A day in Rome

In Rome the artisans' workshops opened at break of down. The traders, also opened their shops, quite early early in the morning, putting their merckendise on display.
But what a noise, what a crowd in the streets!
The chariots went round in the narrow streets making a terrible noise. In the morning the teachers, in the night the bakers, all day long the boiler-makers; the money-changer striking coins with Nero's minting die, a Spanish gold beater hitting on a stone, while followers of the Godess of War Bellona went about shouting as if they were possessed. In other words it was impossible to have rest or to "live" in Rome.
In the courts lawyers defended the rights of their client in front of a magistrate and a large public.
The children were at school all day, except for a short lunch break during which they returned home.
At midday the Romans used to go home for lunch. Than they used to go to the baths, the only meeting place in a city of about one million inhabitants. The distance to the baths was a problem, because they could be reached only by feet; carriages or other means of transport could not circulate. At sunset when the baths closed, the people used to go back home for dinner.
Coming out of the baths the people used to meet the fans of the of the circus or the theatre who were also going home for dinner. Dinner marked the end of the day for the Roman citizen.