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he Culture of Wine in Slovenia
In the fifth century BC, Athens had 500,000 citizens and very well-developed trade involv-
ing numerous transport routes and sea connections. Innkeeping was well-developed, too,
with specialised hostelries:
pandokeion accommodation with some food and drink
katagogion (katalgion) accommodation for people and animals
katalion an inn with food, drink and a small food shop
oinopolis a wine shop
prytaneon a catering establishment for state officials
In Sparta, they also had joint kitchens, similar to our canteens.
The Romans, who modelled themselves on the Greeks, had a quite well-developed wine
trade and innkeeping. They built numerous roads that connected the lands of their Empire,
accelerating the development of trade and innkeeping both in towns as well as alongside
the roads. They had:
stabulae catering establishments with stables for animals
deversoria catering establishments in towns
cauponia inns with a shop
popina a catering establishment serving food next to a spa,
circus or pilgrim temple
oinopolia a wine shop
taberna initially a shop and an establishment offering refreshments,
later a tavern with accommodation
There was also the Villa Publica, an inn outside Rome, which was for citizens of unfriendly
states and the Hospicium for citizens of states with which Rome had an agreement on
hospitality. Foreigners were given a token known as a tessera hospitalis, with which they
could get food and drink in a Hospicium. The wholesale trade in wine took place in the
Forum Vinarium square in Rome. Inns in the city were open only during the day and were
allowed to sell wine only to men over 30, which was monitored by inspectors (aediles).
During the migration of nations numerous roads, shops and
catering establishments were destroyed. They were only partly
preserved in some isolated places, for example in Istra. After
settlement, the early Slovenes started planting grapevines on
the whole of the territory of the present-day Slovenia. The slopes
of Ljubljana Castle Hill and Rožnik Hill were planted with vines
and Ljubljana was a true town of the vine and wine. Soon after
settlement the exchange of goods began, including wine. Traders
carried their goods on horseback; after a partial reconstruction
of old roads and the building of new ones, goods began to be
transported by cart. Ljubljana lay on the transit route between
Venice and Central Europe: it was the centre of the wine trade,
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In the fifth century BC, Athens had 500,000 citizens and very well-developed trade involv-
ing numerous transport routes and sea connections. Innkeeping was well-developed, too,
with specialised hostelries:
pandokeion accommodation with some food and drink
katagogion (katalgion) accommodation for people and animals
katalion an inn with food, drink and a small food shop
oinopolis a wine shop
prytaneon a catering establishment for state officials
In Sparta, they also had joint kitchens, similar to our canteens.
The Romans, who modelled themselves on the Greeks, had a quite well-developed wine
trade and innkeeping. They built numerous roads that connected the lands of their Empire,
accelerating the development of trade and innkeeping both in towns as well as alongside
the roads. They had:
stabulae catering establishments with stables for animals
deversoria catering establishments in towns
cauponia inns with a shop
popina a catering establishment serving food next to a spa,
circus or pilgrim temple
oinopolia a wine shop
taberna initially a shop and an establishment offering refreshments,
later a tavern with accommodation
There was also the Villa Publica, an inn outside Rome, which was for citizens of unfriendly
states and the Hospicium for citizens of states with which Rome had an agreement on
hospitality. Foreigners were given a token known as a tessera hospitalis, with which they
could get food and drink in a Hospicium. The wholesale trade in wine took place in the
Forum Vinarium square in Rome. Inns in the city were open only during the day and were
allowed to sell wine only to men over 30, which was monitored by inspectors (aediles).
During the migration of nations numerous roads, shops and
catering establishments were destroyed. They were only partly
preserved in some isolated places, for example in Istra. After
settlement, the early Slovenes started planting grapevines on
the whole of the territory of the present-day Slovenia. The slopes
of Ljubljana Castle Hill and Rožnik Hill were planted with vines
and Ljubljana was a true town of the vine and wine. Soon after
settlement the exchange of goods began, including wine. Traders
carried their goods on horseback; after a partial reconstruction
of old roads and the building of new ones, goods began to be
transported by cart. Ljubljana lay on the transit route between
Venice and Central Europe: it was the centre of the wine trade,
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