Roman Britain

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invasions through the ages

Roman Britain

the Romans

the Celts

the Vikings

the Normans

the Anglo-Saxons

Over what period did the Romans occupy Britain?

1. 30 BC - 340 AD
2. 43 AD - 410 AD
3. 150 BC - 200 AD
4. 1 BC - 520 AD

Who was the first Roman ruler to cross the channel in 55-54 BC?

1. Ceasar August
2. Ceasar Nero
3. Ceasar Hadrian
4. Julius Ceasar

Of what tribe was Boudica the queen?

1. Saxons
2. Druids
3. Iceni
4. Celts

Boudica was adopted as a national heroine during the reign of another British queen with a similar name?

1. Elizabeth I
2. Victoria
3. Eleanor of Aquitaine
4. Mathilda

How did the Romans pay for Hadrian's Wall?

1. The farmers did it.
2. They kidnapped people to do it.
3. The Romans raised taxes to pay for the wall.
4. Hadrian paid for it himself.

What are the “Vindolanda tablets”?

1. old machinery
2. old letters
3. old books
4. old medicine

What is the modern-day name of the Roman town Aquae Sulis?
(begin met een hoofdletter!)

Where did the Romans use their baths for? (Multiple answers!)

1. washing
2. cleaning
3. meeting friends
4. working

Which thing didn't the Romans construct/ introduce in Britannia?

1. Money
2. buildings
3. roads
4. cities

What is the most important difference between a Roman central heating and a modern central heating? (more answers possible)

1. Everybody had it
2. Fire under the floor.
3. Heated up by slave
4. They used fire places to heat the house up.

The Roman delicacy garum sauce was made with rotten fish guts (ingewanden)?

1. true
2. false

Emperor Caligula's favourite horse Ignatius had 18 servants and was fed oats mixed with gold flake?

1. true
2. false

What did Romans call their ancient fast-food shops where citizens could grab a quick, hot meal?

1. insulae
2. thermopolia
3. thermae
4. basilicae

Was the capital of Roman named Londinium?

1. true
2. false

Some elite Romans used a feather during feasts to make themselves throw up so they could keep eating.

1. true
2. false

Did the Romans invent toilet paper?

1. true
2. false

Which ingredient did the Romans
NOT use in their toothpaste?”

1. burnt and ground animal bones
2. crushed-up oyster shells
3. powdered charcoal
4. wine

Urine was used as a mouth wash and to clean clothes

1. true
2. false

The Romans had some weird Gods.

Cardea was the Goddess of...

1. broomsticks (bezemstelen)
2. sewers (riolen)
3. hinges (scharnieren)
4. plant disease (plantenziektes)

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