The Romans mixed vinegar and water to make an ordinary drink called posca, pickled vegetables in vinegar and brine, and judging by the late Roman recipe book of Apicius, often enjoyed vinegar in combination with honey. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)
He ordered our men to let him have water, or _posca, _ whatever he wanted. ❋ Unknown (2004)
A little draught of a sleeping drug in the cup of posca, the watered vinegar that each gladiator would rinse his mouth with before entering the arena, would insure that in a few minutes the man's reaction time would slow down. ❋ Sadler, Barry (1980)
Sponging Casca down quickly, Crysos went about his duties tending to the others, bringing wine and posca to those who called for it. ❋ Sadler, Barry (1980)
Taking a short swallow of the bitter posca, he rinsed his mouth and spat. ❋ Sadler, Barry (1980)
Then, like the others, he washed it down with posca. ❋ Sadler, Barry (1980)
Crysos, a Sicilian slave, tended ko the needs of the gladiators, washed their clothes, brought them posca, a bitter mixture of vinegar and water to rinse their mouths out with when they got overheated, cleaned up the barracks, and emptied the chamber pots. ❋ Sadler, Barry (1980)
Instantly some one -- we know not whether he was friend or enemy, or merely one who was there out of idle curiosity -- took out the sponge and dipped it in the posca to give it to Jesus. ❋ Rossiter Johnson (1906)
Near the cross there lay on the ground the large earthen vessel containing the _posca_, which was the ordinary drink of the Roman soldiers. ❋ Rossiter Johnson (1906)
"I doubt if there is so much as a draught of _posca_ [176] in the army," said Antonius, yawning. ❋ William Stearns Davis (1903)
There stood near, a cup of the ordinary drink of the Roman soldiers, a mixture of vinegar and water, called posca. ❋ Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 (1863)
The soldiers had to carry with them their posca on all their expeditions, [2] of which an execution was considered one. ❋ Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 (1863)
There stood near, a cup of the ordinary drink of the Roman soldiers, a mixture of vinegar and water, called _posca_. ❋ Ernest Renan (1857)
The soldiers had to carry with them their _posca_ on all their expeditions, [2] of which an execution was considered one. ❋ Ernest Renan (1857)
The Roman armies carried _posca_ by way of such luxury, a drink composed of vinegar and water. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)
He ate the ordinary rations of cheese, bacon, &c.; he used no other drink than that composition of vinegar and water, known by the name of _posca_, which formed the sole beverage allowed in the Roman camps. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)
She watched them gambling and drinking posca to dull the keen edge of their guilt, and numb the fear that overwhelmed them in the presence of imminent death. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The spongeful of vinegar, sour wine, posca, the common drink of the Roman soldiers, which was put on a hyssop stalk and offered to our Lord in contemptuous pity (Matt. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)
