Transcript The Roman Empire in 218 BC

The Romans
Who were the
Romans ?
Where
is
Italy?
The Romans were the people
from a city called Rome in what
is now Italy.
Rome was the greatest city of
its time. At one time it had
nearly one million people living
there.
The Romans were very clever
and very good at organising
things.
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When were
the
Romans alive?
What was the
Roman
Empire?
About 1,800 years ago
Rome was the centre of
a big empire. Roman
soldiers had conquered
large parts of Europe
and North Africa.
The Roman army was
skilled at fighting and
defending the borders
from attack.
The brown parts show how far the Romans
spread out over Europe.
Boudicca was the British Queen of Celtic
ancient Britain.
She was married to Prasutagus, and with
him she ruled over the Iceni tribe.
Boudicca’s people were called the Britons.
They suffered because of heavy taxes and
the invasion of the Romans.
Boudicca's warriors were very scary – they
painted themselves with blue wode and had
spiky hair.
Boudicca and her army of Britons fought a
desperate battle with Romans.
It is said that
Boudicca killed
herself because
she couldn’t
bear being
beaten by the
Romans.
Where did
the
Romans live?
Rome
The Roman Empire in 218 BC
The Roman Empire spread over the centuries as
the Romans became more powerful!
The Roman Empire in 100 BC
The Roman Empire 44 BC – when Julius
Caesar died.
The Roman Empire 14 AD – when Augustus
died.
The Roman Empire 116 AD – The Empire at
its largest.
After 116 AD the
Roman Empire
slowly began to
decline as did
their influence on
the world.
All over the Empire the Romans lived in the
cities, towns and villages they built.
Chester: Deva Victrix
Bath: Aquae Sulis
London: Londinium
In all the lands they conquered, the Romans
built towns that they could feel at home in.
Each town was built to a plan. The Romans
liked everything to be organised and orderly.
The streets were
laid out in a criss
cross pattern.
Usually they would
have two main
streets that
divided the town.
Smaller streets led
off these at right
angles.
How did
the
Romans live?
The Roman Empire grew strong
because it had a very good army
to help conquer and later control
all the other lands.
Where
did
Roman
soldiers
live?
The Roman soldier was a
professional soldier. This means
that he joined the army for 25
years and would be paid a salary.
A part of his wages was paid in salt,
hence the saying 'being worth your
salt' -- (a good worker).
HADRIAN’s WALL
One of the most famous things that the
Romans built was the frontier between
England and Scotland, called Hadrian’s
Wall, named after the Emperor who
ordered it built.
It was started in 120 A.D. and took nine
years to build.
Romans loved to decorate
their houses …..
Mosaics have been found
everywhere that they went.
Sometimes they were on the
floor, sometimes on the walls.
Then there were the wall
paintings ... frescos they were
called.
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more
mosaic
patterns
Roman Numerals
Find out
about
ROMAN
NUMERALS
They had their own
way of writing
numbers.
It was VERY
different from the
way in which you
write them.
They took gods and goddesses
with them wherever they went.
Find
out
about
gods
and
godesses
They had a LOT of them.
They made up stories about
them, they used to pray to
them when they wanted
something special.
What can you
find out about
the Romans by
the objects that
they left
behind?
Romans had lots of different
hobbies to keep them busy. They
had games to play at home, plays
to go to see and public events for
thousands of people to see.
Gladiators were slaves or prisoners made to
fight each other, or wild animals, in front of
crowds. These fights were a part of events
called "the games". They took place in huge
open-air buildings called amphitheatres.
At the end of a gladiator fight the emperor
would often give a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs
down" signal. This was to show whether he
wanted the loser to live or to die.
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for
you
to
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out
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