Silphium

Silphium or silphion was a medicinal plant that flourished in the wide fields of Cyrenaica during the 1st century BCE.
By 47 BCE, it was widely believed to work as a cure for a number of afflictions, as well as a being a general pain reliever and a contraceptive.Assassin's Creed: Origins During this time, the fields of silphium were heavily guarded, and stealing the plant was punishable by death.
At some point in 47 BCE, a group of silphium farmers gave refuge to a runaway gladiator, Polymestor.Assassin's Creed: Origins - Are You Not Entertained?
Between the 7th and the 8th centuries CE, the abbot Adrian of Cyrenaica developed an ale recipe with silphium, giving the beverage a smooth flavor and a tender aroma. Traveling to the region of Kent in England, he brought his recipe with a supply of silphium. By 870's CE, monks built a priory in the region, using Adrian's recipe and silphium in their ale's production.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Viking Expansion notes - Secret Ale Recipe
==Gallery==
ACO Apollonia Silphium House - Anton Antonov Marinov.jpg|Silphium house
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
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