They include rosemary, bog myrtle (sweet gale), coriander, caraway, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, juniper, milfoil, mugwort and yarrow. The beers made using these components and which are now very rare are referred to as gruitbeer.

Whyche dooñ he hym sent to Contrycion, / And fro thensforth to Satysfaccion. / Thus fro poost to pylour was he made to daunce, / And at the last he went forthe to Penaunce.

Indeed, three of the most recognisable male actors in Hollywood at the moment used to dine out on powerbombs and bodyslams.

However, Byzantium, like the Roman Empire, remained a polyglot, multinational and polysectarian state during the greater part of its existence.