Introduction to The Romans Year 4 Summer term

Introduction to The Romans Year 4 Summer term Home learning

Who were the Romans? The Romans lived about 2, 000 years ago. They had their base in the city of Rome, in what is modern Italy now. From this city, the conquered the lands around the Mediterranean Sea and spread out to Britain. Task: Using your geographical knowledge of Europe and additional research, make a poster all about Italy. You can add in information you find out about The Romans and Italy. Make sure you include: - Where in the world is Italy? Use your geography vocabulary: north, east, south, east etc. - What is the capital city of Italy? - Why is this city the capital city? - When did it become the capital

The Roman Empire • Britain became part of the Roman empire for over 400 years. • The Roman empire was a large group of countries ruled by an emperor (one person who was in charge). • The Roman empire was one of the greatest and most influential civilisations in world history. • Civilisation is an advanced stage of organisation. A civilisation will have its own laws, culture, ways of living and getting food or protecting the people in their civilisation. The Roman empire was a civilisation because there was a particular way how they lived, what

Julius Caesar The most famous Roman emperor was Julius Caesar. Task: Make a fact file on Julius Caesar. Include information which answers these questions: - When was Julius Caesar born? Where was he born? - Why was Julius Caesar known as a brilliant leader? - What did he add to the Roman Empire? - When did Julius Caesar land invade Britain? - When did Julius Caesar stop being emperor? - Who replaced him? - When did Julius Caesar die? How did he die? Please use trusted websites for research: www. Ducksters. com www. activityvillage.

The Romans in Britain First invasion - Caesar's first raid In August 55 B. C. , the Roman general, Emperor Julius Caesar, invaded Britain. He took with him two Roman armies to invade Britain. After winning several battles against the Brits in south-east England, he returned to France.

Second invasion - Caesar's second raid The following summer (in 54 B. C. ), Caesar came to Britain again landing in Kent. This time he brought with him no fewer than five armies (30, 000 foot soldiers) and 2, 000 cavalrymen (horse riders)). This time the Romans crossed the River Thames. After more fighting, the British promised to pay tribute (praise them publicly) to Rome and were then left in peace for nearly a century (100 years).

Third and final invasion Nearly one hundred years later, in 43 A. D. , Emperor Claudius organised the final and successful Roman invasion of Britain. General Aulus Plautius led four Roman armies with 25, 000 men, plus 100 s of non roman helpers. They crossed the Channel ( the sea between France and England) in three different places. Landing at Richborough, Dover, and Lympne. The biggest battle was fought on the banks of the River Medway, close to Rochester. It went on for two days before the Celtic tribes retreated. Many people in Britain tried to stop the Romans from invading England. It took about four years for the invaders to finally gain control over southern England, and another 30 years for them to conquer all of the West Country and the mountains and valleys of Wales. The battle for Yorkshire and the remainder of northern England was still underway in AD 70 (37 years after they had come over).

Why did the Romans invade Britain? There isn’t a definite answer to why the Romans decided to invade Britain but there are two suggestions as to why they did: 1. The Romans were annoyed that Britain helped France with their fight with Julius Caesar. 2. They came to Britain to look for riches (things that could make them money (land, slaves, iron, lead, zinc, copper, silver and gold.

How long did the Romans stay in Britain? The Romans remained in Britain from 43 AD – 410 AD so nearly they were here for nearly 400 years.

Why did the Romans eventually leave Britain? Their homes in Italy were being attacked by fierce every soldier was needed. enemies so

Your task: You are going to pretend you are a soldier of in the British army who was trying to stop The Roman Empire and their soldiers invading and taking over your country. During the third and final invasion. Write a diary entry about what has happened on your day. Use the information you have found out through these slides to gather your ideas. You can also use additional research to help you. Remember when you are writing a diary entry you need to write in the past tense, 1 st person (I went. . ) and start it with… Dear Diary,