themagpie36
themagpie36 t1_ixosi26 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Animal bones, ancient Romans’ snack food found in Colosseum by marketrent
The misapprehension might be from a bad title
themagpie36 t1_ixobnhu wrote
>Seeds from fruits such as figs, grapes and melons as well as traces of olives and nuts — thought to indicate what spectators snacked on during shows — were also recovered from the 2,000-year-old stone amphitheatre.
The bones were from bears/big cats and other animals used for fighting, not for snacking on as I thought at first.
themagpie36 t1_ixq27cs wrote
Reply to comment by BeeExpert in Animal bones, ancient Romans’ snack food found in Colosseum by marketrent
I ate bones all the time as a child. It's pretty easy.