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The Roman colonies provided many foods to Rome; the city received ham from Belgium, oysters from Brittany, garum from Mauretania, wild game from Tunisia, silphium (laser) from Cyrenaica, flowers from Egypt, lettuce from Cappadocia, and fish from Pontus. [7] The ancient Roman diet included many items that are staples of modern Italian cooking.
Roman food vendors and farmers' markets sold meats, fish, cheeses, produce, olive oil and spices; and pubs, bars, inns and food stalls sold prepared food. Bread was an important part of the Roman diet, with more well-to-do people eating wheat bread and poorer people eating that made from barley .
Relief depicting a Gallo-Roman harvester. Roman agriculture describes the farming practices of ancient Rome, during a period of over 1000 years.From humble beginnings, the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and the Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) expanded to rule much of Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East and thus comprised many agricultural environments of which the Mediterranean climate ...
Although the end date of what constitutes ancient history is disputed, some Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE (the most used), [8] [9] the closure of the Platonic Academy in 529 CE, [10] the death of the emperor Justinian I in 565 CE, [11] the spread of Islam in 610 CE [12] or the rise of Charlemagne [13] as ...
An exploration of ancient sewers beneath the Colosseum, the world’s most recognizable stadium, revealed the kinds of food spectators snacked on in the stands and the animals that met their fate ...
The Romans would catch dormice from the wild in autumn when they were fattest. [42] The dormice were kept and raised either in large pits or (in less spacious urban surroundings) in terra cotta containers, gliraria, [43] similar to contemporary hamster cages. They fed these captive dormice walnuts, chestnuts, and acorns for fattening.
Fish was also used to make a popular Roman condiment known as garum. Species such as Bluefin Tuna were expensive delicacies in ancient Greece. [13] [14] [15] In ancient Rome, many fish species were delicacies. [16] The poor had limited access to these fish. [17] Fishes were also used to help guide seamen and as methods of foretelling the ...
Italian farms supplied vegetables and fruits, but fish and meat were luxuries. Aqueducts were built to bring water to urban centers and wine and oil were imported from Hispania, Gaul and Africa. There was a very large amount of commerce between the provinces of the Roman Empire, since its roads and transportation technology were very efficient ...