on the couch.

Categorize the foods into the course they belong to.

Groups:

(a) gustatio

,

(b) mensa primae

,

(c) mensa secundae

• fish

• meat

• olives

• sweets

• various sauces

• nuts

• fruit

• vegetables

• eggs

What is a mappa and what was it used for?

What material was NOT on the Roman table?

• silver

• plastic

• glass

• bronze

Who wrote a cookbook?

• Ovid

• Vergil

• Julius Caesar

• Apicius