What did ancient Romans eat?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ค. 2024
- Find out the common diet of the ancient Romans. We'll look at ancient literary sources, ancient depictions of food in art, and the remains of food from Pompeii and Rome's Colosseum. It's much more than bread, olive oil, and wine!
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0:00 Introduction and grain (bread)
1:02 What ancient authors said about the Roman diet
2:18 Food depicted in art, including Xenia
4:04 Roman foods preserved in Pompeii
5:44 Roman foods found in the Colosseum
6:30 Where to find food in Roman cities: bars, macellum
I've done a lot of baking and my fresh bread always delights my guests. But, it was when I started making "Roman" style bread that they became excited at the prospect of "breaking bread" with their companions at meal time! The sectioned loaves were perfect for this and the "sharing" brought just a bit more harmony to an already joyous group of friends!
Absolutely intriguing that this food is preserved for over 2000 years!
Ancient Roman kitchen is acutally very intressting . But was never has missing on a Roman meal was Garum. Some people call this the Ketchup of Ancient Rome. You can still buy Garum today.
Garum is the same as fish sauce from Thailand, but there are also some rare Italian products available. Umami flavor is timeless.
@@Breakfast_of_Champions I recently rediscovered fenugreek, romans used it a lot and its amazing :)
@@Breakfast_of_Champions Also the fish sauce from Vietnam
@@Marco-zt6fz I don't think its the same, roman version is less salty more aromatic
@@kevin02mulderidk about any of that. there is recipe near North Korea that uses mackeral just like Rome and it is not as aromatic nor less salty. And Im comparing it with liquamen, the less pungent version of garum
Thank you yet again for another vivid insight into aspects of ordinary Romans' daily lives.
Awesome video. Thanks Darius.
Glad you liked it!
We probably had those very same goats wonderfully interrupt our biking adventure the day we rode the Via Appia. There were hundreds of them. So cool! Thanks Darius!
How our diet changed with later centuries and the discovery of the new world.
You can see how the Italian diet developed from antiquity-very fun video!
I really love broad beans. There supposed to be a roman general who wrote about how he made the dry version :) Vicia faba 😋
I took Latin in high school, so Roman history was interesting. I have a copy of the Apicius Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome.
Nice - love that cookbook!
Neat video. Lots of good information with the wonderful visuals. Thank you.
Thanks for the great video!
Glad you liked it!
I love this video!!!
We know they lived here and there. Worked here and there. We know they ate here and there, but it reaches another level when we know what they ate. We can relate to them more by these foods. At least that’s the way I feel. One of the first things that really pulled at my heart strings years ago when I was learning of Pompeii were the loaves of bread left in the ovens. 😢
Who needs an ancient Roman cookbook? Me!☝️
Thank you so much for these videos, especially for the ones that will probably never get over there.
food is also a little time travel that brings us close to a culture, most of the time cultures changes fast but good food stays the same for centuries :-p
When I first learned about Roman bread I tried to recreate it in the bakery with modern spelt flour. I'm sure it was not the same as the original but it tasted great non the less
Brilliantly done!
Thank you!
I love this video! This video reminded me of the ancient floor mosaic “Unswept Room” in the Vatican Museums ! 🥰
Thank you 🙏
I was surprised to learn some Romans were vegetarians. Whether a dietary or moral choice was not clear to me, but fascinating none the less.
So interesting. Going to various cities in the Roman Empire.
Excellent video Darius! I wondered if there will be more trips to Pompeii & Herculaneum offered this year? The current March dates don’t work for me, but this kind of trip is exciting to me. If there will be others in 2024 I’m very interested in going.
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Thanks
Next video: Roman sauces and their modern equivalents, please.
Darius, you do a really fine job with these 'teaching videos' Liked and Subscribed of course. You use a unique and informative style, which is appreciated. Thank you, and kudos - John 3:16
Welcome aboard!
I would be grateful if you could provide us with the references to the works of the various Classical authors you allude to and tell us where the mosaics that illustrate your subject can be seen.
Great.
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Ar fii foarte interesant să mâncăm noi iubitorii de istorie a Romei antice, mâncăruri tradiționale romane, aș fi curioasă ce gust aveau romanii la mâncare!
250 kgs of grain per person per annum?
That can't be right..
4:12 looks delicious
Can you imagine having a live animal in your kitchen, waiting to cooked. It's a lot happening in the kitchen.😮😅
This was normal in Italy until a few decades ago, e.g. chickens.
😛😈 Darius roman cooking class soon 😁
Yea!!
This is a random question, but what is the oldest house in Pompeii and what is the oldest fresco the found there
There is still so much deep underground they can not get to yet :) The best stuff is in Herculaneum but no one is allowed to excavate further :)
they eat pretty well. that is very mediterranial diet. my dream diet :D
Don't forget the nosh choices offered in The Life of Brian
I'm curious about the origin of Garum. Fish sauces are greatly found today in Asian countries and cuisine. I assume historically the area has had them a long time. Did they influence the use of Garum in Rome?
And Worcestershire sauce originating in the UK is mostly a fish sauce mixed with fermented onion and other. Did it descend from Garum by some who passed down a knowledge of it though with some additions, even though perhaps no one recalling any Roman connection?
However, perhaps it came straight from Asia and never had a decent from Garum. Are you aware of any connections either way?
Worcestershire main ingredient is asafetida no fish sauce :-p
some speculations that romans has salad mixes like Worcestershire but Worcestershire is something from the English colonies in India I think
Use of garum goes way back - Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans…
@@kevin02mulder
Thanks. An original ingredient of Worcestershire sauce was anchovies.
While no direct link from Garum to predecessor English sauces is known, to me it's so bizarre to come up with such a process/ingredient that I am sure it could be traced somewhere in common. If only I had a time machine. Thanks for the info.
@@garyi.1360 There is much evidence roman legions has trade with India this is a really interesting topic. some ancient temples still have unused roman gold denarii and artifacts. sadly Indian temple authority do not want to share temple treasures with the public.
@@kevin02mulder
Yes. You, I think, mentioned that and I think that's the likely jumping point to England. Darius mentioned Greece and as turning fermented fish into anything is so abstract I wonder if an oracle came up with it after a lot of time with the Delphi gas fumes. Though probably it's a much more mundane origin.
The external trade and Germanic colors are too close. it's confusing.
Looks like they had a balanced diet
Good for healthy ❤
Was there beer and wine for the brave fans at the Coliseum?
Alas, but no tomatoes!
Alas
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so much grain ,, I really wonder if Romans where diabetic like we are now
The Romans proberly dont took sugar in they food. But its not entirely clear, as there is no direct evidence that ancient Romans ate sugar. However, indirect evidence suggests that they may have consumed small amounts of it, either in the form of honey or as a sweetener in fruit or wine.
@@Marco-zt6fz yes today sugar and carbs , but honey and grains are just as bad not to mention dates have fructose that causes fatty liver :)
Not eat but eunt
I dont know what do you mean Roman 😂 the city Rome or the Roman Empire with the 100 nations ? It's so complicated
I'll be in the vomitorium
😂
Roman master chef coming soon
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More a commentary of roman food in art and museums than a documentary about the recipes and cooking techniques, very bland.