Alcoholic beverages—predominantly wine—along with olive oil and grains were the principal commodities of the “global” economy within the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire (27 b.c.e. to 476 c.e.) represented the largest and most organized market in preindustrial history prior to the ...

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