#although the Romans also coined the phrase 'money does not stink' so...

[krsonmar]

Gonna print this out and staple it to the forehead of anyone who ever says "hurr durr this is a Christian/English-speaking/whatever majority nation, why should *I* have to adjust for *you*?!” in my vicinity ever again. Next time some mouthbreather demands to know why the local news marquee says "Happy Holidays", or complains about having to press 1 for English, or freaks out about "Eid Mubarak!" cards being sold at Walmart, WHAM, out comes the trusty Swingline. Y’all are being outclassed in multi-culturalism by *ancient imperial Rome*.

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. There’s lots of sources both in and outside Pompeii, and several different manufacturers and sellers have been found in the city.

The part that I can’t 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 another’s orbits. But still, the fact that there was apparently enough of a market in Pompeii to specifically create and sell kosher fish sauce… you know?