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 Roman Life Rome was a crowded, noisy, bustling city. People strolled on the grounds, and brave soldiers marched to battlefields wearing chainmail of leather armor. Shops and marketplaces lined the streets. Food- The main diet of the Roman peasant class is different from the upper. The most important food among them was wheat, barley, olive oil, fish and homegrown vegetables. If they could afford a cow or chicken, then they drank milk and ate eggs and cheese for breakfast. Romans eat three meals in a day. Breakfast was a short period in Rome for some Romans. Lunch was not mostly eaten by the people of Rome, but it consists of bread, fruit, cheese, and leftovers from the previous supper. Dinner was the main meal of the day. The poor usually enjoyed vegetables and olive oil, and was very fortunate to have something to eat. For the rich, some appetizers are: salads, mushrooms, or eggs. ( Appetizers are the first course, and the second course was the most important). for the second course, their meat dishes were pork and poultry. the final course- the dessert, they had fruits, nuts, honey cakes and wine. The rich people had slaves to prepare the food and clean. Romans ate with their fingers. Sometimes, early in the morning, schoolboys stopped at a nearby bakery of buy a pancake. School-- The Roman children studied reading, writing, and counting. They read books and scrolls, and they wrote on boards covered in wax. they used pebbles for counting. The ancient Romans loved chariot racing. In early Roman times, young nobles used to race their chariots around the 7 hills of Rome. People had to scatter to get out of the way. They stopped for no one.

Roman Food