Download Ancient Greek and Roman Toys and Games Podcast

Ancient Greek and Roman Toys and Games Podcast Narration
Hi I'm Helen, welcome to ancient Greek and Roman
games and toys podcast. In my podcast you will learn
what games they played in ancient Greek and Rome. I
chose this podcast because I thought comparing the
ancient greek and roman toys would be different in
some ways I never knew.
ROMAN TOYS AND
GAMES
Image
Title
Roman children liked to play many toy
especially “Knuckle bone”. It is like
jacks, but with bones.
Knucklebones
How to play Knuckle bone- The Game
Knuckle bone is depended on throwing
one bone in the air with one hand while
the other trys to catch all the bones on
floor. Whoever had the highest score was
called "Venus".
People playing
knucklebone.
Most boys play with wooden swords and
shields pretending to be in the war.
Wooden toy
armour
Girls sometimes even lifted weights.
Sometimes they get on stilts and battle.
They liked playing with tiny models of
people and animals.
Doll
Tic-tac-toe was a very popular in Ancient
Rome.
Tic-tac-toe
Hobbyhorses were also very popular
because the wooden horses were made to
rock on.
Hobby Horse
GREEK TOYS AND GAMES
Greek children were a bit different.
Children of all ages played with rattles.
Rattle
Ancient Greek and Roman Toys and Games Podcast Narration
Little girls and boys loved to play with
clay animals pretending they were real.
They played with wooden horses on 4
wheels pulled by a string as if they were
on a real horse.
Roman and Greek toys were a little
somewhat similar to our toys now.
Knucklebone is like jacks. Also we play
with yo-yos and tic-tac-toe. We play with
dolls and still play with hobbyhorses like
in Ancient Rome. I hope you learned a
lot of facts about Ancient Greek and
Roman toys and games!
Wooden
Horse with
wheels