By Sophie

THE ROMANS

TownsThe Romans built Britain’s first towns.

Throughout their empire ,the Romans built their towns in exactly

the same style. Streets were laid out neatly in a grid pattern.

The three largest towns that the Romans built were: London,

Colchester and St. Albans.

THE ROMANSHouses

A lot of building material has survived from the Roman period. Builders

used bricks, stones and tiles.

This is a diagram of a Roman house.

Did you know? Only 1% of Romans lived in villas.

THE ROMANS

Entertainment

Gladiator fights were used as entertainment

.

In small towns the fights were until one

man or woman was hurt. In cities the fights

were to the death.

T H E RO M A N S

ROMAN GODS AND GODDESSES

THE GREEK NAME FOR VENUS IS

APHRODITE.

NEPTUNE IS THE GOD OF THE SEA. HE

CARRIES A TRIDENT.

THE ROMANS

Our school trip

On the 10th of March, key stage two went on a

school trip to the Corinium museum. These are

some pictures of our visit.

T H E R O M A N S

Mosaics

Mosaic floors were a statement of wealth and

importance.

Each mosaic used over one hundred tiles.

T H E R O M A N S

ArtistsWe learnt about some artists, two worked in Rome.

Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452.

Michelangelo painted the high ceiling of the Sistine chapel (see

photo). We had a go at painting upside down. It was really hard

work and messy!

THE ROMANS

Neptune

Neptune was god of the sea. He carried a trident.

Neptune was also named the earth shaker because

he made massive earthquakes.

THE ROMANS

Soldiers

Only men could be in the Roman Army. No women.

Men had to be at least 20 years old. This is a picture

of a Tortoise manoeuvre.

AND FINALLY

This is a picture of Hadrian’s Wall which I visited in

2013.

It is about 73 miles long and was built by the

Romans.

This is my mosaic tile that I made at Chedworth

Roman Villa in February.

I visited the Roman amphitheatre in Cirencester –

it seated 8000 spectators.