A Day In the Life

I am emperor Augustus of Rome. Here I will tell you about my daily life. I usually wake up very early in the morning and have a small breakfast. My breakfast usually consisted of cheese, fruit, bread, and milk or wine to drink. My trustworthy slaves always provide me with good food when I need it. My children then are tutored by a Greek slave named Eucleides in our villa urbana (city villa). I bought him because although he is old, he is very wise and I want my kids to learn from the best. I then head out with my guards to the Forum and into the Senate House. In the Senate House, we talk about building projects. I'm currently building a Forum in my name. Sometimes I have some lunch but usually I don't. If I had lunch. it usually was just leftovers from breakfast. If I didn't have lunch, I usually walked abound the Forum or like today, I visited my Forum in progress. Its going very well. I then returned to the Senate and we talked about my conquests in Spain and Gaul. Some agree and some disagree with what I'm doing but I feel it is the right thing to do to expand our empire. My guards and I then returned home to eat dinner. Dinner is always big as we have many different kinds of meat and fish, vegetables, fruits, and wine. We have slaves who cooked and served the food for us. After dinner, sometimes I headed out into the city to meet people or to have fun with my kids. Other times, I stayed at home and my wife, Livia, and I sat in the living room to spend time together and talk while the kids played in the garden. Later at night, I went to my study room and went over things we talked in the Senate and I wrote letters. I was usually the last in the family to sleep as I usually was busy. So, there you have it, the day in the life of Emperor Augustus.