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To: GingisK; SunkenCiv
...not just wine, as many historians have assumed... This strikes me as being and incredibly stupid assumption.

One of the most common (and most valuable) commodities transported in amphorae, especially by the Romans, was 'garum' (fermented fish sauce). They ate it on darn near everything.

19 posted on 10/17/2011 9:44:10 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: tarheelswamprat

The brand marks of one of the family-run brands of it have been found on jar fragments alll over the former Empire. :’)


23 posted on 10/17/2011 5:49:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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