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The ''stibadium'' (: ''stibadia'') is a later form of the 
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The ''stibadium'' (: ''stibadia'') is a later form of the ancient Roman
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...
''lectus triclinaris'', the reclining seat used by diners in the ''triclinium
A ''triclinium'' (: ''triclinia'') is a formal dining room in a Ancient Rome, Roman building. The word is adopted from the Greek language, Greek ()—from (), "three", and (), a sort of couch, or rather chaise longue. Each couch was sized to ...
''. Originally, the ''lecti'' were arranged in a group of three in a semi-circle. The ''stibadium'' was a single semi-circular couch, fitting up to a dozen people, which replaced the triple group of ''lecti'' in the dining-room, frequently in alcoves around the centre of the room. In large Roman villas ''stibadia'' often became very elaborate.
This furniture
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is also called sigma.''The Roman banquet: images of conviviality'', Katherine Dunbabin, 2003, p. 166 This name comes from the lunate sigma
Sigma ( ; uppercase Σ, lowercase σ, lowercase in word-final position ς; ) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 200. In general mathematics, uppercase Σ is used as an operator ...
(upper case C, lower case ϲ) which resembles, but is not at all related to, the Latin letter
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C and was used in Eastern forms of Greek writing and in the Middle Ages.
The ''stibadium'' was originally an outdoor seat but was introduced indoors in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD because the shape was more convenient for entertaining and as ''triclinia'' became larger and more elaborate.
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'' convivia'' often feature a ''stibadium'' rather than a ''lectus''.
Examples
Roman villas with ''stibadia'' include the: * Roman villa of Faragola * Pliny's villa "in Tuscis"Pliny LII. To Domitius Apollinaris https://www.bartleby.com/9/4/1052.html * Villa El Ruedo (Spain) * Nymphaeum Utere Felix (Carthage)See also
* ''Accubitum
''Accubitum'' (: ''accubita'') was one name for the ancient Roman furniture couches used in the time of the Roman emperors, in the ''triclinium'' or dining room, for reclining upon at meals. It was also sometimes the name of the dining room its ...
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* Ancient Roman cuisine
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* '' Klinē''
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