What was the ancient Rome like at 3 AM? What sounds would have been common? How much light would the average person see on the streets outside? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

What was the ancient Rome like at 3 AM? What sounds would have been common? How much light would the average person see on the streets outside?

by Worchester_St

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There are some older answers that might be helpful:

I'm a hot blooded young Roman man of the late Empire hitting the streets of Rome for a night out with my mates and I've got sestertii burning a hole in my purse. What kind of vice and wanton pleasures are available to me? by u/Tiako

and u/UndercoverClassicist wrote about The lex Julia Municipalis (44BCE) prohibits carts within Rome from midnight to 10 o'clock (56). What was significant about traffic during those hours?