1. dinner (9^th hour according to Martial)
   1. most literary information on the cena- it was a socio-economic ritual used to showcase wealth (quality of food, entertainment, etc)
   2. for the poor, dinner wasn’t a big meal, more like a second lunch that could have consisted of beans, leeks, and sheep lips

1. desserts
   1. examples: dates stuffed with pine nuts and honey, fricassee of roses with pastrym hot African wine cakes with honey

1. fish sauce (also called liquamen)
   1. so popular that large quantities were shipped to Roman provinces (officials, soldiers, etc)

1. first courses
   1. examples: roast womb of barren cow, roast parrot, ham roasted with honey, dormice stuffed with pork and pine nuts, boiled ostrich with sweet sauce

1.  lunch (not a substantial meal)
   1. could have consisted of: bread, olives, cheese, dried figs, and nuts

1. appetizers
   1. examples: jellyfish and jellyfish eggs, tongues of peacocks and partridges, boiled tree mushrooms with garum, sea urchins with spices and honey

1. porridge
   1. boiled wheat

                                i.      wheat was a staple in the Roman diet (along with oil and wine), especially for the poor (came from the annona)

1. dining room with couches (triclinia) around three sides
   1. the placement of the guests on the couches was hierarchical (summus, medius, imus)