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Originally Posted by Astromancer
Crops like the banana, sugar cane, and mulberries, have also made it to Rome.
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Bananas are an odd choice here. They're notoriously bad shippers, and while the climate around Rome will grow ornamental bananas, to set fruit you need something like 18 frost free months (or at least close enough to frost free that you or occasional sheltered microclimates can protect your plants from whatever frost there is. There are parts of the Roman Empire where frost free winters aren't rare (north Africa, or even bits of southern Spain), but it's a bit too far from the equator to be very banana friendly.