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Evidence of cheese making in lower Pannonia and Upper Moesia

Evidence of cheese making at sites in lower Pannonia and Upper Moesia are shown in the typical moulds for cheese. We have no written evidence about cheese production in Pannonia, and the cheese itself or the woven strainers are archaeologically invisible. We can thus learn about cheese-making exclusively from ceramic fragments. The finds of vessels that we consider to be strainers/moulds for cheese allow us to reckon with a production that must have satisfied at least the local demands for this product. It is known that the Emperor Hadrian lived the life of a regular soldier for a while (SHA, Hadrian X, 2) and enjoyed "larido, caseo et posca". This source gives us an evidence that cheese was part of soldiers diet, and most the soldiers were probably able to produce the cheese by themselves . The production of good-quality cheese is considered an art even today, and the case was the sa¬me with the Romans and the process itself has not undergone substantial changes.

Roman Pannonia ; Roman Moesia ; cheese ; moulds for cheese

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