A loaf of bread from Herculaneum. 79 CE. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, (photo taken at the National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia) Carbonised in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Before the eruption, someone in Pompeii scratched onto a wall a list of purchases and prices made over eight days. On the list, bread was bought every day and was the biggest expenditure over the week. Three varieties are listed: 'bread', 'coarse bread' and 'bread for the slave'.
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