Spectators at Rome's Colosseum ate olives, fruit and nuts while watching gladiators fight to the death, archaeologists find after discovering 1,900-year-old food fragments

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | November 24, 2022, updated on the 25th | Fiona Jackson

[SunkenCiv]

worth a try.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1527456/posts

[gundog]

I guess they could have substituted a flatbread for corn chips. Cheese, olives...seems they could have made nachos, sort of....

[Mozzafiato]

Shocking discovery! People in Rome ate olives, figs, nuts, and melons? This is breaking news!

[Flick Lives]

“That’ll be 18.75 denarii”

“WHAT?? It was only 12 denarii last year! Damn that Emperor Brandon!”

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Emperor Turnipus Feelalotus Snifficus Maximus

[Hieronymus]

You didn’t click on the link in 6?

[Redcitizen]

I’m sure there was a sign saying “ no outside food or drink”.

[SunkenCiv]

Alan: Why? Why? The First Amendment gives me the right to yell in a crowded theater. Goobers!

...

Alan: Deviled egg? No.
Charlie: Close the lid.
Charlie: It smells like a box of ass.
Alan: I don’t know why they call them deviled eggs.
Alan: I think they’re just heavenly.

[SunkenCiv]

Sez I had to sign in. But I’m up to speed now.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4111854/posts?page=55#55

[SunkenCiv]

“Employees must wash off the blood before leaving.”

[Songcraft]

Passion fruit and blood oranges...

      

[Zack Attack]

What? No hotdogs, elephant ears, fries, pizza? That would suck!

[Hieronymus]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention wolf’s nipple chips. They’re lovely.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/9c03df12-f24b-4861-85ae-42ce8e55aad9

[gundog]

Not for the nachos.....but flatbread, cheese and wolf nipples would make a good pizza.

[gundog]

Tomatoes in first century Europe?

[SunkenCiv]

The problem with the elephant ears was the size of the buns they needed to have on hand.

[SunkenCiv]

I’m pretty sure I’ve never had passion fruit (just the juice), but I love the blood oranges, although they seem to be an acquired taste.

[atc23]

Correct. There were no tomatoes until after Columbus

[SunkenCiv]

from the toldinstone keyword, sorted:

• Roman Colosseum's New Floor Will Give Visitors A Gladiator's Point Of View [05/04/2021]
• How did the Romans Capture Animals for the Colosseum? [04/21/2022]
• Why was Roman Concrete Forgotten during the Middle Ages? [11/14/2021]
• Were Roman Roads more Durable than Modern Highways? [02/12/2022]
• Were the Roman Aqueducts used as Water Slides? [04/14/2022]

[nwrep]

Potatoes only came after Columbus discovered America.

[nwrep]

Did they find human bones? If so, they would be Christians most likely.