MORETARIA (Herbs' sauce)

(Apic. 1, 35, 1) Ingredients:

• Mint
• Rue
• Coriander
• Fennel
• Lovage
• Pepper
• Honey
• Liquamen (or 3 tblsp soya sauce + 3 tsp anchovy paste)
• Vinegar

Instructions:
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Smash and homogenize all the spices. Add honey and Liquamen and mix it all. Taste and, if necessary, add some vinegar. Serve with bread.

 

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A mosaic depicting a growling dog and the well-known words of warning ‘cave canem’ (beware of the dog) is the decoration found near the entrance of this medium-sized, imperial style house opposite the Forum baths. The house has a Tuscan atrium and a peristyle with lararium situated on the rear wall. The atrium leads into the cubicula (bedrooms) and the tablinum. The house derives its name from a fine mosaic with a theatrical scene which was found in this tablinum along with paintings representing episodes from the Iliad. These finds are now exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. To the right of the peristyle we find the triclinium whose frescoes a ... continue

(Apic. 4, 2, 30) Ingredients:

• 500 g boiled fillet of small fishes or whole sardelles
• 150 g dried raisins (sultanas)
• 1/2 tblsp freshly ground pepper
• 1 tblsp privet
• 1 tblsp oregano
• 2 small diced onions
• 200 ml oil
• 50 ml Liquamen, or 1/2 tblsp salt
• wine
• cornstarch

Instructions:
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Mix raisins, pepper, privet, oregano, onion, wine, Liquamen and oil
together and put in a casserole. Cook until done. Then put small boiled
fish fillets or boiled small whole fishes into it. Thicke ... continue

Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.