"The [at table] service at Augustus was very simple, three to six portals at most; among Tiberius, who wanted to lead everyone to frugality and savings with his example, he was barely decent; on the other hand Titus Flavius Vespasian, economical and good farmer in every other way, kept a splendid table with the aim of favoring the sellers of edible objects. Pertinax called for moderation at the imperial banquets, in which Commodus had madly lavished treasures. It seems that the custom generally observed at large banquets in Rome of treating guests differently according to the diversity of their order and condition was not practiced at the imperial table. At the very least, it appears that Hadrian in order to obviate any possible abuse of his cooks, sometimes had food brought from the other tables, not excluding the last ones. (vol. I, The court, p. 98)"
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