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If you were going shopping in Ancient Rome, you should probably know a little bit about who you were buying from. In ancient Rome, the male merchants wore rings. If they had one ring, it meant they had good manners. However, not all men wore rings. The hairstyles and beard styles varied upon each merchant. Each merchant sold his or her goods in a forum, or market. This is where the citizens of Rome bought their goods. The forum was most busy at 11 o’ clock (the fifth hour to the Romans). The poorer merchants of the city sold their goods in the east end of the forum. In ancient Rome, the forum was known as the subbra. The forum was always busy during the day. The merchants lived in apartments called flats.  Today, we use Roman numerals very often. We use them in NFL Super bowls, to tell time, movies, and even book titles. The Roman numerals were very sophisticated and were one of the easiest ways of numbering ever. This is what a Ancient Roman forum would look like.