The R omans

1. The Romans By Finn & Devin

2. They used their hands and fingers until they got to 39 • For larger numbers they used L for 50,c for 100,d for 500 and m for 1000 Roman numerals

3. The Romans had the best army in the world • It was made of legions • Each legion had 6,000 legionaries The Roman army

4. The Romans were people who lived in Italy 2000 years ago • They built big cities like Rome • Most of there buildings were made of stone The city of Rome

5. Only rich children went to school • The lessons were reading and writing • They used a pen called a stylus Roman children

6. One of the Romans pastimes of watching sports • They built open areas for the show The Romans at play

7. The shows in the amphitheatre were very cruel and bloody • Soldier called gladiators trained in special schools • Huge crowds watched as they fought against each other The amphitheatre

8. Legionaries had long curved, wooden shields • The shields had metal edges and a metal stud in the centre Legionaries

9. Life for a women in roman times was hard • The mother was less important than the father in the family • If the father picked up the baby it would live ,but if he didn’t the baby would die Roman family

10. From Finn and Devin      !!!!!!!!!!!    Bye!!!!!!!!!!!