Jentaculum (Breakfast)
Breakfast included a wide variety of bread, fruits, and drinks. Sometimes all Casca would have for breakfast is a cup of water, before rushing off to the Senate. When time allowed, he might be able to indulge himself with some Panis Castrensis, Libae, and maybe even some mulsum (honeyed wine). If he wanted, Casca could have grabbed some panis (bread) from a street vendor on his way to the Senate. Also, fruits were very important in the daily life of a Roman, so consuming a handful of figs or dates comes without a doubt.
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Prandium (Lunch)
As a wealthy politician, Casca would be able to afford delicacies such as pork and veal. However, sometimes he'd have some leftovers from a dinner party the night before. That means having seafood and boar, but normal lunches included poultry as well. Although Casca got the perks of a rich politician, he also eats something that every other Roman eats during lunch. Which is panis (bread), as the main Romans' main source of carbohydrates, panis is a vital part of every meal.
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Cena (Dinner)
For dinner, Casca might have some heavier meats prepared by his servants such as boar, hare, and sausages. However, if there was a dinner party like one would often have as a high ranking official, then more variety of seafood and meats would be served. At a party, there would be oysters, shrimp, lobster, fish, boar, sausages, lentils, olives, mushrooms, crab, figs, grapes, duck, pheasant, panis, and of course mulsum. The intention of dinner parties was mainly to bond with friends, and it was probably through dinner parties that Caesar became friends with Casca.
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Clothing
The typical tunic that Casca wears to work is the tunica laticlavia, a tunic with the highly recognizable red stripe on each shoulder. This is the undergarment of the iconic Roman toga.
The cloak-like garment of a Roman Senator, a toga is the symbol of power and social rank. The stripes on the toga candida denoted the rank of the wearer, which in Casca's case is red because he is a senate official. Senators are easily recognized by their distinctive red stripes on their tunics as well as togas.
As the official footwear of Romans, the sandalius was a daily necessity. All Romans wore sandals, but some with different variations. The most notable variation is having metal studs on the bottom of the sandals to give the soldiers more traction on the battlefield. However, senate members often had higher quality sandals than regular folk did, which was one of the perks of being in the upper class.