Curiosities of ancient Rome (Food)

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Food is a collection of interesting facts about the diet, foods, and culinary customs of ancient Rome. This category includes lesser-known facts and interesting information about Roman dishes, ingredients, meal organization, and dietary differences between the different social classes of the Roman Empire.

Pork in Imperium Romanum

Pork is a very tasty meat – probably everyone who eats it will agree with this. Many of us probably cannot imagine that at least once a week there would be no pork chop or…Więcej

Romans ate while reclining

Roman patricians ate in reclining positions, settling on sofas. The sofas encircled the main table on three sides, with food and drink delivered by slaves to individual guests. The name of the Roman dining room…Więcej

Pangiallo – yellow bread

In the Latium region to this day, one of the typical Christmas cakes is the so-called yellow bread – pangiallo. Its roots go back to the era of the Roman Empire. Back then, pieces of…Więcej

Snails fattened with milk – Roman delicacy

One of the favourite delicacies of the ancient Romans was snails fattened with milk. Varro or Pliny the Elder mention that rich Romans enjoyed snails from their own farms. It seems that the first person…Więcej

Romans knew rice

Rice was known in ancient times. Ancient Rome imported rice (Oryza sativa) from India, as a luxury product added to dishes or used as a medicine. Mentions of it can be found in texts by…Więcej

Roman fresco showing daily expenses

We learn a lot about the expenses of ordinary citizens of course from Pompeii. It was there in one of the houses that the Roman “graffiti” survived; the resident calculates his expenses on the wall…Więcej

Mullet – delicacy of ancient Romans

As reported by Pliny the Elder 1 Martial, Epigrams, II.53.7 , who lived in the middle of the 1st century CE, one of the most eaten fish among the ancient Romans was the red mullet.…Więcej

Roman lunch

The basic ingredient of Roman’s dinner was bread made of various types of flour: black bread (panis rusticus, plebeius), white bread (panis secundaris) and the softest bread luxurious (panis candidus, uniform). There was no shortage…Więcej

Onions – delicacy of Romans

Onion was extremely popular in ancient Roman times, and therefore it is probably still used in many dishes in Europe. With the conquest of Europe, the Romans took the vegetable with them to various regions,…Więcej

Asparagus – expensive specialty among Greeks and Romans

Asparagus was a very expensive speciality in ancient Greek and Roman times that was especially frozen in the Alps for festivals and festivals. Both the Greeks and Romans appreciated their unique and delicate taste, diuretic…Więcej

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