The ancient Romans lived in a city called Rome. Rome still exists today, and it is the capital of Italy. The Romans and their culture had a big impact on how we live our lives today, and gave us things like ways to get clean water, ways to build roads and even the basis of our ...
Understand how and why the Romans built a network of roads in Britain with a BBC Bitesize video Children's information about Roman baths and how they worked Find out about the food and drink brought to Britain by the Romans Read 30 fascinating facts about Hadrian's Wall Watch historian Bethan...
The Anglo-Saxons came to England after the Romans left in the year 410. Nobody was really ruling all of England at the time – there were a lot of little kingdoms ruled by Anglo-Saxons that eventually came together as one country. The earliest English kings were Anglo-Saxons, starting ...
The ancientRomanswrote about a huge volcanic eruption that happened in 79 AD inPompeii. The ash and rocks that erupted out ofMount Vesuviusburied nearby towns and killed more than 2,000 people. Mount Vesuvius is dormant today. Other famous volcanic eruptions in history are: ...
The Romans took control of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in the Battle of Actuim, which Alexander the Great had set up in 322 BC – the capital was Alexandria in Egypt; it marked the end of what had been a large Greek society, and it also marked the beginning of the Roman Empire 395 AD The...
It wasn’t until 43 AD that the Romans conquered and ruled Britain, winning battles against the Celtic tribes who lived there.‘Crossing the Rubicon’ was one of the most important events in Caesar’s life, as it led to the Roman Civil War that made him leader of all Rome. Historians ...
The Ancient Romans also believed in some of the same gods as the Greeks did, but the Romans called them by different names. You can see some of the differences in the chart below. Which of the Roman names are also the same as what we call some of the planets? Greek name Roman name...
Italy is also famous for being the home of the Roman empire. Top 10 facts The capital city of Italy is Rome. Rome was home to the Ancient Romans, whose civilisation grew into a huge empire. The official language in Italy is Italian. The currency is the euro. Italy is in the continent...