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5 6 Rome’s first university, La Sapienza (est. A.D. 1303), is the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world. 7 Wealthy Romans might enjoy exotic foods such as stuffed flamingo. Fish sauce called liquamen or garum made from fish intestines was also popular. Roman days were divided into 12 hours, measured by a sundial. 8 Romans thought that not owning slaves was a sign of extreme poverty. Many people would take three slaves with them just to go to the baths. 9 For the Romans, a “circus” was a chariot racetrack, not the tented entertainment venue of today. 10 The Romans trained some female slaves to fight as gladiators. 71