The name ‘Celts’ (pronounced ‘kelts’) is used to describe all of the people who lived in Britain and northwest Europe during the Iron Age –from 600 BC to 43 AD, which is when the Romans arrived. The Celts were a very advanced society. For instance, they learned how to make weapo...
BBC Learning Scotland has some fantastic online games to help you explore different times in Scottish history: theprehistoric village of Skara Brae, theRomans in Scotland, theVikings in Scotland,early monks' way of life in Scotland, theScottish wars of independence,life in medieval Scotland during...
Watch a BBC video about how the Romans conquered Britain and Boudica's rebellion Find out about Boudica's attack on Colchester in a BBC Bitesize video The Roman historian Tacitus described Boudica's revolt in his Annals; read his words Is Boudica buried in London? Read the theories and make...
About When the Romans left Britain, the country was divided up into a lot of smaller kingdoms and sub-kingdoms that often fought with each other and against any invaders who tried to take over. By the 800s, there were four main kingdoms in England: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia and We...
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 left Britain in 410 AD because the armies were needed to defend other parts of the Empire.The Anglo-Saxonswere the next people to rule England. The Roman Empire lasted for a long time. It split into two parts in 285 AD, with the Western Empire ending in 476 and the Eastern...
Italy is also famous for being thehome of theRomanempire. Top 10 facts Thecapital cityof Italy is Rome. Rome was home to the Ancient Romans, whosecivilisationgrew into a huge empire. The official language in Italy is Italian. The currency is the euro. ...
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 ...
TheAncient Romansalso 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 theplanets?