Food in the Ancient World
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What Is Sylphium?
Sylphium grew only in te serenaca, in ancient sirene. By the time nero was emperor, sylph gone extinct. Apparently nero ate the last stalk of silphium. The romans ate it marely in vinegar, so like a pickle, or dried and used as acondementin food,. So we can try that to substitute when we make ancient resident. We have falsly white wine, honey, bay leaves, black pepper, very valuable in the ancient roman world. Saffron for this nice orange colewe have a mastic, which is raising from the tree that grows only in the island of chios
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