This story is a journey through antropology, food and nutrition in Rome in the imperial age.
The very first beginning was a smart TED-Ed lesson about Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-year old living in Rome in 73 AD (http://ed.ted.com/on/PADWiE4).
Then students were encouraged to ask themselves about Roman nutrition: what did Lucius eat? Was he rich or poor? Did everybody eat the same of Lucius?
And, mostly, was there a relationship between living conditions, food and diseases? It was and the answer is in the bones: they waited years and years to be asked about and now they don’t lie. They can also tell us if Lucius ate more fish or meat.