The Romans
Last week, we started working on our new topic: the Romans and their influence in Britain.
We learnt what country the Romans came from, what they were good at, what were some of the countries they invaded to build their empire, and some of the things they brought to Britain.
We also found out the name of one of their most famous leaders: Julius Caesar.
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| Portrait of Julius Caesar |
As part of their homework, the class had to find a few interesting facts about the Romans.
Here's some examples of their excellent research work:
The Romans invented the modern calendar.
They built theaters to have shows for people.
They invented the scale as we know it.
Going to the coliseum was like going to the theatre, to the Romans.
Only men could join the Roman army.
The Romans used cranes to lift heavy stones on building sites. The cranes were powered by men.
The Romans were good at building roads and bridges.
The Emperor had a troop of special soldiers to protect him, which they called the praetorian guard.
The Romans kept slaves.
The Romans used powdered mouse brains as toothpaste.
Men in the army had to be at least 20 years old.
General Emperor Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 BC (before Jesus was born).
The biggest battle of the "British campaign" was fought on the banks of the river Medway, close to Rochester.
The river Thames was a quick way to reach the sea and export goods from Britain to the main continent.
The Romans were very clean people. For example, they invented sewers.
The Romans used dogs to keep their households safe.
The Romans were amazing architects and engineers.
The Romans believed in gods and goddesses who ruled over different areas.
During battle, a Roman soldier (also called "a legionary") first hurled his spear at the enemy.
The Romans loved bathing and were very clean people.
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| The Coliseum in Rome |
Now, try to answer those few questions:
Do you remember what we said about "empires"? What exactly is an empire?
Do you know other countries that had empires?
How big do you think the Roman Empire was?
Where did the Romans come from?
Where did the Romans stop their invasion of Britain?
What did the Romans call London?
What language did the Romans speak (there was no English at the time!)?
1. no
ReplyDelete2. it is a person
3. no
4.i dont know
5.the Romans came from Rome
6.london
7.Britain
8. greek
shemar
1 An empire is when a other country comes and stays there.
ReplyDelete2 there was england.
3the roman empire was so big.
4the romans came from Italy.
5 4 centeries.
6 the romans called britain londimnum
7 they speaked Latin.
5hadrain wall
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