Qui produisait le vin de la Rome antique ? Les sources suggèrent que les « vilicae », les intendantes des domaines, étaient bien plus que des gestionnaires du foyer : elles supervisaient les vendanges, la vinification, les rituels religieux et la transformation des récoltes.
- Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
Many historians assumed ancient Roman farm women were housekeepers. A closer look suggests female managers oversaw wine production and other profitable processes.
Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside and oil outside.’
Fermented fish sauce was a staple of the Roman diet, but its origins were even more ancient.
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