Do you know what the fourth most traded Roman commodity was
(after olive oil, grain and wine)?


Fish sauce, MMPSPSPSP. Would you believe it?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:51, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

yes I would.
did you know the romans invented the beefburger?
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:55, Reply)

That I did not, MMPSPSPSP.
I did not.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 10:57, Reply)

most romans lived in blocks of flats, which didn't have enough space for a cooking fire.
at the corner of each block there was a small kitchen owned by a local businessman and they would get most of their meals from there.
a popular dish was cooked ground beef with spices served between two slices of bread.
it was popular because of its ease to eat.
*puffs inhaler*
*pushes glasses up nose*
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:01, Reply)

Most Romans did not live in insulae. Unless you mean residents of the city of Rome itself
which by the C1st BC made up only a tiny proportion of Roman citizens.

*wheezes, adjusts stained jogging 'pants'*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:07, Reply)

yes, I was talking about Rome.
where most roman citizens lived.
*fiddles with metal detector*
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:10, Reply)

but what did they ever do for us?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:12, Reply)

leave lots of porn on the walls

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:13, Reply)

so much more permanent than hedge porn.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:17, Reply)

That's the point, not by C1st they didn't.
By then there were more Roman citizens outside the city than in it. Don't forget that a fairly decent percentage of residents were slaves or non-citizens, not of course to the extent of Athens' reliance on 'metics' ha ha. That would be crazy talk.

*resigns self to lifetime of loneliness and self-abuse*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:19, Reply)

what the fuck are you babbling on about man?
when the hell did I give you a timeline?
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I gave myself one.
I like giving myself lines.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:34, Reply)

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( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Tue 17 Jul 2012, 11:36, Reply)