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They had walls around the cities, with gates to let

people and animals go in or out.

Romans were buried along the roads, out of the INDEX

town.

Romans were very good engineers, towns had • Roman life

sewers and piped water supplies. Sometimes they
had to build aqueducts to bring water to the • Roman schools
towns. • Roman houses

• Roman clothes

• Roman fun and games

• Roman parties

• Roman transport
THE ARMY
They had a big army. • Roman towns

Soldiers wore helmet, • Roman army

armour and shield.

They fought with arrows and spades.

They had catapults.
ROMAN PARTIES ROMANS
Rich Romans loved parties.
ROMAN LIFE
They ate different food,
Romans lived in towns.
They started with olives, salad,
snails, oysters or eggs, They lived in family groups.

Then they had meat and They had to marry when they were 15 or 16.
fish dishes. They had
The father decided who his children marry.
something special like
ostrich, flamingo, peacock Rich Romans had slaves.
or a wild boar as the centre of their meal.

They finished off with nuts, fruit,

ROMAN SCHOOLS
stuffed dates and honey cakes. They
drunk wine. Romans didn't have public schools.

During the meal, they had acrobats and Children went to private schools or
dancers acting. study at home.

The teacher used to be a slave.

ROMAN TRANSPORT
Their subjects were reading, writing and arithmetic. They also
They built many roads, and marked the
studied Latin and Greek.
distances with stones.
Private schools were small, they had only one
They didn't have cars, trains or planes.
room and only one class. There were about 12
They travelled on foot, or by horse.
pupils. They had very few books.
They also had carriages and rowing ships to
Books were written by hand. They were made
transport goods.
of paper rolled around a stick. This was called a
scroll.

Schoolboys wrote on wax tablets with a pointed stick.

ROMAN HOUSES ROMAN CLOTHES

Romans lived in blocks of flats, many flats had only one room. Men wore a tunic and
The block of flats could be three or four stories high. sandals. On important days
they also wore a toga made
Poor people lived on the top floors, made
of wool.
of wood.
Women wore a stola made
They payed a rent for the of wool. They wore make up,
flat. earrings and bracelets.

Rich people lived in domus

ROMAN FUN AND GAMES
(town houses) or villas (country houses).
They didn't have TV, gameboys
They used oil lamps to light
or computers.
their houses.
Children played marbles,
They used ceramics as
they had kites, swings,
recipients to keep food.
hoops, toy houses, wooden dolls, and
They had rugs on the board games like checkers.
floor. Rich people
Adult Romans liked chariot racing,
had mosaics.
gladiator fights and
They had wooden furniture. Rich people animal fights.
also had furniture made
They also went to
of metal or marble.
the theatre. Actors
Flats didn't have kitchens, only domus or wore masks.
villas had kitchens. They had big kitchens
with different fires for cooking.

They also had central heating. They warmed the rooms from
under the floor.
ROMAN TOWNS.

Romans lived in towns.

Each town was built to an urban plan. The

streets were laid out in a cross pattern.
They had two main streets that divided
the town. Smaller streets were parallel to
them.

A Roman town contained many types of

buildings:

The forum was like a town square.

Important buildings were built around it
and market took place inside it. People
met and did business
The thermae or bath houses were places for washing. People
met friends. Baths could be very hot (sauna) or very cold. Men
and women had separate bath houses or used the same one at
different times.

The circus was where the races took place.

The amphitheatre was where the gladiators

fought.

The temple was where the Romans went to

worship their gods. Romans believed in
many different gods.

The theatre was where they

watched comedy or tragedy
plays