Spice trade introduced vinegar to India, and Franciscan priests manufactured it from coconut toddy. Indian food, adapted to the European palate, became visible in England by 1811 as exclusive establishments began catering to the tastes of both the curious and those returning from India. Opium was a part of the spice trade and some people involved in the spice trade were driven by opium addiction. Spice trade The spice trade refers to the trade between historical civilizations in Asia, Northeast Africa and Europe. Spices such as cinnamon, cassia, cardamom, ginger, pepper, and turmeric were known and used in antiquity for commerce in
Lex Cassia de senatu after the disaster of Arausio. Lex Cassia de senatu The lex Cassia de senatu was a Roman law, introduced in 104 BC by the tribune L. Cassius Longinus. The law excluded from the senate individuals who had been deprived of "imperium" by popular vote or had been convicted of a crime in a popular assembly ("Judicium Populi"). The law was a move to restrain the discretionary power of the senate. It was seen as reinforcing the voice of the Roman people. The provision on magistrates stripped of their "imperium" was a deliberate attack against Quintus Servilius Caepio, proconsul in 105