Rome wasn鈥檛 built in a day, but from 165-180 CE, up to 2,000 of its citizens were killed per day....
The Romans had a sweet tooth, but didn鈥檛 know about sugar. So they boiled down grape juice to make a sweet syrup called 鈥渟apa鈥 which they added to wine, as well as to various foods. The acidic...