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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7981389, member: 99456&quot;]It is the question on my mind as well.&nbsp; Romans didn&#039;t differentiate mice and rats except by size - both were <i>mus</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp; They did fatten mice in a special jar called a <i>gliarium</i>.&nbsp; There are several recipes reported including &quot;<a href="https://wanderingitaly.com/blog/article/774/glirarium%2bgourmet%2bdormouse%2bpot" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wanderingitaly.com/blog/article/774/glirarium%2bgourmet%2bdormouse%2bpot" rel="nofollow">mouse dipped in honey and dusted with poppy seeds</a>&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/arts/design/rome-food-last-supper-in-pompeii.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/arts/design/rome-food-last-supper-in-pompeii.html" rel="nofollow">mouse stuffed with pork</a>&quot;.&nbsp; To add to my risky speculation - perhaps the fat mouse on my coin represents the greedy politician fattening up on the bribes of Jugurtha.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385050[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">A <i>gliarium</i>, Museo archeologico nazionale di Chiusi, photo by Marco Daniele, used under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" rel="nofollow">CC BY-SA 3.0</a> via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museo_archeologico_nazionale_di_Chiusi_-_glirarium.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museo_archeologico_nazionale_di_Chiusi_-_glirarium.JPG" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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