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Contrary to what you might assume from their frescoes, the Romans drank quite a bit of beer. In many parts of the empire, in fact, they drank little else…
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Beer’s bad reputation
2:47 Shaker & Spoon
4:09 The beer-drinking provinces
5:22 Roman beer
6:41 Wine vs. beer: the reckoning