A 2020 Smithsonian Magazine report on the excavation of a frescoed thermopolium, a Roman hot-food and drink counter, in Regio V at Pompeii, one of about eighty such establishments known in the city, where bone fragments in its counter pots indicate pork, fish, snails, beef and duck were sold to customers eating standing at the street.
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PublisherSmithsonian Magazine
URLhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fast-food-joint-pompeii-served-snails-fish-and-wine-new-finds-suggest-180976651/
Source Typereference
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Ancient Pompeiians Stopped at This Snack Bar to Feast on Snails, Fish and Wine (Smithsonian Magazine)
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This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Food Traditions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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