Life in Roman Britain

This tutorial is based on work done by the children at Crofton Hammond Junior School in Stubbington, Hampshire, UK.

First of all, who were the Romans?

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.

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 would return to Rome and march through the city to show off all the riches they had plundered from the people they had beaten. The Roman army was skilled at fighting and defending the borders from attack and clever civil servants governed each country.

Where was the Roman Empire?

The green bits show how far the Romans spread out over Europe.

Click on the chariot to follow the tutorial or pick and choose a subject below.

Go!

• Roman Towns and Homes
• Roman Gods
• Roman Building
• The Roman Army
• Why did the Romans invade Britain?
• Food and Farming
• Clothes