Editing Breakfast (section)

====Ancient Rome====
{{Main|Ancient Roman cuisine}}

Romans called breakfast {{lang|la|ientaculum}}. It was usually composed of everyday staples like bread, cheese, [[olive]]s, [[salad]], [[culinary nut|nuts]], [[raisin]]s, and cold meat left over from the night before.<ref>[[#Albala|Albala]], p. 20</ref> They also drank wine-based drinks such as {{lang|la|mulsum}}, a mixture of wine, honey, and [[spice|aromatic spice]]s.<ref>{{cite book | last=Riley|first=H.T.  |title= The Comedies of Plautus |location = London |publisher= Henry G. Bohn | year= 1852}}</ref> 1st century Latin poet Martial said that {{lang|la|ientaculum}} was eaten at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, while 16th century scholar Claudius Saumaise wrote that it was typically eaten at 9:00 or 10:00&nbsp;a.m. It seems unlikely that any fixed time was truly assigned for this meal.<ref>{{cite book | last=Becker |first=B. A.|url=https://archive.org/details/b29319560|title= Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus; With Notes and Excursus Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Romans |location =London|publisher= John w. Parker |year =1844 |page= 357}}</ref>

Roman soldiers woke up to a breakfast of {{lang|la|pulmentus}}, [[porridge]] similar to the Italian [[polenta]], made from roasted spelt wheat or barley that was then pounded and cooked in a [[cauldron]] of water.<ref>Katz, Solomon H. and Weaver, William Woys (2002) ''Encyclopedia of Food and Culture''. Vol 1. p. 244. Charles Scribner & Sons. {{ISBN|0684805685}}</ref>