The story of Roman winemaking
is by no means a simple one. It spans more than eight centuries
of Old World history and a geographic range from southern
Scotland to the middle reaches of the Nile. What makes the
story so fascinating is how wine is such a clear window
into Roman everyday life. The changing nature of wine's
trade time-and-again was linked strongly to the tide of
Roman politics, and various aspects of its consumption
serve as an unsubtle measure of social division, rich
versus poor.
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