Roman Food

Do you think the Romans were the original bulimics with a vomitorium in every household? It may surprise you to learn most Romans ate modestly. Learn more about the Romans' foods and their diet. Meals About the names and times of the ancient Roman meals. Sources on Roman Food The main written sources we have for the foods the Roman ate.

Here are some of the preferred ancient Roman wines.

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.

Garum was a Roman fish sauce.

Wheat is the main ingredient in bread, which, along with circuses, the public of Rome clamored for, according to Juvenal.

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.

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.

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.