You are hereHome › College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities (CASSH) › Department of Anthropology › Killgrove, Kristina › Food for Rome Style APAChicagoHarvardIEEEMLATurabian Choose the citation style. Killgrove, K., & Tykot, R. (2012). Food for Rome: A stable isotope investigation of diet in the Imperial Period (1st–3rd centuries AD. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 32(1), 28-38. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2012.08.002 Food for Rome Details Type Academic Journal Article Title Food for Rome: A stable isotope investigation of diet in the Imperial Period (1st–3rd centuries AD Contributor(s) Killgrove, Kristina (author)Tykot, Robert (author) Located In Journal of anthropological archaeology ISSN 0278-4165 Volume 32 Issue 1 Start Page 28 End Page 38 Date 2012 DOI 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.08.002 Abstract During the Empire, the population of Rome was composed mostly of lower-class free citizens and slaves. Viewed from historical records, the Roman diet included primarily olives, wine, and wheat, but poor and enslaved Romans may have eaten whatever they were able to find and afford, leading to significant heterogeneity in the Roman diet. Previous carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of skeletons from Imperial Italy have begun to reveal variation in diet, but little is known about what people ate in the capital city. This study complements previous work by adding new isotope data from human skeletons found in two Imperial-period (1st–3rd centuries AD) cemeteries in Rome. These data suggest that urban and suburban diets differed, most notably in the consumption of the C4 grain millet. Comparing these new data with all published palaeodietary data from Imperial Italy demonstrates that significant variation existed in the diet of the common people. Subject(s) Nitrogen isotope analysisImperial RomePalaeodietMilletCarbon isotope analysisSocial status PID uwf:22887