How did the Romans store their food?

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How did the Romans store their food without any modern appliances such as refrigerators? Well, for one they used preservatives. Salted meat for example could be stored much longer, but honey was sometimes also used which had a similar effect. Another technique was smoking the meat, thus producing sausages, bacon and ham, which could also be stored much longer. But also pickling in vinegar was already known, and fruits were also dried, which allowed to store foodstuffs at room temperature for much longer periods of time. Grain and cereals were stored in silos and could be thus kept for weeks before grinding them to flour. Storage containers used to store food were barrels, amphorae and clay pots, but also warehouses or silos for larger amounts. Wealthier families could afford storage cellars, where the natural coolness of the earth allowed to store wine or foods even in the heat of summer. In winter, local snow was used for cooling, and in summer, in areas where there were mountains nearby, the romans even collected snow and ice from higher up, brought it down with donkeys or camels, and used the ice and snow in their cooled cellars to store even regular food for quite long periods of time.