Ancient History Magazine

TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT

GOING VEGETARIAN IN ANTIQUITY

Today, we have access to almost every ingredient we desire. This is a great privilege that we mostly take for granted – though we acquired this accessibility fairly recently. In antiquity (and most of history), people ate ingredients that were in season, consumed foods from their own region, and bought products that their income allowed.

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