The Romans

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The Romans
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Who were the Romans ?
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The Romans were the people from a city called
Rome in what is now Italy. Rome was the
greatest city of its time. At one time it had
nearly one million people living there. The
Romans were very clever and very good at
organising things.
Where is Italy?

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When were the Romans alive?
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What was the Roman Empire?
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About 1,800 years ago Rome was the centre of a
big empire. Roman soldiers had conquered large
parts of Europe and North Africa. The Roman
army was skilled at fighting and defending the
borders from attack.
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The brown parts show how far the Romans spread
out over Europe.
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Who was Boudicca?
Boudicca was the British Queen of Celtic ancient
Britain. She was married to Prasutagus, and with
him she ruled over the Iceni tribe. Boudiccas
people were called the Britons. They suffered
because of heavy taxes and the invasion of the
Romans. Boudicca's warriors were very scary
they painted themselves with blue wode and had
spiky hair. Boudicca and her army of Britons
fought a desperate battle with Romans.
It is said that Boudicca killed herself because
she couldnt bear being beaten by the Romans.
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Where did the Romans live?
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Rome
The Roman Empire in 218 BC
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The Roman Empire spread over the centuries as the
Romans became more powerful!
The Roman Empire in 100 BC
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The Roman Empire 44 BC when Julius Caesar died.
The Roman Empire 14 AD when Augustus died.
The Roman Empire 116 AD The Empire at its
largest.
After 116 AD the Roman Empire slowly began to
decline as did their influence on the world.
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All over the Empire the Romans lived in the
cities, towns and villages they built.
Chester Deva Victrix
Bath Aquae Sulis
London Londinium
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In all the lands they conquered, the Romans built
towns that they could feel at home in. Each
town was built to a plan. The Romans liked
everything to be organised and orderly.
The streets were laid out in a criss cross
pattern. Usually they would have two main streets
that divided the town. Smaller streets led off
these at right angles.
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How did the Romans live?
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The Roman Empire grew strong because it had a
very good army to help conquer and later control
all the other lands.
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Where did Roman soldiers live?
The Roman soldier was a professional soldier.
This means that he joined the army for 25 years
and would be paid a salary. A part of his wages
was paid in salt, hence the saying 'being worth
your salt' -- (a good worker).
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HADRIANs WALL
One of the most famous things that the Romans
built was the frontier between England and
Scotland, called Hadrians Wall, named after the
Emperor who ordered it built. It was started in
120 A.D. and took nine years to build.
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Romans loved to decorate their houses ..
Mosaics have been found everywhere that they
went. Sometimes they were on the floor,
sometimes on the walls. Then there were the
wall paintings ... frescos they were called.
Find more mosaic patterns
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Roman Numerals
They had their own way of writing numbers. It
was VERY different from the way in which you
write them.
Find out about ROMAN NUMERALS
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They took gods and goddesses with them wherever
they went. They had a LOT of
them. They made up stories
about them, they used to pray to
them when they wanted
something special.
Find out about gods and godesses
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What can you find out about the Romans by the objects that they left behind?
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What, no TV ?
Romans had lots of different hobbies to keep them
busy. They had games to play at home, plays to go
to see and public events for thousands of people
to see.
Gladiators were slaves or prisoners made to fight
each other, or wild animals, in front of crowds.
These fights were a part of events called "the
games". They took place in huge open-air
buildings called amphitheatres. At the end of a
gladiator fight the emperor would often give a
"thumbs up" or a "thumbs down" signal. This was
to show whether he wanted the loser to live or to
die. 
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