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The ordinary people of Rome were called Plebeians. They woke up early in the morning and ate a meager breakfast of oatmeal and fruit. In the late morning, they went to work (around ten), and did not come home until late evening (about seven). They then ate dinner, which was usually vegetables, bread, and water. They lived in cramped quarters. They lived above the Patricians, so they had more stairs to climb. Fire was a possibility, because so many people cooked so lose to each other. The children usually did not have an education, and the boys would take on their father's craft, while the girls would stay home and take care of the children. They could not marry in to the upper class ( the Patricians), even if the became wealthy.

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