<span>The staple drink of both the elite and common people in the ancient world was beer. Staple drink means basic drink, wine and beer both are used by the people in the ancient world. The alcoholic drink which is most widely consumed is beer. After water and tea, it is third most popular drink in the world and people enjoyed drinking beer.</span>
The Byzantine Empire is the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453.
