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Ancient Rome’s Greatest Wine: The Opimian Vintage of 121 BC

Ancient Rome’s Greatest Wine: The Opimian Vintage of 121 BC

A heatwave, a massacre and the wine Rome talked about for two hundred years.

Oct 4, 2026

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3 min read

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