Background

Topic outline

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  General

  General ~ BACKGROUND

                    
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  Topic 1

  Look at a range of the graffiti which have been found on walls in Pompeii and Ostia.

  • Looking at Graffiti URL
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  Topic 2

  Links to short videos on Roman themes from the BBC Learning Zone. More Primary than Secondary but still useful.  Play in Windows Media.

  • The emperor Septimius Severus and his black soldiers URL
  • Why Caesar came to Britain URL
  • Roman Chester Festival URL
  • How the Roman baths worked URL
  • Roman Walls URL
  • Romala's villa URL
  • Life as a Roman soldier URL
  • Archaeological dig at Vindolanda URL
  • Life in pre-Roman Britain URL
  • The remains of Chedworth villa URL
  • Romans visit Bath URL
  • Map of Roman roads URL
  • Roman Canterbury URL
  • Hadrian's Wall URL
  • Roman Army URL
  • The Roman Empire URL
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  Topic 3

  The Vindolanda Writing Tablets.

  • The Vindolanda Writing Tablets URL
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  Topic 4

  • Building the Fosse Way ~ TeacherTV test URL