In HBO's series "Rome," Titus Pullo, upon the 13th Legion's return to the city of rome, proclaims he's going to "Smoke all the Smoke." Did ancient Romans smoke? And, if so, what were they smoking before the discovery of Tobacco? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

In HBO's series "Rome," Titus Pullo, upon the 13th Legion's return to the city of rome, proclaims he's going to "Smoke all the Smoke." Did ancient Romans smoke? And, if so, what were they smoking before the discovery of Tobacco?

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Hopefully someone can provide something more definitive, but you may be interested in getting started with this

/u/asdjk482 and /u/textandtrowel kick around possibilities as in Did ancient Romans smoke cannabis, and if they didn't, why might they have not?

And, of possible tangential interest

/u/koine_lingua in Herodotus claimed that the Scythians would smoke marijuana by sitting in a tent filled with smoke. Is there any truth to this claim?