The Feeding of Imperial Rome:

Mattingly, David; Aldrete, Gregory S.

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“…King 1999; MacKinnon 2010b; Valenzuela-Lamas and Albarella 2017a). The central role of pork in Rome's diet was even institutionalized in the third century AD, with its addition to the annona food distributions alongside bread, salt, and wine (Mattingly and Aldrete 2000). The increase in pig consumption in protohistoric Italy is typically viewed as a response to population growth and the increased demand for meat, particularly amongst urban populations (see De Grossi Mazzorin and Minniti 2017 and references therein).…”

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Fodder for Change: Animals, Urbanisation, and Socio-Economic Transformation in Protohistoric Italy

Trentacoste

2020

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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In central and northern Italy, the first millennium BC was characterised by the rise of urbanism and an expansion of nearly every area of production. Agriculture was no exception, and an increase in the scale and intensity of agricultural production sustained, and was sustained by, economic and population growth. Within this context, animal management also evolved to meet the needs of the changing protohistoric landscape. Pigs grew in importance as meat producers, and a greater emphasis was placed on animal-derived products like wool. These changes can be linked to the subsistence requirements of urban populations and the value of raw materials; however, beyond these functional explanations, the wider socioeconomic context of animal husbandry is rarely explored. This paper aims to bridge the gap between the zooarchaeological evidence for livestock production and the socioeconomic transformations that drove animal management. Three aspects of protohistoric husbandry are explored through discussion of pig, cattle, sheep, and chicken exploitation: greater differentiation in livestock production between different site types, specialisation of animals through selective breeding, and the adoption of new forms of livestock. These lines of evidence demonstrate the role of animals in socioeconomic networks of distribution and dependence, and they highlight the importance of agricultural produce in the articulation of social hierarchies. As in the transformation of other forms for material culture during this of this period, livestock husbandry regimes were not simply the deterministic result of wider socioeconomic change, but a medium actively adapted for its expression.

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Fodder for Change: Animals, Urbanisation, and Socio-Economic Transformation in Protohistoric Italy

Trentacoste

2020

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“…Modern-day studies often see the Mediterranean basin as a single unit having specific ecological characteristics, where grapes, grains, and olives not only constitute the three core food elements of the so-called 'Mediterranean triad' dietary tradition, but also form an index of good health and longevity (Davis et al, 2015;Essid, 2012;Willet et al, 1995). This way of thinking has influenced historical research with many scholars in the field seeking similar patterns in antiquity (Erdkamp, 2005;Jasny, 1950Jasny, , 1944Jasny, , 1941Mattingly and Aldrete, 2000;Moritz, 1958). Much of the research conducted in economic geography, however, has shown that, biodiversity within the Mediterranean ecosystem has been anything but uniform throughout time and that any food culture has always been highly dependent on the local physical environment, i.e., the interplay of several geographical, environmental, and climatic factors (Mandelblatt, 2012;Simmons, 1997;Winter, 2003).…”

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Diet and differentiation in the Roman province of Macedonia: A bioarchaeological approach

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The Roman Macedonian society was highly diverse and heterogeneous, as attested by textual evidence showing several hierarchies at play and many factors contributing to their reproduction. Among them, food holds a central place through the ostentatious display surrounding the royal symposia, the elite banquets, or during public festivals. However, food inequalities have so far been studied through condensed approaches that perpetuate oversimplified interpretations of the differences between the elite and the 'common' people, the wealthy and the poor. Inequalities and diversity within any society are much more complex and should be examined from multiple perspectives. Unfortunately, information about the dietary habits of ancient Macedonians is limited due to the paucity of available textual sources, which are often fragmented and biased, either referring to the region sporadically or written with a focus on the urban elite. As a result, any dietary insights gleaned from these sources, particularly regarding the diet of the common people, must be approached with caution. Bioarchaeological studies across the Roman Empire have shown that human skeletal remains could fill this gap by providing direct information for the diet of the people 'without name', and by revealing aspects of the social history that cannot be approached through other data (e.g., textual or mortuary record). This approach has been rarely adopted in Roman Macedonia.This study used dietary data obtained through macroscopic (palaeodemographic and palaeopathological -both dental and skeletal) and stable isotope analysis (δ 13 C and δ 15 N values from bone collagen) to explore the influence of the micro-ecology on the dietary choices of the inhabitants of two distinct but contemporaneous communities of Roman Macedonia (1 st -4 th century CE). It also examined whether status, sex, and age differences existed to gain insights on the dietary preferences of certain groups. The main research question of this study is: To what extent can dietary variation within and between particular communities of the Province of Macedonia be related to differences in the local micro-ecology of the sub-regions in which they resided, and/or to inter-and intra-site status, sex, and/or age differences? 5.2.4.3 Considering diet in relation to other frequently observed skeletal lesions .

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Fodder for Change: Animals, Urbanisation, and Socio-Economic Transformation in Protohistoric Italy

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Diet and differentiation in the Roman province of Macedonia: A bioarchaeological approach

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