The Oyster: Where, How and When to Find, Breed, Cook and Eat It
CHAPTER II.
ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE OYSTER.
The Ancients; Oysters a Greek and Roman Luxury; Sergius Orata, and the Oyster-beds of Baia; Immense Consumption at Rome; Failure of the Circean and Lucrinian Oyster-beds under Domitian, and Introduction of Rutupians from Britain; Agricola, Constantine, and Helena; Athenian Oysters, and Aristides. 21