I hope you enjoyed watching this episode as much as I loved making it! I think part of the reason is that cooking is just so universal that it transcends cultures and millennia. If you want to learn more about ancient life and cooking in particular I highly recommend this $5 magazine issue on dining and drinking of our ancestors: www.karwansaraypublishers.com/ancient-history-magazine/ahm-shop/ahm-8-pdf.html

@Legio1Italica

6 жыл бұрын

I always do pater

@andrewallen9993

6 жыл бұрын

Invicta Sounds like genuine Worcestershire sauce ;) except that's fermented for longer than a month.

@Astuga

6 жыл бұрын

Actually Garum is still produced in Italy today. It`s a regional specialty in the region of the Amalfi coast. It`s called Colatura di Alici di Cetara.

@moviejose3249

6 жыл бұрын

Who the heck invented this stuff???? I mean I am sure it smelled bad etc. And such an elaborate process? Just goes to show that without the distractions of the modern world people back then had a lot of time on their hands to INNOVATE lol

@ferblancart8669

6 жыл бұрын

I liked it a lot, suggestion, do one about fashion, the Roman elite had surprisingly similar clothing like bikinis and some woman sandals that could be in today's shops

A lot of popular history focuses so much on martial history, but I think food history might be one of the most fascinating things I've discovered in recent months, theres just not enough of it out there. More stuff on medieval food history would be awesome.

@shuboy05

6 жыл бұрын

I feel food history isn't explored enough even among academics. I recall reading that Jacques Pepin has been pushing for more food related majors in colleges.

@artoruvidal2793

5 жыл бұрын

Like squirrel meat

@alastairbond7104

5 жыл бұрын

I would recommend Jas. Townsend on KZread, his channel is historical food mostly from the 18th century. Really high quality videos.

@bubblebreak4160

4 жыл бұрын

I’m planning videos on food history!

@jensjensen9035

4 жыл бұрын

knightshousegames haha you have 420 likes

How about a video on roman bread and how it differs from modern bread

@cool06alt

6 жыл бұрын

I think medieval bread would make a good comparison too!

@nqh4393

6 жыл бұрын

They didn't use yeast. Sponsored by the Millers' Guild - True Bread for True Romans.

@Canadianvoice

6 жыл бұрын

No bleached and chemically laden flours like we have today, which is making people sick and suffer from gluten intolerance.

@diegonatan6301

6 жыл бұрын

There should be some rocks in the mix because the grain was ground in stone mills to become flour and those mills would then let some pebbles in the mix.

@TheBoldImperator

6 жыл бұрын

海光 They would have used grape must leftover from the winemaking process.

FYI In the Naples region of Italy they kept producing a variant of garum throughout the middle ages all the way to today: it's made only with anchovies and called 'colatura d'alici' or 'anchovy drippings' - it's a very traditional condiment in the region, but never became as prevalent as garum was for the Romans, nor is it very common outside of Naples.

@indianasquatchunters

6 жыл бұрын

DonVoghano I bet it tastes delicious

@frankneugebauer6455

6 жыл бұрын

Just a bit salty. But incredibly umami! You can't stop eating if somebody has put garum into your meal. It is a natural flavor enhancer. I love Colatura di Alici. It makes everything better. Like the roman garum. So it is most probably a kind of garum. Same trick industrial food manufacturers are using today with yeast extract and even worse stuff from their laboratories. Just with a 2000 year old natural product.

@shuboy05

6 жыл бұрын

You can actually find colatura on Amazon!

@Floreal78

6 жыл бұрын

It can sometimes be found in italian delicacies stores outside of Italy, i found (and bought) the Delfino brand in the "R.A.P Epicerie Italienne" in Paris.

@KoltiraMemeweaver

6 жыл бұрын

shuboy05 Excellent! I n e e d some!

worcestershire sauce is still a relatively popular fermented fish sauce in the west

@PewPewPlasmagun

6 жыл бұрын

BewegteBilderrahmen WOOSTESHIRE hahahha the name of it alone!!!

@BewegteBilderrahmen

6 жыл бұрын

anchovies is one of the traditional ingredients

@frankneugebauer6455

6 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately you have to use the original Worcestershire-Sauce, which is sometimes hard to get in european supermarkets outside of Britain. Worcestersauce is a more than hundred year old legal fake, which tastes similar, but misses the one and only important taste: umami! Therefore you need this fish-fermentation process, in order to get a natural flavor enhancer. But normal Worcester-Sauce is just another mix of spices, without the patented process. An even more ancient option is "Colatura di Alici" you might get from your italian importer.

@Fade2GrayOG

6 жыл бұрын

I was just about to ask how similar worcestershire sauce is to Garum

@boredombuster2000

6 жыл бұрын

Yup! It's actually a blend of fish sauce and molasses.

Actually, Worcestershire sauce is a comparable fermented sauce to this that is still used in the West, based mainly on anchovies. Everybody likes fish sauce, some people just don't like to call it fish sauce :lol:

@LuPoN7

6 жыл бұрын

Cody I wonder if it grown out from the Italian's evolution of Garum, the Colata di Alici from Cetara (Amalfi), which is still made nowadays purely from anchovies :)

@jack1701e

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the Romans would've thought of Worcestershire sauce ...

@andrewsuryali8540

5 жыл бұрын

In Indonesia, Worcestershire sauce is called "kecap Inggris", which translates into "English ketchup". It's strangely fitting because the trademarked sauce was originally invented out of a failed attempt to replicate a kind of Asian fish sauce using ingredients available in Europe. The actual processing method for Worcestershire and the malt-based composition was already well-known in the British Isles and probably did evolve out of something like garum. Ketchup was of course originally a British take on Vietnamese fish sauce, so when Indonesians discovered Worcestershire sauce they recognized it immediately as a kind of "ketchup".

@Gaur1983

5 жыл бұрын

@@LuPoN7 The legend is that it Worcester sauce was a secret recipe ,brought over in the 19th century from Bengal, India,which was then part of the British Empire. There may be an element of truth in that,as Worcester sauce contains tamarind,which is used in Indian cuisine and North East India is known for the use of very smelly fermented fish in its cuisine: kzread.info/dash/bejne/go2brLClepOaYps.html The Victorians,of course,would have been aware of garum sauce. So maybe Worcester sauce is essentially an Italian inspired sauce,with some Asian influences?

@LordofFullmetal

5 жыл бұрын

Eh, I don't really like Worcester. Though I ADORE caesar salad, and the dressing's pretty much ALSO just fish sauce. So....

As a Vietnamese i love the moment foreigners cringe their face when they smell the fish sauce just to get immediately hooked after they tasted it with food

@charjl96

6 жыл бұрын

It's the same thing with durian. You just have to acquire a taste for it. Then it's not so bad

@sabersroommate8293

6 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I don't tell them I add fish sauce in the food.

@jackkardic5151

6 жыл бұрын

My neighbor and best friend growing up was Vietnamese. I keep a bottle on hand to this day.

@Suite_annamite

6 жыл бұрын

*I don't think it's fish sauce so much as shrimp paste that people are mainly disgusted by, starting with many Vietnamese themselves.* To hell with shrimp paste!

@thangnguyenvan7863

6 жыл бұрын

to hell with you, because of some foreigners dont like the taste so you disgrace one of the most iconic food item of your cultural?

You just cannot understand how interesting I personally find such things, even though they wouldn't even be foot notes in any history book!

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

I also love topics like this and previously struggled to find good information. Just as an FYI I ended up getting much of my research from an article in Ancient History Magazine. You can check the whole issue out for yourself as they do a great job: www.karwansaraypublishers.com/ancient-history-magazine/ahm-shop/ahm-8-pdf.html

@gianlucaborg195

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you!

@beautifuldreamer3991

5 жыл бұрын

You can buy on Amazon a special cookbook called The Roman Cooking of Apicius. Ancient Roman recipes modernized.check it out. You'd be amazed at how much and what they loved to cover their food with pepper.

@joshuafogg6600

5 жыл бұрын

Gianluca Borg Which is a crime, in my opinion. This stuff really makes you want to learn about such things.

Actually while Garum itself has died down in the west a descendant of Garum called calatura di alci is still very common in Southern Italy.(It is only used with Pasta however)

@frankneugebauer6455

6 жыл бұрын

Well, you will never eat pasta without it again. It is a natural flavor enhancer. I also use it for risotto or even the marinade of my beef jerky. People can't stop eating, due to the umami taste. I fully understand, why the romans always used it.

@Sojju7

5 жыл бұрын

@Ben Connor In Italy we use Worcestershire very often as a condiment for steak tartare.

If I remember correctly Garum was the only source of MSG for centuries so it's no wonder everyone in Rome was addicted to the stuff.

@SilverforceX

4 жыл бұрын

Til much later, when they had parmesan cheese!

@damian_madmansnest

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t Ancient Romans have cheese?

@1TakoyakiStore

3 жыл бұрын

@@damian_madmansnest They did I think. I don't know how much msg was naturally in it though.

The closest relative to Garum can actually still be found in Italy, specifically in some parts of Sicily and Campania where they make this out of anchovies only, under the name "colatura di alici"

These are some of the best videos on youtube right now. I like this even more than military history visualized.

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

aww thanks, I love the history community that has built itself up on KZread

@brenokrug7775

6 жыл бұрын

MHV is truly great.

@keegobricks9734

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah he is, but I think this is actually even better.

@brenokrug7775

6 жыл бұрын

You might also like Historia Civilis. He talks mostly about Rome too. Go check it out.

@user-zp8ei6pi7p

6 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals is just like this channel also.

When you stopped (or rather slowed down) the making of your documentaries in favor of your new stuff I thought: "meh. It's still really good content, but I would love to see the documentaries back." Every video since the one on Crassus makes me forget about the documentaries. With the recent videos, you are easily my favorite content creator for historical content.

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

I've really enjoyed the shift as well since I can cover a lot more diverse topics. It also makes my workload more bite size which helps immensely since I do work full time as an engineer

@thecashier930

6 жыл бұрын

I just did the maths. The like/dislike ratio on the supply videos are 99.1% and 99.24% I don't know a single video that is that good. Especially not with these numbers of views.

@nobodybroda3826

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed, battles are great but supply, culture, morale. All these things were gravely important to an army. Oh there's an idea, make a video on what games or other activities Roman soldiers did when not in combat or not doing stuff like upkeep the camp, did they have cards of sorts, some kind of sport?

@blitzwaffe

6 жыл бұрын

I think it's because these topics are less covered or seen than the usual famous battles and tactics covered by a good amount of KZread channels. Seeing empires or battles from a perspective besides the military point of view is refreshing.

@thecashier930

6 жыл бұрын

It's very refreshing indeed. I think it's also why I like the channel Historia Civilis so much. When he talks about military campaigns he really goes into the politics behind it. I've never really thought about it until now. In videos about history, there's often the Phrase "To fully understand [a thing] we first have to look at..." Way too often that sounds a bit like a set phrase that's just there to keep your interest in the topic. Talking about supply or especially for the Romans, the politics behind the campaigns really gives this phrase meaning. Quick follow up on the like ratios: This one is 99.66% WTF is happening. I mean: being over 95% really good actually. But Invicta here can now count after the point. That's really saying something about the appreciation for these videos.

Your combing the two things I love history and food it's perfection.

@kainepeterson6638

6 жыл бұрын

My Sword is Longer Than Yours the Townsends do 18th and 19th century American Colonial and British cooking for the average person as well as soldiers and nobility, and actually cook the dishes presented in cookbooks

@Echo_Maker

6 жыл бұрын

I'll go look at that

This is great. It seems nobody talks about different foods from ancient history.

"You let it just stank up for about a week" was probably the best line in the video, hah.

You might be interested in the work of Janet Stephens, a hairdresser who uses her practical expertise to reconstruct Roman hairstyles! She's published a few research papers on the topic, and even makes KZread tutorials!

@nguyenming1987

6 жыл бұрын

I hope that she does not use garum in any of her work.

@ElizaDolittle

5 жыл бұрын

I have seen her videos! She's great!

In the Philippines we have something very similar - Patis

@johnnymechavez429

6 жыл бұрын

in Bisaya we called it ginamos

@nolsp7240

6 жыл бұрын

Demon Hunter Bagoong would count as well.

@miguelmendoza4513

6 жыл бұрын

Do not forget Dayok ( fish guts)

@genghiskhan6809

5 жыл бұрын

@Johnny Mechavez I got confused initially when he said patis because my mom and dad both call it ginamos.

@cmp20kawaii

5 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly too

Awesome!! Thai people use it like salt when they cook. This is also why Thai food is delicious. Nam pla translated is fish water. I think Thai’s use it the most preferably over granular salt when cooking and preparing meals. Garum is an amazing ingredient indeed and vital to Thai cuisine. It may have a different aroma to it, but when it’s used for cooking you’ll love it. Flavor flavor flavor!! 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🐟🐟🐟

“And let it just stank up for about a week.” Best quote ever, Invicta a.k.a. Boss Ass Historian 🤣 👍🏽

You have a commentating style that is more comforting and easier to follow than other channels of similar content.

I'm going to have to make some Roman recipes for my Vietnamese wife, she'd love it!

@frankneugebauer6455

6 жыл бұрын

Well I have heard from a vietnamese guy: "If you ever have eaten a cup of simple rice with fishsauce, you never eat rice without it anymore". So she probably likes garum. 😉

@StefanMilo

6 жыл бұрын

Frank Neugebauer Ha they might say that but I deffo eat rice without fish sauce

@frankneugebauer6455

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my vietnamese friend confirmed, that it is possible to eat rice without fishsauce. It is just fully sensless. 😜

@DudeTheGasmask

6 жыл бұрын

Fish sauce is simply divine on rice. Not a vietnamese myself (Indonesian), but I can personally confirm that fish sauce is bloody amazing.

@thaijasminericeWT

6 жыл бұрын

Frank Neugebauer it is true.

Fascinating! Thanks for making this!

I've been loving the videos lately, they give an entirely new perspective on the roman empire that is usually not covered, I think that it is very interesting to learn the things other than conquest too

I love that when you see a trend in interest you will take the time to make a short video, truely this channel caters to its peoples :D

I realy enjoyed this video about basicaly "fishsauce" what I would have never thought to be possible... So Thanks.

Been loving these!

I absolutely love this series, easily some of your best work and you have alot of great material! Keep up the great work!

I love these videos you’ve been making It’s refreshing to be looking at the minor details of history rather then just the major events

Dude this series is so fucking good! Keep up the good work

@raf4933

6 жыл бұрын

Language! This is a pagan server!

@bradenatkinson6401

6 жыл бұрын

Raffulous wouldn't those degenerate pagans be all over that?

@gariadhocoinn2498

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe up there in Gaul, but not down here in Rome, thank you very much!

Informative and great narration! thanks!

Keep it up man these videos always invoke interest in me

I love these "everyday moments" type videos. Keep it up. In fact, a request: would you be willing to do some videos on religion in Ancient Rome, mainly Roman beliefs, religious practices and customs, holidays, and a brief overview of the ecclesiastical structure of some of the major cults in Ancient Rome? I've read many of the Greco-Roman myths but I'm wondering how much the stories we hear about Greek/Roman Gods in literature correspond to the actual religious beliefs and practices of the Hellenistic and Roman world.

I did make jokes about this serie before but that doesn't mean I don't like it. This series is amazing.

These ancient videos are great, please keep making more!

Keep up the great work good Sir! I've really enjoyed your last few videos on the Roman day to day life. Can't wait for more.

Roman patis and bagoong. Yum

I love learning about Roman culture and other stuff besides the battles and wars of Rome.

Great videos as always. Keep it up.

PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE!!!

China... Fails to establish diplomatic relations with Rome... Succeeds in getting a hold of their garum recipe...

@randomthot125

5 жыл бұрын

China started making fish sauce before Rome was founded.

@joshuakusuma5953

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure China had relations with Rome. Trade mostly.

@billysanpidro

5 жыл бұрын

FYI China has been fermenting fish sauce since the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BCE) at the latest, around four centuries before the foundation of Rome (per Varronian chronology).

@AVWUVU

5 жыл бұрын

@joseaca Grow some skin and stop taking a joke seriously.

@AVWUVU

5 жыл бұрын

@joseaca When the context is used as an insult instead of some simple joke. Look at the context of the situation and if it's not harmful then let them joke. Whether you enjoyed it or not, his joke didn't harm nobody so there's that.

This was a must have snack in the byzantine times as well. They used to eat that with everything.

@indianasquatchunters

6 жыл бұрын

Fotis Staveris I really wished he would’ve covered what they did with it after it was strained. Did they transport it in barrels and the whole army eat out of a barrel? Did they separate into little clay pots? Today we think of something like 12oz bottles, what did they do?

@Killjoy97_

6 жыл бұрын

well to be hinest i have no clue but i stumbled on it while reading about byzantine food. I only found a mention of it frementing under tHe sun on the roofs of Constantinople. So maybe a homemade production??

@jt7773

6 жыл бұрын

From the archaeological evidence we have, they separated it into amphorae for the dinner table.

VERY HAPPY that you are quoting sources. Bravo, sir. So nice to see an honorable producer here on KZread.

Excellent content my guy

European sailors would rediscover fermented fish sauces in China centuries later, which became the inspiration for all varieties of ketchup

@frankneugebauer6455

6 жыл бұрын

Worcestershire-Sauce was actually such an re-import. I guess the receipe was inspired by indian cuisine.

@cptrelentless80085

6 жыл бұрын

Actually the guy went to India to get the sauce made but it's not Indian. The recipe was pretty much his. Except it tasted like shit so he left it in the shop and forgot about it for a couple of years.

@Daelyah

5 жыл бұрын

I remember a video from Townsend and Sons that mentioned one of the earliest "ketchups" was actually made from mushrooms, too.

@willyjimmy8881

4 жыл бұрын

Not even true. Moron.

I am from Thailand and we use on almost every dish. Edit Nam Pla mean Water Fish (Fish sauce)

I can't believe how high quality this video is, very nice!

Very interesting. Thank you for the video.

So salt come from Carthage soil? Oh wait…

@kaztheirrelevant4082

6 жыл бұрын

Thats a myth, so..

@mohammadwaquiullah6049

6 жыл бұрын

too soon.... even 2000 years later its still too soon.

@joshuafogg6600

5 жыл бұрын

Andy Quach Hehehehehe.........

@waluigiswaluweenie8194

5 жыл бұрын

Carthago delenda est!

i always wondered how people actually found stuff like this out. I mean they didnt have the knowledge or tech to really understand the processes but still made it work. Not only this but so much other stuff aswell

@firmanimad

6 жыл бұрын

Beev I guess most earlier fermented products are found accidentally... Then probably by trial and error lol.

@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog

6 жыл бұрын

Fermentation isn't that big of a leap once people realized salt can be used to preserve food. Don't forget that dough and alcoholic beverages are also fermented products and that fermented fruit can be found in the wild. Plenty of animals like to get drunk on those :).

@Pottan23

6 жыл бұрын

Surströmming is supposed to have been discovered when cured fish ended up fermenting and people still had to eat it.

@Drownedinblood

6 жыл бұрын

Probably a lot of trial and error or just happy circumstances.

@cornemou

6 жыл бұрын

Beev even today in science we discover things by mistake

Weirdly enough, this one is my favorite video of yours. Keep up the good shit, my guy

I love the look into historical day-to-day subjects, such as food.....great job

I wouldn't mind trying Garum. It sounds good.

@budmeister

5 жыл бұрын

Worcestershire sauce is also a fish sauce.

Garum is also said to have caused widespread flatworm infection among the ancient Romans

@fattiger6957

6 жыл бұрын

Well, they also loved the taste cooking in lead pots added, so food safety wasn't exactly a thing they understood.

@PewPewPlasmagun

6 жыл бұрын

Fat Tiger In truth they knew a herb that helped the body rid itself of PLUMBUM.

@eliyahum4285

6 жыл бұрын

The salt didn't kill the worm larva?

@frankneugebauer6455

6 жыл бұрын

I doubt the worm larva could survive this fermentation process. A lot of nonsense is written about roman history. Unfortunately even from tenured professors.

@PaulaJBean

6 жыл бұрын

Like the myth that lead poisoning caused the fall of the Roman empire.

Thank you for citing your sources!

The last two videos you made have been the best in your entire series. I think you found something incredibly interesting.

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

awesome, I'll definitely do more vids on logistics in the future then

Make a video on Parthian Chicken a Roman dish

How about a video about how the Ancient Roman's watched TV

Yay!! Another historical video!! Just made my day

Love this series.

Hey Oakley, just wondering if you saw that the Metatron (another history-based channel with a love for the Romans) recently gave you a little shoutout on his channel? If you did see, I think a collab between you two would be awesome!

@ElizaDolittle

5 жыл бұрын

I love Metraton's channel!

To make people understand, think of fish sauce or Worcester sauce. You'd never eat them alone. Yuck. But they're awesome if put in some dishes. Fish sauce is awesome in Thai food, Worcester sauce is great in pies. Well garum was the same.

I love those videos, and i definitely want more about everyday life and food videos!

I love this theme! Thanks for yet another one! Everyone talks about the wars and conquest. This is the good stuff!

*In the USA, Garum is known as Worcestershire Sauce.*

You forgot to mention Worcestershire sauce which contains fermented anchovies, spices etc.

@TTuoTT

5 жыл бұрын

Adoption of chinese recipes by english traders

@ElizaDolittle

5 жыл бұрын

It's a variant, but could never be used as a substitute in the recreation of an ancient Roman recipe because it contains sugar and molasses (which is made from sugar) and sugar did not exist in ancient Rome. Asian fish sauces instead can be used as a substitute if one wants to cook an ancient Roman recipe.

What a fun video!! Thank you!!

love those kind of videos

"CAVE GARUM", lol!

@ME-hm7zm

6 жыл бұрын

The Ancient Romans brewed this in a CAVE! WITH A BUNCH OF FISH!

@vylbird8014

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something you might find graffitted on the wall of a roman pub, as a warning from one customer to those that follow.

@MrEugenio1994

6 жыл бұрын

CAVE (cah-veh) means "beware", it's mostly famous because it's still used for "cave canem" signs in Italy, or "beware of the dog".

@vylbird8014

6 жыл бұрын

And now you ruined the joke by explaining it.

@Leto_0

6 жыл бұрын

You're an idiot if you think "everybody knows what cave means". You just wanted an excuse to feel superior over someone

Man, 110BC times were scaaary.

@wezzuh2482

6 жыл бұрын

why? They still use this ( or something similar) in South East Asian cuisine, and it's tasty as fuck.

@cool06alt

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah its a kind of natural alternative of MSG to give savory taste.

@burningphoneix

6 жыл бұрын

Feel the Stirn I just feel that at the time, it couldn't have been very sanitary

@FilipMoncrief

6 жыл бұрын

It was much more sanitary than 1500 years ago

@wezzuh2482

6 жыл бұрын

maybe but keep in mind that the amount of salt used makes it harder for nasty bacteria to survive in those barrels.

These things from the day to day life is what makes history feel more alive. Thank you for the video and keep up the good work!

more of this, please!

...that sounds so risky🤔

@hannibalburgers477

4 жыл бұрын

After that many salts no bacteria cant live in it. It's pretty much "fish vinegar"

How would aurochs taste like I wonder... 🤔

@BewegteBilderrahmen

6 жыл бұрын

probably similar to wisent or cow that aren't particularly bred for their meat (there's different breeds, that's why I'm not calling it "beef")

@InvictaHistory

6 жыл бұрын

hmmmmm yummmm

@thelegate8636

6 жыл бұрын

Malsawmzuala Mesa They'd have that same off taste that bulls have, but worse since aurochs had higher testosterone levels. There's a reason that most meat cattle are castrated (aside from just keeping them more docile, which for people who work with them like I do, is a big help).

This is the best video I've ever seen on Garum.

excellent job!!!

"Died down in the West" Lies Worcestershire Sauce

@joshuafogg6600

5 жыл бұрын

confusedwhale Well, you don't see it relatively everywhere, do you?

@confusedwhale

5 жыл бұрын

Joshua Fogg: It's added to a lot of things, but most people don't notice it because they don't care too much.

@alwaysnever6004

5 жыл бұрын

It did die down. They didn’t invent the Worcestershire sauce until the late 19th century

Fun fact: My ancient history teacher actually MADE garum. It took like the entire senior year because he kept fucking it up, he had all these stories about trying to protect it from his cats... And then he brought it in at the end of the year. He wouldn't let us actually eat it for OBVIOUS reasons, but he did open it and let us smell it.

Thank god Invicta has returned to these kind of short documentaries concerning the Romans. Thank you humbly

Excellent, widely shared!

Wow incredible history rarely spoken about. Thank you!

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!

That was a delicious video. More!

I'm never disappointed in your videos

I really like these videos on Roman cuisine! They're incredibly facinating

I really enjoytgis channel. Thanks

More of stuff like this, please! amazing. :)

I really like examining the human elements of history. Hope you do more stuff like this.

At least Rome 2's music is in the video =) Great episode by the way.

Something I would never try but still very interesting! Please do more on subjects like this.

thank you for this because I'm definitely gonna try making it

Great video, really, awesome graphics and good contents. as an italian, I love to see videos that talk about my culture, in the peninsula is full of ruins of garum's factories, and it's great how our cousine is really bounded to the romans. Very interesting topic, keep going!

Very well done

Love it. Thank you so much for this, more on food and daily life! :)

EXCELLENT video as always. Super interesting and very well exlplained. I always wondered how exactly they made garum, but there it is, I have my answer.

Cool Video!!

In using Eastern sause, you might want to check for only fish,salt and water in the ingredients. Other ingredients are generally added after the first extract to compensate flavor.

Do more like this!

I'll definitely need to try that out one day! Thanks :)

It's still made in italy today around Amalfi. It's called Colatura di alici di Cetara and it's a bit different in recipe since it's mostly made with anchovies today and not other varieties.