Daily Life in a Roman Town
Describe daily life in a Roman town — the forum (marketplace and meeting place), public baths, amphitheatre, and villas — and explain that the Romans were brilliant engineers who built straight roads, aqueducts to carry water, underfloor heating (hypocaust), and Hadrian's Wall to mark the empire's northern frontier in Britain
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If your family visited Roman ruins like a bathhouse or Hadrian's Wall, could your child explain what they were used for and how the Romans built them?
Describe daily life in a Roman town — the forum (marketplace and meeting place), public baths, amphitheatre, and villas — and explain that the Romans were brilliant engineers who built straight roads, aqueducts to carry water, underfloor heating (hypocaust), and Hadrian's Wall to mark the empire's northern frontier in Britain
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- Describe at least three features of a Roman town such as forum, baths, or amphitheatre
- Explain what an aqueduct was and why the Romans built them
- Describe Hadrian's Wall and say why it was built
“If your family visited Roman ruins like a bathhouse or Hadrian's Wall, could your child explain what they were used for and how the Romans built them?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- History
- Domain
- Ancient Greece & Rome
- Age range
- Ages 7–9