The roman dining room was called triclinium. The Romans ate breakfast from bread and fruit called ientaculum and in the middle of the day they ate a meal called brandyum fish, cold meat, bread and vegetables. The main meal was called Sina and was eaten in the evening.
The Romans were also very fond of fish sauce called flamen. They also loved oysters that were exported from Britain. So the Romans turned cooking into beautiful art.
Like the ordinary Egyptians, the Greeks ate ordinary food. They lived on a basic diet of bread (made from barley and goat's cheese. Meat was a luxury but fish and vegetables were plentiful. Ordinary Greeks ate pulses, onions, garlic and olives. They also ate chicken and eggs, and peasants also hunted small birds to eat. The Greeks ate fruit Like raisins, apricots, figs, apples, pears and pomegranate.
Rich Greeks ate many different types of food such as roasted rabbit or peacock eggs or either the poor drank mainly water if they could, they added honey to sweeten it and the wine was also a popular drink
In ancient Egypt, the food was easy and boring. The main food for the Egyptians was bread and barley, as the bread was baked outside and because desert sand was often blowing in the dough. Thus eating bread with sand grains in it broke people's teeth.In ancient Egypt, as in all early civilizations, meat was a luxury and only the wealthy were able to eat it frequently. However, the Egyptians ate sheep, pigs, cows, and goats but meat came mostly from ducks and geese. However fish were abundant in Egypt.Egyptian foods included many vegetables, such as arrows, beans, onions, lentils, leeks, radishes, garlic and lettuce. They also ate fruit such as watermelon, dates, and figs. The pomegranate was very expensive and the wealthy mainly eat it. Also, the Egyptians planted herbs and spices and made cooking oil.
