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Processing olives into olive oil in Ancient Rome(lemmy.world)

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dumbass@leminal.space
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I thought this was how they closed cans of anchovies!

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metaStatic@kbin.earth
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doing this for garum was considered a war crime

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CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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Sardines were a lot bigger in ancient times…

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Gork@lemm.ee
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These guys see a modern day road roller and be like aww yeah

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Lexam@lemmy.world
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Did they use the olive mash for something afterwards?

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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Fuel most prominently, but also animal feed and composting material.

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shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works
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This fucked with me on first glance.

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