What was the popcorn and hot dogs of the Roman coliseum? What did Romans have for snack foods while watching the events?

by Fionnlagh
cleopatra_philopater

Not to discourage any future answers but we have actually had a few interesting thread on Roman street food:

I'm sitting here eating chips. Did the people of the Roman empire have an equivalent of such snack foods? by /u/samadhii

What kinds of street food would of been available in Ancient Rome? by /u/JDHoare

Searocksandtrees

Hi, hopefully others can contribute more info here, but meanwhile, you can get started on this very old thread, featuring /u/tiako

Elm11

Crowd eagerly chanting for Otter Spleens, Wolf nipples and other ancient Roman delicacies

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