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Ancient Roman cuisine
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This article is about the cuisine of the ancient Roman civilization. For the modern Italian cuisine of the city of Rome, see Roman cuisine.
The cuisine of ancient Rome changed greatly over the duration of the civilization's existence. Dietary habits were affected by the political changes from kingdom to republic to empire, and Roman trading with foreigners along with the empire's enormous expansion exposed Romans to many new foods, provincial culinary habits and cooking methods.
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In the beginning, dietary differences between Roman social classes were not great, but disparities developed with the empire's growth.