The Pungent Fish Sauce Ancient Romans Ate With Everything - Chowhound

The Ancient Romans did not conceive of garum themselves. They were preceded in the Eastern Mediterranean by the Ancient Greeks and Phoenicians. In fact, the name "garum" derives from "garos," the original Greek word for the fish species used to make it. Modern historians are unsure what fish garos referred to, as the sauce can theoretically be made from any variety of fish. In Roman times, it was typically made…