Add a Section - 6. The Distributive Justice of Group Feasts and Banquets
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The following paragraph originally appeared at the very end of Chapter 6’s section “From the Bronze Age Saturnalia to the Roman Orgy” (right before the Conclusion section) but did not make sense in context, so we omitted it. Can you help us figure out how to work it into an appropriate part of an appropriate chapter? And can you solve the query as well?
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Herodotus (The Histories VII.1189) said that “The Greek cities that took on the billeting of the Persian troops during the Greek campaign of Xerxes fell into dire straits, the citizens even being deprived of their houses and property. The arrival of the troops would be announced beforehand and the order would be given to the effect that everyone should set about the procurement of reserves of foodstuffs. Over the course of many months they threshed the wheat and barley grain and fattened livestock and poultry. They also procured gold and silver goblets and other table utensils, which the Persians then carried off with them.”Verify CitationCan you help us verify the Herodotus citation details (within “1189” there may be a missing en dash to indicate a range, or a period to indicate a missing subsection level within a section) and add a link if possible to a similar translation? And help us verify the quotation is accurate to a source text. The Persian garrison in Babylon forced grain and date prices substantially above those in Nippur.
