What Did Romans Eat?

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Roman Food? By Izzy Augenstein My Thesis By looking at Roman food, one can see that Romans ate a specific way like a tradition like watering down wine,which is important because today we don't use the ?traditions? they use back then, we eat any way we see fit. My Question What did Romans eat? What did the rich eat?What did slaves and poor eat? What were their traditions? Average Romans (and slaves) ate standing up or sitting around a table. Most average Roman people in rome the ate only once daily. Another difference between the upper and the lower classes is that average Romans usually could not afford to buy meat and all the exotic foods that rich Romans enjoyed. What did the poor and slaves

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