When you really think about the jobs or lives the people led back then it is not easy to choose which one would be preferable. I know that I cannot. There are so many factors to think of and any one of them could possible not turn out the way you would think. I think service would would be the best choice for looking back and choosing. Though, I am certainly not a morning person and I cannot function without the right amount of sleep and I know servants did not get that much.
A scary thought to think of one person owning that much power. I hope we as human race do not let that happen again, though our bible tells us it will some day. I find it hard to believe that we could all agree to let one person rule with that much power, there is so much disagreement, for lack of a better word, in the world today. I don't see how we could ever come together in large enough numbers to allow it.