Romans did not drink pure wine but mixed it in varying proportions with water and they sometimes flavored it with honey or with resins. Romans, rich and poor drank wine with their meals.
Even the poorest Roman could afford a jug of posca, vinegar mixed with enough water to make it drinkable.
The Romans wine was considerably more cloudy and rich in sediment. Roman historians report that wine and other alcoholic beverages played a vital role in their societies. The fun-loving Romans went as far as worshipping a beverage deity: Bacchus, the god of wine.
Wine and brew shop could be found at every street corner of ancient Rome.
The ancient Romans also perfected the glass bottle as a beverage container. Transparent wine bottles allowed their content to be seen and served to enhance the attractiveness of the beverage.
During the second BC, as Rome’s political, military and commercial interest extended northward in Europe, Roman trade goods spread across the continent.
Caesar led expeditions to Britain in 55 and 54 BC. Romans introduced wine to Britain, in the early first century BC.
Beer also remained prominent being a beverage of choice for many of the every troops safeguarding Roman dominance in Britain. The ancient Romans produced a beverage from corn, which they called cerevisia, the gift of Ceres. Theophrastus speaks of it as intoxicating and calls it the wine of barley.
At Manching in southern Germany, Roman wine amphoras appear already early in the second century BC.
The wines produced in the sloped of Vesuvius were particularly renowned; the fertile volcanic soil there was cultivated almost up to the edges of the crater until the eruption of 79 AD.
Beverages during ancient Roman
A beverage is a liquid designed for consumption, often crafted to have a pleasing flavor, such as an alcoholic drink. History, in contrast, is a systematic record of events, particularly those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, usually with an analysis of their causes. Thus, the history of beverages entails a detailed and organized account of the evolution of various drinks over time.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Top articles all the time
-
Creamer that easily dissolved in hot liquid was developed by the Carnation Company in 1958. It was marketed under the brand name Coffee Mate...
-
Coffeehouses, or "qahveh khaneh," were central to Arab culture, particularly from the 15th century onward, and played a key role ...
-
The history of carbonation technology traces back to the 18th century, with key figures making groundbreaking contributions. William Brownri...
-
The Carling Brewing Company was founded by Sir Thomas Carling, at London, Ontario, Canada in 1843. Thomas Carling is a native of Yorkshire, ...
-
Faygo Beverages, Inc., originally known as Feigenson Brothers Bottling Works, was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1907 by Russian immigrant...