HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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fruit, bread, fish
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cheese, meat, bread
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ham, steak, chicken
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fruit, seafood, steak
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bread was eaten at most meals, and would be accompanied by sausage, domestic fowl, game, eggs, cheese, fish and shellfish. Fish and oysters were particularly popular. Pork was also available. Roman delicacies were snails and dormice.
Detailed explanation-2: -Talking about fruit, ancient Romans used to mainly eat apples, pears, plums, chestnuts, figs and grapes. Instead the citrus fruits only arrived in the 4th century AD. Among apples, the most popular one was the quince, especially for the jam that even at that time was made out of it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Favourite Roman foods were fattened snails, dormice, pigeons, shellfish and game. For a typical Roman family, breakfast was a light meal of bread and fruit. The mid-day meal (prandium) was a cold snack or a light dish of fish, eggs and vegetables.