Download Document

Who were they?
When were they around?
Where did they come from?
Why do we learn about them?
Fibonacci
Maria Agnesi
Julius Caesar
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di Caprio
Madonna
Sophia Loren
Zola
All of these are famous Italians, but are they the ones we mean?.
We are interested in the Roman Emperors & soldiers
who invaded Britain.
Watch our video.
Emperor Julius Caesar tries to invade Britannia.
Watch Julius Caesar try to invade Britain.
What we learnt about Julius Caesar
by Harry and Sam.
•Born in 100 BC
• Died 44BC
•GREAT GENERAL AND THIS MADE HIM
POPULAR
When the Romans arrived in Britain they came face to face with
some tribes called the Celts.
The Iceni tribe were led by a very brave woman called Boudicca.
Things we learnt about Boudicca
•Boudicca was Queen of the Iceni, a
Celtic tribe from East Anglia.
•She led a famous revolt against the
Romans at Colchester.
•When her troops were defeated she
took poison and killed herself.
We learnt there were lots of different ranks of soldiers.
Types of soldier
• A Centurion was in charge of each century. His
second in command was an optio.
•Each century had a signifer (standard bearer) who
carried the century’s emblem.
•Each cohort was led by a junior officer called a
tribunus militum.
•The praefectus castrorum was in charge of
building and organising camps.
•The legion was led by a senior officer called a
legatus.
• Each legion owned a silver eagle known as the
aquila which was carried by the aquilifer.
Watch our moving Timeline.
Where exactly do the Romans fit on the Time Line
We walked back in time past the following periods in history :-
•1960’s – The Beatles
1952 – Queen Elizabeth ll
•1939 – 1945 – WW ll
1914 – 1918 – WW l
•1837 – 1901 – The Victorians.
•1666 – Fire of London
1603 – 1714 – The Stuarts.
•1485 – 1603 – The Tudors 1300 – 1600 – Aztecs & Incas
•1000 – 1450 – The Middle Ages 1066 – The Battle of Hastings
•790 – 1000 – Vikings
•0 – The Birth of Christ
449 – Anglo Saxons
1000 BC – 400 AD – Ancient Rome
We can find out by looking at some maps.
Watch how we do it.
Where is Rome on the Map? And how big was the Roman
Empire?
Rome was a
town in Italy.
The Roman
Empire spread
across most of
the countries
bordering the
Mediterranean
Sea.
The Romans brought many
new ideas and inventions to
Britain. One of them was “The
Roman Baths”.
What did they do at the Roman Baths ?
•The first bath-houses were simple washing facilities for
men only, but they soon grew to become popular meeting
places where thousands of people spent their leisure hours.
•Clothes were left in the apodyterium.
•The tepidarium was a warm room with a small pool.
•The caldarium was a hot room with a bathing pool.
•The hottest room was the laconicum.
•The frigidarium was a room with a large cold swimming
pool.
We can find out about the Romans from their Mosaics.
Just how did they make those beautiful mosaics ?
• Mosaics were made by creating beautiful patterns
out of small coloured stones called tesserae.
•The designers would lay out their design, first in
sand, to get the approval of the owner of the house.
•Then they would cover the whole design with
sticky cloth and pick it up and place it onto wet
cement, wherever it was needed.
•They would then wet the cloth and remove it to
reveal beautiful geometric designs and animals.
How did they build their roads so straight?
Straight roads and no corner shops
The Romans were very clever mathematicians and
knew how to build straight roads and square
buildings.
They used a tool called a groma which had strings
hanging at each corner and men holding sticks until
everything lined up.
They used 1000 double paces of a Soldier to mark
out 1 mile.
We learnt quite a bit about the Romans.
By Class 2 – Autumn 2005.