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Maybe it was just cheaper to feed them with the food imported via the port than transport other supplies for them from the countryside.
by kryptiskt 7y ago
Maybe it was just cheaper to feed them with the food imported via the port than transport other supplies for them from the countryside.
- unholythree 7y agoThat wouldn't explain the fancy parts of their diet though. Huge quantities of grain where passing through Portus. Why would they waste the good stuff on slaves? I do wonder if the cost of more exotic food in Portus would have been significantly cheaper than 15 miles away in Rome.