Roman Educational Colouring Posters

Product Description: The Roman Colouring Posters consists of four A3 size colouring sheets, six colouring pencils and a Roman factsheet. The colouring posters include a single image of the Romans fighting the Celts, Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall, gladiators fighting and Roman baths. The factsheet explains who the Romans were, the Roman numbering system, their coins and there is also a crossword to complete. There is a colourful header card that has pictures showing how the posters could be coloured in and information on a Roman coin, how coins were used as newspapers and the Roman Empire. All are held in a clear cellophane bag.

Information: The Romans came from Rome in Italy. In 55 and 54 BC an army led by the Roman General Julius Caesar tried, unsuccessfully, to conquer Britain. It was not until AD 43 that the Emperor Claudius sent four legions of soldiers to conquer Britain. Colchester (Camulodunum), the capital of Britain, was captured and made into a Roman province and the island was named Britannia.

Around AD 60 Boudicca, queen of the Celtic Iceni tribe, led an uprising against the Roman occupiers. Her army attacked Colchester (Camulodunum) and also attacked St Albans (Verulamium) and London (Londinium). Boudicca’s army caused vast amounts of damage before being defeated. By AD 77 the Roman conquest of Britain was complete.

The Romans liked to keep themselves clean. Many Romans visited the Thermae (public baths). Every town had its own bath complex, like a large swimming pool. Here they could play games, chat and relax in different rooms and baths. People would also exercise and train with weights or play ball games.

Another past time was going to a large stadium (amphitheatre) to watch people called Gladiators fight each other with different armour and weapons, sometimes to the death. The Emperor Vespasian started the building of the Colosseum in Rome around AD 80. This amphitheatre could seat up to 50,000 spectators and could be flooded to show mock sea battles.