Translated from French with ChatGPT (please notify us of errors) Its name might sound like a punk band: garum. But in reality, it’s quite different, even if its ingredients might […]
Gleukos, a sip of must?
Translated from French with ChatGPT (please notify us of errors) Not to be confused with the grape juice from our supermarkets. Living in a wine-producing region, one sometimes has the […]
Rome Burns: A Look Back at Ancient Heatwave Rituals
Translated from French with ChatGPT (please notify us of errors) – Article en français Rome is ablaze. As we approach the end of August 2023, temperatures in the Eternal City are […]
At Calidius’, everything is hot
Article en français Translated from French with ChatGPT (please notify us of errors) The reproduced stone depicted here, dated from the late 1st century AD and found in Aesernia, 170 […]
The Shedeh: Tuthankamon’s Mysterious Nectar
Article en français Translated from French with ChatGPT (please notify us of errors) Our winemaking tradition often evokes its Greco-Roman heritage. However, the cultivation of vines and the tradition of […]
A spicy sauce by Apicius
Article en français / Versione in italiano Translated from French with DeepL & ChatGPT (please notify us of errors) Among the five hundred Roman recipes that have miraculously come down […]
Valentine’s Day or the end of the Lupercalia
Translated from French with DeepL & ChatGPT (please notify us of errors) On this day in Rome, there were reports of naked men running unrestrained through the streets, wielding goat […]
The SATOR square or the magic of words
Article en français: Le carré SATOR, ou la magie des mots / Versione in italiano: Il quadrato di SATOR o la magia del verbo Translated from French with DeepL (please […]
Before Jesus eclipses the Sun
Translated from French with DeepL (please notify us of errors) At the end of the third century AD, the Roman Empire was a collection of peoples with multiple traditions that […]
Saturnalia, Roman society upside down
Translated from French with DeepL (please notify us of errors) The houses and streets witness a joyous outburst: the crowd goes out to form festive processions, the servants are served […]