What Did People Eat and Drink in Roman Palestine?

Biblical Archaeology Review ^ | April 23, 2019 | Megan Sauter

[bigbob]

How many qabs in a cubit?

[SunkenCiv]

I suspect the qubit is divided into, say, ten parts, in three dimensions, making a qab 1/1000th of a qubic qubit.

[Paal Gulli]

It didn’t become Roman Palestine until the second century AD.

[lizma2]

Interesting. No vegies. etc., for a year.

Wonder if it made a difference in production 5,775 years ago???

Did it rejuvenate the soil? Maybe.

Now we just spray them with stuff from Monsanto.

[SunkenCiv]

Yup, the name was changed after the Romans quelled the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 AD.

[SunkenCiv]

Hmm, this is interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_revolt#CITEREFJacobson2001

[SunkenCiv]

Oooh, so’s this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelia_Capitolina

[Redcitizen]

Thanks SunkenCiv. I’ll check it out.

[married21]

Hmmm, just be cause they couldn’t cultivate veggies doesn’t mean they didn’t eat them. Strays probably grew. Also, they could have had wild roots and herbs.

[SunkenCiv]

It does sound like it would sort of work as a form of crop rotation, although the relationship between leguminous crops and soil enrichment was recognized in ancient Greece, and it's not unlikely (just unattested) that it was recognized by anyone growing them over generations of time. Be aware that there are those who claim that a sabbatical year is the next big thing in response to climate change. My view is, it was just another way to put the boot on the necks.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure. I suspect that it would make a population vulnerable to outside conquest and such.

[Tammy8]

Ezekiel gets away with bread baked upon animal excrement. Unlike the scroll, we aren't told how it tastes.

Pioneers in this country who were in places where trees were scarce cooked many a meal over a buffalo chip fire. I have read that many times, not once was it mentioned how that made the food taste...

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Gospel of Mark indicates that john was eating "Akrides kai melion agurion." Locust and wild honey. https://biblehub.com/interlinear/mark/1.htm Mark 1 verse 6. ἀκρίδες https://biblehub.com/greek/akrides_200.htm ἀκρίδες means Locust, not carob.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Gospel of Mark indicates that john was eating "Akrides kai melion agurion." Locust and wild honey. https://biblehub.com/interlinear/mark/1.htm Mark 1 verse 6. ἀκρίδες https://biblehub.com/greek/akrides_200.htm ἀκρίδες means Locust, not carob.

[Billyv]

A roasted grasshopper tastes like almonds. From personal experience.

[Celtic Conservative]

Roman Palestine. Isn’t that Israel?

CC

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That’s new to me.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

What did they eat? Whatever the Romans let them.

[Celtic Conservative]

I ate ‘em in survival school. High in protein, greasy, relatively flavorless. But certainly edible.

CC

[Jamestown1630]

It’s also called ‘St. John’s Bread’. I’ve used it a lot - to make brownies, and as a milkshake or in candy. Not exactly like chocolate; different but somewhat similar:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratonia_siliqua