1.  starter activity 
What did the Romans do for us? Watch the clip and note down anything they did which would have helped either health or medicine.

2. What did the Romans do for medicine?
 LOs
To be able to compare Greek and Roman medicine
To reach a judgement on whether the Romans made a greater contribution to medicine than the Greeks

3. Roman medicine – all change?
Imagine you are an ancient Greek wandering through the streets of this Roman town (p.12-13). Which ideas would have been familiar to you and which would have been new? Write the down in a table similar to the one below.
Old ideas from the Greeks or before
New ideas

4. Old ideas from the Greeks or before
 Your task
Study Sources 1-4 on p.34-5 and add any additional evidence you find to your table
Categorise the new ideas into: causes of disease & infection; public health; surgery and anatomy.
Which category has the most evidence?
 Extension: Can you think of any reasons why this category might be so important to the Romans
Old ideas from the Greeks or before
New ideas

5.  Plenary
Give 3 examples of medical practices that the Romans ‘stole’ from the Greeks
Give 3 examples of new practices that the Romans invented
On balance did the Romans make a greater contribution to the history of medicine than the Greeks?

6.  Extension
Explore the weblinks on the History learning site and produce a fact sheet on Roman medicine. Include the following:
Galen
Public health
Surgery
Other improvements in Roman medicine

7.  Homework
Imagine you are a Greek doctor travelling to Roman Londinium in AD 200. Write a postcard home to you Mum describing your journey. Include the following:
References to similarities in medicines & treatments
References to differences
Descriptions of public health facilities
You may wish to source suitable images for your postcard