“In the ancient Greco-Roman world, a thermopolium (plural thermopolia), from Greek θερμοπώλιον (thermopōlion), i.e. cook-shop, literally ‘a place where (something) hot is sold’, was a commercial establishment where it was possible to purchase ready-to-eat food.”
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Many such thermopolia have been uncovered since archeological work began at Pompeii, the Roman city buried by the ......
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