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Message:: [QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 2498701, member: 5682"]Although I can't assure the object's provenance or even authenticity, I can say from experience that it is associated with a very fine beverage. Having its origins in Escondido, CA., its presence is now being appreciated throughout the US and even the world. That said, I don't think a slab would be necessary to verify its fine quality. This excellent beverage, obviously not as popular in Ancient Rome as wine, was the drink of choice among the Northern uncivilized tribes. The Roman historian, Tacitus, writing of the Germans (Tac. Ger. 23):"A liquor for drinking is made of barley or other grain, and fermented into a certain resemblance to wine. The dwellers on the river-bank also buy wine. Their food is of a simple kind, consisting of wild fruit, fresh game, and curdled milk. They satisfy their hunger without elaborate preparation and without delicacies. In quenching their thirst they are equally moderate. If you indulge their love of drinking by supplying them with as much as they desire, they will be overcome by their own vices as easily as by the arms of an enemy." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I would not want to speculate, however, whether this particular brand was available in ancient Rome. It would, nevertheless, explain this fine Roman's rowdy behavior: [ATTACH=full]529909[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]