gq: The history of pubs can be traced back to Roman taverns, through the Anglo-Saxon alehouse to the development of the modern tied house system in the 19th century.
Question: How far back does the history of pubs go back? Question: What Roman businesses were analogous to modern day pubs? Question: What was the Anglo-Saxon pup called? Question: What similar establishments existed in the Anglo-Saxon world? Question: What is a pub tied to in the 19th century? Question: In what century did the tied house system develop?