For thousands of years western Europeans have been entranced by the spices of the east. Long before curry became ... The closest place to Rome where pepper actually grew was India, and so the ...
The Horrea Pippertaria, the Wanted in Rome website, shares, claimed central real estate in the Rome of yore. It was located ...
How these precious commodities reached the empire is the focus of a new exhibition, From Sharjah to Rome: Along the Spice Route, currently on display at the Curia Julia – the former seat of the Roman ...