Aliter Salacaccabia: Ancient Roman Gazpacho

This refreshing and very tasty summer soup from the Apicius recipe collection is, pretty much like the Spanish Gazpacho, based on bread soaked in water, vinegar and olive oil and spiced with a kind of herb pesto. The dish is served cold.
What exactly is the Alexandrinian bread asked for in the recipe is not entirely clear, but it seems to have been spiced with cumin. Lacking cumin bread, you can add a litte powdered cumin to the soup.
You need: bread, wine vinegar, cumin, salt, black pepper, honey, mint, garlic, cilantro, grated cheese, olive oil, wine
You can find more recipes in my cookbooks "GARUM: Recipes from the Past“ (available in English, German, French and Italian) or "From Eden to Jerusalem: Recipes from the Time of the Bible“ (English, German and Italian), or "VEGETUS: Vegetarian Recipes from the Past“ (English, German, Italian).
Music: Vespers on the Shore by The Mini Vandals (RUclips audio library, creative commons)