Episode 120
Roman Pigs in Judea, or Close Encounters of the Swinish Kind
This Week in the Ancient Near East
August 11, 202535m 42s
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Show Notes
Romans sure loved their pigs. Soldiers were even buried with pig jawbones at Legio in the Jezreel Valley after military feasts (which doesn’t sound kosher). They brought pig power to the Levant, but hey, what did the Romans ever do for us?