Roman Park Bergkamen
ROMAN OVEN
Roman soldiers lived together in tent communities. Each contubernium also included a flour mill as well as a clay dome oven.
Roman Park Bergkamen
ROMAN OVEN
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Roman Park Bergkamen
The legionary rations
The supply of the troops presented the Romans with a logistical challenge, which they solved excellently. The supplies were organized by water, on flat-bottomed boats (prahme). They transported mainly spices and grain as basic foodstuffs. The ships also brought barrels of sour wine and wine vinegar. The Romans diluted their drinking water with wine (lora) or wine vinegar (posca). The bacteria in the water were killed in the process.
Meals were cooked by the soldiers themselves. Each tent community (contubernium) took over this task for itself. A contubernium consisted of eight legionaries. This small community lived together in a wooden barrack and shared a tent on the march. Together they did all the tasks that had to be done. In addition, each contubernium had its own cooking place and a grain mill. The grain was ground together. The bread was baked by the baker in a clay oven at a central place in the camp.
Besides bread, the main food was a porridge made of barley and wheat (puls). This was refined with various vegetables, such as carrots or leeks. Pepper, coriander and caraway were the preferred spices. Depending on the season, there were different types of fruit, nuts and legumes. Meat was eaten only very rarely.
The recipe
A pulse porridge is to be prepared in the contubernium. Unfortunately, the soldier forgot the recipe. Can you help him?
- Start the game with "Let's go".
- Drag the right ingredients into the pot.
- Wrong ingredients spoil it Recipe.
- Green smoke indicates correct ingredients.
- Share your result with people you care about.
Word Puzzle
Unfortunately, we don't have enough letters to find the solutions. Can you fill in the letters so that the wanted word appears? Try it out. Here's how it works:
- Start the word puzzle with "Let's go".
- Guess the solution word.
- Choose the individual letters.
- Solve the puzzle before the countdown runs out.
- Share your result with people who are important to you.