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Above: The passage of a day in a Late Antique audience hall. Scene passes from the morning gathering of clients greeting their patron (salutatio) to an evening meal with friends.
Reconstruction of diners of the wealthiest class of Late Antique society.
Room modeled after the reception hall from the North Temenos at Aphrodisias in Turkey (4th-6th century CE).
Silver based on the Kaiseraugst Silver Hoard (mid-4th century CE).
Mode: Individual service in a grand setting to accentuate status of the individual diners.
Reconstruction of diners of the middling class of Late Antique society.
Room modeled after the largest room in the Earthquake House at Kourion, Cyprus (mid-4th century CE).
Mode: Shared service in intimate setting, accentuating shared experience.
Reconstruction of diners of the middling class of Late Antique society.
Room modeled after proposed dining room in Maison D at Alexandria (destroyed early 7th century CE).
Mode: Shared service in intimate setting, accentuating shared experience.
Reconstruction of diners of the middling class of Late Antique society.
Reconstruction of house and courtyard space based on village houses at Akören in Cilicia (4th-6th century CE).
Mode: Shared service in intimate setting, accentuating shared experience.
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