List of ancient dishes
This is a list of dishes, prepared foods and beverages that have been recorded as originating before the post-classical era. Different endpoints exist for what marks the beginning of the post-classical era, including the Early Middle Ages (the end of the 4th century CE), the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE, the closure of the Platonic Academy in 529 CE, the death of the emperor Justinian I in 565 CE, the spread of Islam in 610 CE or the rise of Charlemagne.