Giada De Laurentiis' favorite sandwich to eat when in Rome has the same name as something you might find at a NYC pizzeria, but the similarities end there.

The sweet treats in ancient Rome were made by filling dates with nuts (such as almonds or walnuts) and then sometimes rolling ...

Plebeians were average working citizens of Rome – farmers ... system of state bribery that the writer Juvenal described as ‘bread and circuses’. Free grain and controlled food prices ...