Roman
Much of the Roman diet, at least the privileged Roman diet, would be familiar to a modern Italian. They ate meat, fish, vegetables, eggs, cheese, grains (also as bread) and legumes. Meat included animals like dormice (an expensive delicacy), hare, snails and boar.
Modern
Top it off with bread and a dessert, and that sums up a typical American meal. When I lived in Texas it was BBQ meat, usually beef brisket, pork ribs or chicken with beans and cole slaw. ... The meat is usually smothered roast beef or pork. Sometimes a baked chicken is the centerpiece or a huge meatball.
The primary reason why the Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolution is because "<span>It convinced the French to join the war on the side of the colonists", since it was a decisive American victory. </span>
In 1802, in response to Jefferson's request for authority to deal with the pirates, Congress passed "An act for the protection of commerce and seamen of the United States against the Tripolitan cruisers," authorizing the President to "employ such of the armed vessels of the United States as may be judged requisite.
