{"id":9394,"date":"2024-03-15T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/?p=9394"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:53:12","slug":"ancient-roman-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insightvacations.com\/blog\/ancient-roman-food\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 Most Surprising Ingredients Used by the Ancient Romans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ancient Roman food might seem alien, but the Roman dinner table was a lot closer to the modern one than you might imagine. Goblets of wine, just-baked loaves of bread, protein-packed pulses and a whole selection of different cheeses featured at almost every meal, alongside the season\u2019s toga styles and discussion of conspiracies in the Senate.<\/p>\n

Among the upper echelons of Roman society, eating was more about status and ritual than it was about food. Eating lying down \u2013 the left hand supporting the head, the right picking at morsels chopped by slaves \u2013 as well as vomiting between courses was a way to show off one\u2019s status in society life of leisure.<\/p>\n

However, some ancient Roman recipes have fallen out of favor. From endangered poultry to extinct herbs, these are the most unusual ingredients used in the world of ancient Roman food<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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