舌尖上的拜占庭——拜占庭人的饮食文化

在地理上,拜占庭是一个以地中海为基础的帝国。这样的地理环境决定了拜占庭人的食谱具有浓郁的地中海风味。虽然拜占庭人的饮食结构上承古希腊、罗马传统,但在基督教的文化氛围下,拜占庭帝国发展出了中世纪的饮食文化。到"黄金时代"(867~1056)时,君士坦丁堡再度发展成为人口近40万的国际化大都市。与帝国省区和同时代的欧洲其他地区相比,君士坦丁堡的餐饮活动受到等级秩序和帝国法规的制约。

Research on the Dietary Culture of Byzantine Empire

Geographically, the Byzantine empire was based on the Mediterranean, which determined that the Byzantine cuisine had a strong Mediterranean flavor. Although the Byzantine diet was influenced by the ancient Greek and Roman traditions, Byzantine empire developed a medieval dietary culture in the Christian cultural atmosphere. By the "Golden Age(867-1056 AD)", Constantinople became an international metropolis again with a population of nearly 400,000. Compared with the provinces and other parts of Europe in the same period, the catering events in Constantinople were confined by the hierarchical order and the imperial regulations.