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Something both the #Hopi and #Romans (and other cultures) shared -- using plant-based ashes in food and medicine!
#GladiatorGatorade? Ancient Athletes Had A Recovery Drink, Too
by Maria Godoy, October 27, 2014
Excerpt: "#PlantAshes were evidently consumed to fortify the body after physical exertion, and to promote better bone healing,' Fabian Kanz, a forensic anthropologist at the Medical University of Vienna who led the research, said in a statement. 'Things were similar then to what we do today."
"Evidence for this ancient dietary supplement comes from a second-century cemetery for gladiators in what was once the great Roman city of Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey. Kanz and his colleagues have been studying the remains buried there to unravel how these athletes lived. To figure out what they ate, the researchers examined the remains of 22 gladiators using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis.
"Carbon can tell us about the plants these people ate, while nitrogen offers hints of their animal protein consumption. The gladiators were eating a pretty varied diet, the analysis showed. Some went heavier on the #grains and #greens; some ate more meat.
"When the same tests were run on the remains of 31 regular folks from that era and region, they found the same sorts of variation. In other words, gladiators seemed to be eating the same way as everyone else.
"But the researchers also decided to look at the trace elements of strontium and calcium in those old bones. And that's where a huge difference jumped out. Compared with the regular Joes, the gladiators had a much larger ratio of strontium to calcium.
" 'This is strong evidence that the gladiators were consuming something high in calcium to replenish their calcium stores that other people weren't and that didn't show up in the isotopes,' says Kristina Killgrove, a biological anthropologist at the University of West Florida who studies imperial Rome through ancient bones.
"The researchers wondered: If the gladiators weren't eating more meat than their contemporaries, then where was this calcium boost coming from? A nearly 2,000-year-old encyclopedia offered a tantalizing clue.
"In his #NaturalisHistoria, published in the first century, #PlinyTheElder wrote: 'Your #hearth should be your #MedicineChest. Drink #lye made from its ashes, and you will be cured. One can see how gladiators after a combat are helped by drinking this.'
"Using ash in food and medicine wasn't limited to the Romans. The #Hopis used ash from burned plant leaves and pea pods to prepare #BlueCornmeal foods like #PikiBread and #BivilvikiDumplings. The ash provided essential elements like #calcium, #manganese, #copper and #iron."
#SolarPunkSunday #LowTech
#BoneHealth #History #RecoveryDrink
#Histodon #HistoricalRecipes
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Pliny the Younger was a DWEEB
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1851315/pliny-the-younger-was-a-dweeb
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Pliny the Younger was a DWEEB
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1850126/pliny-the-younger-was-a-dweeb
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Pliny the Younger was a DWEEB
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1850123/pliny-the-younger-was-a-dweeb
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
-- Pliny the Elder⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PlinytheElder #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah
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YOU'RE MORE IMPORTANT, PLINY, YOU HAVE TO LIVE
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1771281/you-re-more-important-pliny-you-have-to-live
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YOU'RE MORE IMPORTANT, PLINY, YOU HAVE TO LIVE
https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/1771275/you-re-more-important-pliny-you-have-to-live
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Ancient Romans loved their dogs. Here's what their heartbreakingly beautiful epitaphs said about them.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/roman-dog-epitaph
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
-- Pliny the Elder -
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
-- Pliny the Elder⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PlinytheElder #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
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@rrmutt @lemay I must say it is hilarious to compare observations of a fruit with dead Roman military commanders/naturalists.
#plinytheelder
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Natural_History_(Rackham,_Jones,_%26_Eichholz)/Book_15 -
Driving back from Red Bluff allowed time to detour to #russianriverbrewing in Santa Rosa. Yeah, yeah, I went to the heart and soul of California wine country for the #craftbeer
No regrets from me. The flight of 4 I chose were all good. #plinytheelder was the highlight. I’m still not sure how to pronounce it correctly; I say Pliny while others say Pliny 😀
Along with adding a bunch of numbers to our California highway bingo cards; I also got to go over the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time. -
Finally got my hands on a #PlinyTheElder. It's absolutely worth the hype. Surprisingly (dangerously) drinkable for the strength and the amount of hops.
I'm going to be very sad not to have regular access to it.
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Coming up in two weeks, Binghamton University's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will host another #Pliny-focused colloquium - "Pliny the Elder and Traditions of Natural Histories" #PlinytheElder https://www.binghamton.edu/cemers/conference/index.html
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Please say hi to my newest #bot: @pliny
a Pliny the Elder click-bait generator based on his book of questionable facts "The Natural History" #pliny #PlinyTheElder
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Psssst. Interested in the geographical portions of Pliny the Elder's "Natural History"?
I've got some fresh goodies for you:
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Mount Vesuvius victims died just moments away from rescue - armi del soldato
When Mount Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1765087 #disasterarchaeology #forensicarchaeology #romanarchaeology #pyroclasticflow #plinytheelder #ancientrome #archaeology #herculaneum #romanempire #skeletons #vesuvius #science #pompeii #volcano