Ancient Romans had a seemingly predictable diet for pre-refrigeration days made up of mostly cereals, legumes and meats with ...

In the Mediterranean, soap was entirely unknown: Egyptians and Romans used oils for bathing and the Egyptians ... the Mediterranean area led to the development of soaps based on olive oil and lye from ...

The Romans had a serious trash problem, though by our standards it was good-looking trash. Their problem was amphorae. They needed millions of the curvy clay jars to ship wine, olive oil ...