incredible pompeii book fact that i will think about forever:
Garum, a sort of Roman fish sauce, was everywhere in Rome and apparently Pompeii was particularly famous for their garum industry. Thereās lots of sources both in and outside Pompeii, and several different manufacturers and sellers have been found in the city.
The part that I canāt stop thinking about: jars of garum have been found with labels advertising it as kosher.
I mean, of course you hear about the conflicts between the Romans and Jews. They were very much in one anotherās orbits. But still, the fact that there was apparently enough of a market in Pompeii to specifically create and sell kosher fish sauceā¦ you know?
Here is a source for this! See "stamps on jars of garum" at the bottom of the page.
(I wanted to link to a good source by a reliable archaeologist for this, because the first thing that comes up when you Google it is a site which also claims there is archaeological evidence for Noah's Ark, the seven plagues, and Young Earth Creationism - I don't want anyone to dismiss this verifiable and very important fact out of hand because some drongo is throwing it in with "strata prove evolution doesn't real")
