HORIZONTAL WOMEN: POSTURE AND SEX IN THE ROMAN CONVIVIUM.

Examines literary and visual evidence for women's dining posture in Rome during the time of the Roman Empire. Distinction of actual social practice from the ideology of representation; Argument that women could always dine reclining alongside a man; Significance of the sitting posture, seen mostly in sub-elite visual representations; Significance of postures attributed to women; Association of dining posture to sexual mores.