Robigus

Rust Never Sleeps

(April 24, 2013) Not many non-historians know that the ancient Roman Empire ran on wheat.  Its major grain growing area was in North Africa, centered on present day Tunisia.  Roman wheat farms were typically about sixteen hundred acres and supported about 10 coloni families and the estate owner.  The families did the work and made extra money growing dates, olives, and exotic birds for Roman...