tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post2178519938453585445..comments2009-01-14T09:46:53.262-07:00Comments on Ferrous Lands: Food in Roman Britain, by Joan AlcockAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759810100407996847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-86952660057212677922009-01-14T09:46:00.000-07:002009-01-14T09:46:00.000-07:00Hi Marcie,<br><br>Thanks! I don't remember exactly...Hi Marcie,<BR/><BR/>Thanks! I don't remember exactly, but I think the idea was based on limited information from classical literature—before archaeology proved the men ate indeed meat. For instance, Caesar wrote of shipments of grain from Egypt, but I don't think he bothered to make any mention of meat. This is a good example of the phrase, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence!"Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759810100407996847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-86466564564283972072009-01-14T04:43:00.000-07:002009-01-14T04:43:00.000-07:00Hello Andrew. I actually hadn't seen this blog of ...Hello Andrew. I actually hadn't seen this blog of yours before. It looks great. Any way, I wonder why author's formerly asserted that Roman soldiers were vegetarian. What was their reasoning?marcie b.noreply@blogger.com