Romans By Bobbie

If you want to learn facts on roman houses click the arrow, about the Roman baths click the smile face, what the Romans left us click the times sign, and what they had on click the bolt.

Click the shape below to get onto a website for more information. Roman Houses Click the shape below to get onto a website for more information. Wealthy Roman citizens in the towns lived in a domes. They were single-storey houses which were built around a courtyard known as an atrium.  Atriums had rooms opening up off of them and they had no roofs. A rich Roman house had many rooms including kitchen, bath, dining, bedrooms and rooms for slaves. A long covered porch, or veranda, with a low wall and pillars, was built along the front of the house to keep the rooms cool in the summer. Click the arrow to go back to the first page.

Click this to go onto a website: Roman Baths Click this to go onto a website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GklxhR3Lv1o Click this to look at more facts. People went to the public baths for entertainment, healing or just to get clean. Some people went to the public baths to meet friends and spend their spare time there. Large bath houses had restaurants games rooms snack bars and even libraries.

What did the romans leave us Keeping towns and forts clean through drainage and access to fresh water was a new concept to Britain. At the root of sanitation was the great engineering works of the Romans, with aqueducts bringing water in and drains to keep the streets and houses clean. The remains of Roman toilets and bath complexes can be seen across the forts of Hadrian’s Wall, especially at Chesters and Housesteads. Large settlements existed in Britain before the Romans arrived, but they were the first to introduce significant ‘towns’ and administrative centres, which were planned out. To look at more facts

To go to more facts Roman clothes Women wore a longer tunic which was often ankle-length. Over this the women wore a stola which was a full length from neck to ankle, high- waisted and fastened at the shoulders with clasps. Rich women wore long tunics made from expensive cotton or silk. They also wore lots of jewellery and make-up, strong scent and elaborate hairstyles. They had specially trained slaves to help them dress. arrange their hair and put make up on their faces. Click here to go onto a website on roman clothes.

Y 4 school trip to Roman Chester These are pictures of what happened in our school trip! Click this to see what a testudo is