Romans of my time would wake up early in the morning. The women would normally put on makeup and fix their hair while the men go to the tablinum, the master's study. While the domini (masters) rise from their cubitum (bed) in the cubiculum (bedroom), the slaves go to the culina (kitchen) and prepare ientaculum (the first meal). The family then eats in the triclinium (the dining room), and the master of the house goes through the atrium (main room), out the ianua (door), rises on the litter, and leaves. There are no vehicules until the tenth hour, so during the day, there are only men, slaves, litter-bearers, and litters. The Forum is loud and busy, especially when it is the fifth hour. For six hours, the men work at their profession (whether it be surgery, politics, building, trading, or engineering), eating prandium (lunch) at a local market stall. Between the second and third meals, the street wanderers go to the city baths, and stay there until they are urged to leave. The man returns to his home and finds cena (dinner) on the table.
"CARTHAGO DELENDA EST!"
