Information on Roman food. Recipes, eating, and orgies in ancient Rome.
Pliny, in
Book XV. The Natural History of the Fruit-Trees, says that when Lucullus returned from Mithridates of Pontus, he brought the cherry tree back to Rome.
Not all Romans ate huge meals or used the vomitorium so they could go back to the table to eat more food. Especially during the Republic, the Roman diet was restrained.
In an article from 1971, R.W. Davies looks at archaeological, literary, and epigraphical evidence of the diet of the Roman soldier. He concludes that the assumption that Roman soldiers usually avoided meat is wrong.
Wheat is the main ingredient in bread, which, along with circuses, the public of Rome clamored for, according to Juvenal.
Garum was a Roman fish sauce.
In an article from 1971, R.W. Davies looks at archaeological, literary, and epigraphical evidence of the diet of the Roman soldier. He concludes that the assumption that Roman soldiers usually avoided meat is wrong.
Article explains how the Romans acquired grain and managed land in their empire.
Archives of the e-discussion group on ancient Roman food.
Charles Burton Gulick's translation of
The Deipnosophists of Athenaeus of Naucratis. Discussion at a Roman dinner party. Concerns homosexual and heterosexual eroticism. Anecdotes about Heracles & Philip of Macedon.
Using paintings as a guide, this site tells what and how the Etruscans ate and how their advanced enotechnicians made a wine the Greeks admired.
List of terms related to ancient food, especially Roman.
What and how the Romans ate, social classes, dress of the citizen, hairstyles, birth control, and the layout of the Roman home.
From grinding grain to making flat cakes to accompany cheese and sorrel, this Vergilian poem describes the round of food producing duties of a poor man. English translation.
Photos and descriptions of the uses of a storage amphora and mill made of volcanic rock.
