Most Romans lived in the country where they were farmers. The countryside was green and hilly. Rome is located near a long river known as the Tiber River. Romans lived in small towns or cities. Here, a view from the window would be much different than one from a window in the country since towns and cities had many buildings and roads. .
For breakfast, the average Roman would have eaten bread with honey or fruit. Your lunch would have consisted of bread, olives, and cheese. Dinner would have been bread, fruits, and vegetables. Poor people often only ate bread for their meals, while rich people ate a lot of meat. The meat was usually chicken, pork, or rabbit. On special occasions they had unusual dishes such as flamingo and giraffe. Of course there were farmers in ancient Rome, just look at all the bread they ate! All farmers grew wheat in their fields. Farmers who lived in areas with warm climates grew grapes and olives while those in cooler climates grew turnips and apples.
Roads in ancient Rome were very important because people liked to travel between towns within the empire to trade goods. Romans followed specific steps when building roads through their empire. First, they had to decide where to put the road. Men measured from one high point to another and made the roads as straight as they could. Next, builders dug up the ground and started laying down big stones that would make up the first layer of the road. Then they put in a layer of gravel to level off any bumps made by the big stones. Then they laid a layer of sand and cement. The last layer they put on was big, flat stones that fit tightly together and were packed down hard. This completed the road.
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