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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
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Explanation: The term comes from Greek - 'One who eats with others'. Romans were an immensely public people, and anyone who was anyone had dinner parties with incredible regularity - one would need a few contacts, so as to always have a few entertaining guests for the important folk you want to impress! If you were a little witty and a little willing to endure some jokes at your expense, you could - if not necessarily make a living of it - at least make a good number of your monthly meals for free at the tables of the upper-class!

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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
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Explanation: The term comes from Greek - 'One who eats with others'. Romans were an immensely public people, and anyone who was anyone had dinner parties with incredible regularity - one would need a few contacts, so as to always have a few entertaining guests for the important folk you want to impress! If you were a little witty and a little willing to endure some jokes at your expense, you co...

Why is every other society so much more worth living in? 😭

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Starb3an lemmy.world Starb3an@lemmy.world
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Aren't these politicians?

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