LKS2 Topic Title: the Romans in Britain Block I: Roman Legacy Session 6

LKS2 Topic Title: The Romans in Britain Block I: Roman Legacy Session 6

What have the Romans ever done for us? Architecture Art (Roman) Literature Language (Roman) (Latin)

Education Sanitation Cement and Aqueducts (Sewage) bricks

Coins Irrigation (Water Public heated The calendar supply) baths

Paved streets Advertisements Apples, pears Benefits (free and pavements and grapes food) for poor citizens

Public notices Tenement Blocks Roads Public libraries

Stinging nettles Towns Glass Street Cleaners

Shops Widely applied Wine Public order laws

Firemen and Parks Cabbages and Cats Police peas

Discuss each of these – where can we see the Roman legacy?

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Looking at the Roman legacy  Choose a Roman legacy and find out about it.  Write what you find in this table. Aqueducts Although they did not invent the arch, the Romans were http://www.b the first people to build arches into big buildings and bc.co.uk/schoo aqueducts. An aqueduct was built to carry water. It was ls/primaryhisto like a bridge, built on arches. On top was a stone channel ry/romans/tec to carry water. The Romans used aqueducts to supply hnology/ towns with water from springs, rivers or lakes. The aqueduct sloped downhill towards the town, because water will only flow downhill. The Romans also used arches in buildings. They made very big buildings with arched roofs. These roofs did not need rows of pillars, or columns, to hold them up - like in a Greek temple. A famous Roman building, the Pantheon in Rome, was the first big building with a dome. Towns Most towns founded by the Romans in Britain are still http://www.iad towns today. The Romans knew how to choose places b.co.uk/romans with good communications, a good water supply and good /main.php?P=8 farmland around them. You can usually spot an English town of Roman origin by its name, which will have 'chester' 'caster' or 'cester' in it. These words derive from the Latin word castra meaning a camp, used by the Anglo- Saxons for any Roman settlement. Colchester, Lancaster, Leicester, and Winchester are towns with names that give away their Roman origin, but you can find lots of others.