Friday, March 1, 2013

Drinking Age in Rome?

In Chapter 37 of Ecce Romani, Marcus and Sextus buy "scriblitas" while Eucleides buys some bread and wine.  This caused a student to wonder whether there was a drinking age in the time of our story (80 a.d.).  Could the boys have bought/drunk wine?
Follow this link to learn the answer...and a little bit more about Roman Restaurants.
Roman Restaurants