Ancient Roman dinner parties were known for extravagance, but their dining customs were surprisingly crude. Guests would lie on couches, enjoying lavish meals, and then toss food scraps like bones ...

Despite these differences, almost all citizens carefully observed the same rituals at dinner time – the rituals that made them Roman. The ancient Rome that remains today is one of fabulous ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Pompeii unveiled their latest find on Thursday: a formal dining room that offers a glimpse of how some of ...

In ancient Rome, an hour was not a consistent unit of ... 540 – the equivalent of just nine hours in modern time to have dinner, socialise and sleep. These truncated summer nights could pose ...

One said he thought about ancient Rome only when he ordered pizza from the chain Little Caesars. Ms. Alviri said the trope reminded her of “girl dinner,” another online phenomenon that ...