Rubobostes' Feast

Abstract

In Romania, in recent years, numerous cultural events and projects have been developed to reconstruct some aspects of everyday life from the past, or to promote archaeological sites (Ardeleanu, 2012, pp.72-73). One of these sites is the Porolissum Archaeological Reserve (Sălaj County). It includes an important prehistoric centre (with discoveries from the Neolithic Age, Bronze Age, Hallstat, and Dacian LaTène Ages), as well as many Roman vestiges from the 2nd to the 3rd century AD (two Roman fortifications – castrum, the settlement – vicus, the necropolis and an amphitheatre, See Figure 1). The Municipium of Porolissum was the capital of the Roman province of Dacia Porolissensis and at the same time the most northern defensive point of Roman Dacia (Gudea, 1989, p.98). In order to promote the ancient cultural heritage each year, the County Museum of History and Art from Zalău organises the Porolissum Fest, a cultural and scientific event taking place in a geographic space full of history.

Keywords

• cookery
• food
• roman era
• romania