Ch 15 Meals & Food

Match the dinner terms with their English translation.

• dining room

• ientaculum

• breakfast

• triclinium

• lunch

• pandium

• dinner

• convivium

• banquet

• cena

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

• nuts

• sweets

• fish

• olives

• meat

• eggs

• various sauces

• fruit

• vegetables

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