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Illustrative reconstruction of oenogarum ingredients; ancient sources do not establish an exact ratio or serving appearance.
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Oenogarum

Oenogarum is fish sauce mixed with wine, pepper and often olive oil: a Roman table sauce in the Apicius cookbook, and a reduced, strained sauce in a later medical text.

Roman world · Historical attestation
· Fish and seafood
Illustrative still life of a small terracotta vessel and cup of dark amber fish sauce, inspired by ancient Mediterranean artifacts; not a reconstruction of one recipe or period.
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Garum (garos, liquamen)

Garum, Greek garos and Latin liquamen, was the fish sauce of the ancient Mediterranean: fish and viscera salted and left in the sun, then drained off as a savoury liquid.

Greece · Historical attestation
· Fish and seafood