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3 unusual facts about Grain supply to the city of Rome


Battle of Naulochus

Sextus had occupied the province of Sicily, which provided much of Rome's grain supply.

Grain supply to the city of Rome

The complex of mills bear parallels with a similar complex at Barbegal in southern Gaul built in the first century AD, although the Barbegal mills have not been built upon at later times, and are thus extremely well preserved.

Mary Bennett

She obtained her first degree (in Classics) from Somerville College, Oxford, and then studied abroad, researching into the grain supply of ancient Rome.



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