How did Ancient Rome feed a population of around one million people without supermarkets, trucks, refrigeration or modern supply chains?
Rome depended on an enormous network stretching across the Mediterranean.
Grain was harvested thousands of kilometres away, transported by carts and ships, unloaded at ports such as Ostia, stored in massive warehouses and moved toward Rome through the Tiber River and Roman roads.
Behind every loaf of bread was an incredible logistical system involving farmers, sailors, merchants, port workers, officials, warehouses and ships.
In this animated history video, we explore Ancient Rome, the Roman grain supply, the annona, Ostia and the Mediterranean trade network that helped keep one of the ancient world's largest cities alive.
Rome's greatest food technology was not a machine.
It was logistics.
Ancient history explained through historical animation and our blue-hat stick figure.
How was this possible?
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