how important was wine consumption in antiquity and the middle

>>3257170
very important, I don't think anyone could last without it

Did people of antiquity understand the consequences of drinking alcohol while pregnant? Surely not everyone in Rome had FAS

>>3257400
this needs an answer

>>3257400
No. Alcohol was more clean than water anyways so people probably would have preferred a disfigured baby over a dead one.

>>3257879
>this fucking meme again

>>3257891
Refute.
With Sources.

>>3257400
Uhh......

We know that it was very important for a lot of people for very long periods of time, we know, for example, that sogdians introduced grape wine into china, and that sogdian merchants and aristocrats kept cellars full of wine, and wine became a symbol of the western barbarians and the regions where they made such a precious commodity (aside from erotic dances and camels, that were also common iconography for sogdians). Li Po lived in the golden era of indoiranian influence in China and he mostly talks about wine, getting drunk and watching western erotic dancers.

Wine was used to sterilize water. Most of the wine people drank was extremely watered down

>>3257400
My understanding is alcohol was often cut with water back then, so it might have been safe. Pregnant women today can drink O'Doules and be fine.

>>3260800
Correct, Alexander's soldiers were even noted to complain when Alexander started to drink unmixed wine to fit Persian customs.