Welcome everyone, in this video we will uncover the ingredients, flavours, and dining habits that shaped Roman food culture, from everyday meals to extravagant feasts.

00:00 01:28 Introduction
01:29 07:40 Meals, Cooking & Taverns
07:41 12:44 Cereals
12:45 13:22 Legumes
13:23 15:40 Vegetables
15:41 21:18 Meat
21:19 24:06 Eggs & Dairy
24:07 27:40 Seafood
27:41 29:04 Olives & Olive Oil
29:05 32:25 Herbs & Spices
32:26 35:13 Fruits & Nuts
35:14 37:07 Sweets

Note 1: Gudgeon is actually a freshwater fish, I mistakenly placed Gudgeon in the saltwater fish category.
Note 2: Dolphins are mammals but I included them in the fish category for the sake of convenience.
Note 3: If you want to take a look at how, many of the foods I mentioned in the video, are made, make sure to check out this channel:‪@HistoricalItalianCooking‬
Note 4: At some point, I mistakenly say that the Romans kept electric eels as pets in their pools. They did not have electric eels but European moray eels.

Music by:
Farya Faraji: ‪@faryafaraji‬
Stefanos Krasopoulis/Στέφανος Κρασοπούλης: ‪@stefanoskrasopoulis‬
Epidemic Music

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Sources:
Patrick Faas, 'Around the Roman Table: Food and Feasting in Ancient Rome'
Marco Gavio de Rubeis, 'Ancient Roman Cooking: Ingredients, Recipes, Sources'
Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), 'Naturalis Historia'
Marcus Gavius Apicius, 'De Re Coquinaria'
Marcus Terentius Varro, 'De Re Rustica'
Marcus Porcio Cato, 'De Agri Cultura'
Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella, 'De Re Rustica'

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