what were romans food like
Romans usually had meat, fish, salad, eggs, fruits and wine in lunch. The most sumptuous meal of the day was the dinner, called âcenaâ by the Romans. Well to do Romans ate a variety of food in dinner. They had meat, pork, fish, vegetables and lots of wine. In fact Romans had a hearty wine course at the end of the meal.
If you were rich, you could also eat beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and fish, dormice, and snails. If you were poor, you ate mostly just the Mediterranean Triad, with vegetables like lentils and cucumbers, onions, garlic, and lettuce, fruit like apples and figs, nuts, and sometimes cheese and eggs. People also ate different food depending on where they lived in the big Roman Empire. In Egypt and West Asia, most people didn't eat pork. In northern Europe, some people drank beer instead of wine, and got their fat from butter instead of olive oil.