Mrs. S Browning
Abertysswg
KS1/2
History
Did Romans eat Pizza?
• We are going to
find out what
Romans had to eat?
• How did they eat?
• Where did they get
their food?
What did they eat?
• Romans bought hot
pies and tasty
treats a bit like
modern pizzas,
from the eating
houses in the busy
towns.
• They were topped
with onions, fish
and olives.
Why didn’t Romans eat
tomatoes?
• Romans didn’t know
about tomatoes
because they were
brought over from
South America
about 1,500 years
later.
Where did they eat their
food?
• People ate in
taverns and eating
houses.
• Few families had
ovens or a kitchen.
• Rich people used
snow to cool their
drinks.
How much did Romans eat?
• Sometimes Romans
ate so much that
they were sick!!!
• After they were
sick they went back
to eat some more.
A Roman Menu
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Dormouse in honey
Boiled ostrich
Roast pig with thrush
Song bird
Grapes
Olives
Wine
Quiz
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Where did Romans eat?
In their house?
In the tavern or eating house?
At a friends?
• Answer In the tavern
Why didn’t Romans eat
tomatoes?
• They didn’t like them.
• It was too cold to grow them.
• They didn’t know about them.
• Answer
• They didn’t know about them.
Make your own Roman Menu