c/historyillustrations · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yProcessing olives into olive oil in Ancient Rome 155 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
dumbass@leminal.space · 35 pts · 1y
I thought this was how they closed cans of anchovies!
metaStatic@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 1y
doing this for garum was considered a war crime
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
Sardines were a lot bigger in ancient times...
Gork@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
These guys see a modern day road roller and be like aww yeah
Lexam@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Did they use the olive mash for something afterwards?
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Fuel most prominently, but also animal feed and composting material.
shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
This fucked with me on first glance.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I thought those were ants at first
GluWu@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
When was this when they needed this scale of production, but weren't using animal driven mills?
diolma@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 1y
Likely because slaves were cheaper.
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
More advanced olive presses were in use during the Roman Empire, but human power remained the usual means of working it.