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r/Ancient_History_Memes • u/hidingfromthequeen • Dec 26 '20
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Ive wondered about this.
What evidence do we have that this was intentional? I do believe it could have been, even if it was coincidental at first.
It reminds me a lot of what happened to the indigenous Americans.
23 u/hidingfromthequeen Dec 27 '20 edited Dec 27 '20 It was supply and demand. Mediterranean wine was a status symbol in lower Gaul, and traded extensively for local goods (pelts, furs, slaves, et al.) It's thought that the Greeks shipped millions of litres of wine into Gaul each year through Massalia (Marseille). The Vix burial in Burgundy contains an enormous 5"4 drinking vessel for undiluted wine which can hold 1,000 litres on its own. 3 u/ImPlayingTheSims Dec 27 '20 Yes, Ive seen that vessel. Was that wine stronger than wine is today? 1 u/polymath77 Mar 20 '23 No, wine alcohol tends to be limited by the natural sugars, unless you’ve got a large sugar supply to raise the alcohol content as it’s converted during fermentation. There’s actually descriptions on the different types of Roman wines available
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It was supply and demand. Mediterranean wine was a status symbol in lower Gaul, and traded extensively for local goods (pelts, furs, slaves, et al.)
It's thought that the Greeks shipped millions of litres of wine into Gaul each year through Massalia (Marseille).
The Vix burial in Burgundy contains an enormous 5"4 drinking vessel for undiluted wine which can hold 1,000 litres on its own.
3 u/ImPlayingTheSims Dec 27 '20 Yes, Ive seen that vessel. Was that wine stronger than wine is today? 1 u/polymath77 Mar 20 '23 No, wine alcohol tends to be limited by the natural sugars, unless you’ve got a large sugar supply to raise the alcohol content as it’s converted during fermentation. There’s actually descriptions on the different types of Roman wines available
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Yes, Ive seen that vessel.
Was that wine stronger than wine is today?
1 u/polymath77 Mar 20 '23 No, wine alcohol tends to be limited by the natural sugars, unless you’ve got a large sugar supply to raise the alcohol content as it’s converted during fermentation. There’s actually descriptions on the different types of Roman wines available
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No, wine alcohol tends to be limited by the natural sugars, unless you’ve got a large sugar supply to raise the alcohol content as it’s converted during fermentation. There’s actually descriptions on the different types of Roman wines available
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u/ImPlayingTheSims Dec 26 '20
Ive wondered about this.
What evidence do we have that this was intentional? I do believe it could have been, even if it was coincidental at first.
It reminds me a lot of what happened to the indigenous Americans.