THE ROMANSBY : Aoife, Eimear, Emily H and Leah

HOMES

The rich Romans had different

houses to the poor Romans. The

rich Romans lived in villas. An

insula was an apartment block.

The top of an insula was made of

wood and the bottom was made of

stone. The rich Romans lived at

the bottom of it and the poor

Romans lived in the top of it. Villas

were lived in by rich Romans.

ROMULUS AND

REMUSRomulus and Remus were twins.

They were thrown into the River

Tiber by their mean uncle. They

were found by a she-wolf by the

River Tiber. A Shepherd found them

they stayed with him until they were

young men. They started to build a

city. One day, Romulus got mad at

Remus and he threw a rock at him.

Romulus had killed him. The city

was named Rome after Romulus.

ENTERTAINMENT

The romans had many ways

of entertaining themselves.

They went to watch fighting

at the amphitheatre. They

also liked going to baths. In

the bath they would sweat

off dirt , scrape themselves

with a strigil ( a metal stick)

and have a cool swim. They

also enjoyed hunting and

board games. The romans

brought deer to England

The Romans were the most

powerful army in the world.

The army was made of

legions, legions had 6,000

legionaries . They wore

chainmail armour and had a

shield. They fought in lines

and people from outside Italy

fought in the front lines.

WARRIORS

FOOD

The Romans ate lots of food, food

like ours and food that is odd. The

poor people ate mostly vegetables,

porridge and sometimes, bread,

fish, olives and meat. The rich

people had huge banquets to show

how rich they were. The weirder

the food, the richer they appeared.

Some people stuffed chickens

inside ducks, ducks into pigs and

pigs into cows.

GODS/GODDESSES

The king of the gods was

named Jupiter . The

daughter of Jupiter was

named Minerva . March

is named after her. Janus

was a god with two

heads. January is named

after him. Neptune is

the god of the sea the

planet Neptune is named

after him.

POMPEII

On the 24th August 79 AD the

people of pompeii were doing their

daily jobs. Then there was a

sudden rumble that damaged a few

homes. Suddenly day turned to

night and lava and ash flew out of

Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was

buried. 1700 years later a man was

digging in his garden and

uncovered the city. We learnt a lot

from the city.

CLOTHES AND FASHION

Roman fashion changed in the

years. Most people just wore tunics

with a toga over them . People wore

jewellery all over their bodies .

Some women wore wigs. Men

sometimes oiled and curled their

hair. Some people wore a palla.

Women wore jewellery like

bracelets, earrings, necklaces

and anklets.

THE EMPIRE ENDS

After Julius Caesar died, the

Roman empire grew. They

took over most of Europe,

even England. The empire

was at its biggest when

emperor Trajon ruled. Under

Roman rule, life was good

for some. Soon it got out of

control, and the empire

broke!!!!!

NOW IT’S THE END…