Gastronomy/Food in antiquity/Dates and figs
Dates and figs fresco from the House of the Deer, Herculaneum [[[Wikipedia:Herculaneum|Herculaneum]]] (before 79 AD, probably 2nd Pompeian style [[[Wikipedia:Pompeian Styles|Pompeian Styles]]] )
Roman custom of giving dates, figs, honey, and small coins to celebrate the New Year on the 1st of January. Here are dates with small coins and figs on a platter.
XXVII Petalium caryotarum
edit- Aurea porrigitur Iani caryota Kalendis;
- Sed tamen hoc munus pauperis esse solet.
- The golden date is offered during the calends [[[Wikipedia:Calends|calends|Calends|calends]]] of Janus [[[Wikipedia:Janus|Janus|Janus|Janus]]]
- However this is usually a gift of the poor