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Rotten fish fit for Empire

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Dr Cristian Ispir
Aug 13, 2025
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Would you send a bottle of Worcester sauce to your friends as a gift on Christmas?

The Romans did it.

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The most common condiment in ancient Rome was garum, that infamous fermented fish sauce whose aroma could topple the uninit…

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