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  2. Ancient Roman cuisine - Wikipedia

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    John E. Stambaugh writes that meat "was scarce except at sacrifices and the dinner parties of the rich". [20] Cows were prized for their milk; bulls as plough and draft animals. Meat of working animals was tough and unappetizing. Veal was eaten occasionally. Apicius gives only four recipes for beef but the same recipes call for lamb or pork as ...

  3. Food in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    While there were prominent Romans who discouraged meat eating– the Emperors Didius Julianus and Septimius Severus disdained meat [22] –Roman butchers sold a variety of fresh meats, including pork, beef, and mutton or lamb. [23] Due to the lack of refrigeration, techniques of preservation for meat, fish, and dairy were developed.

  4. Roman cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Roman cuisine comes from the Italian city of Rome. It features fresh, seasonal and simply-prepared ingredients from the Roman Campagna . [ 1 ] These include peas , globe artichokes and fava beans , shellfish, milk-fed lamb and goat , and cheeses such as pecorino romano and ricotta . [ 2 ]

  5. Garum - Wikipedia

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    Garum appears in many recipes featured in the Roman cookbook Apicius. For example, Apicius (8.6.2–3) gives a recipe for lamb stew, calling for the meat to be cooked with onion and coriander, pepper, lovage, cumin, liquamen, oil, and wine, then thickened with flour. [18]

  6. List of ancient dishes - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Agriculture in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Nutrition in classical antiquity - Wikipedia

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    Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician; his idea of a healthy diet consisted of balance and moderation of cereals, fruits, vegetables, dairy, with a strong emphasis on the moderation of meat and wine. [19] His belief is that excess food from one source would lead to future ailments.

  9. Plebeians - Wikipedia

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    Since meat was very expensive, animal products such as pork, beef and veal would have been considered a delicacy to plebeians. Instead, a plebeian diet mainly consisted of bread and vegetables. Common flavouring for their food included honey, vinegar and different herbs and spices.