Gastronomic guide through Viminacium – how to eat like a Roman

Abstract

Confirmation that good food and drink can be found at Viminacium is already in its prehistoric layers. With the development of the city, import increased and with it came real delicacies in the form of exotic animals, as well as in the form of various beverages. The remains of such vessels were found in large numbers throughout Viminacium’s settlement layers. Ceramic vessels along animal remains and traces on human remains, show us the tur bulent centuries of its existence until the collapse under the onslaught of the Huns. This paper is a short guide through the hedonistic image of Viminacium from the 1st to the 5th century shown through the prism of ceramic vessels