David Long

Romans Magnified

With a 3x Magnifying Glass!
Illustrator: Spacek, Daniel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Romans Magnified encourages you to grab your magnifying glass and dive into the sights and sounds of ancient Rome in 16 fascinating search-and-find puzzles, packed with over 200 things to spot.

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Produktdetails

• Magnified
• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 313mm x 261mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9780711266858
• ISBN-10: 0711266859
• Artikelnr.: 62666297

Autorenporträt

David Long writes for adults and children and specialises in history. As a journalist he has written for the Times, Sunday Times, and London Evening Standard as well as for magazines in Britain and abroad. He is an award-winning ghostwriter and one of his own books was voted Blue Peter Book of the Year 2017.

Inhaltsangabe

5                How to Use This Book
6-7             What is an Empire?
Scene: The seven hills, building in progress: Rome began as a small hilltop
village and became the most diverse and most powerful empire the world had
ever seen.
8-9             The Emperor and Senate
Scene: the Senate: the empire was ruled by a powerful elite with the
emperor very much in charge of everything. Many were fine soldiers and
effective rulers, others were too weak to succeed or brutal dictators.
10-11          The Roman Army
Scene: a siege or battle showing the army in action, with battering rams,
siege engines, catapults etc. A combination of good discipline and
innovative technology made the Romans invincible.
12-13          The Roman Navy
A powerful force although the Romans relied on those they conquered –
Greeks and Egyptians especially – to build sophisticated fighting vessels
that relied on wind power and human oarsmen.
14-15          The Roman Family
Romans, rich and poor alike, lived in large extended family groups. These
were patriarchal in nature and typically included many children not all of
whom survived into adulthood. What was life like?
16-17          Romans at Home
Scene: a luxurious country villa with insulae visible in the distance (the
world’s first apartment blocks, where most people lived) and farmworkers
tending the fields around.
18-19          A Roman Market
A bustling town market. What did Romans eat, drink and wear? How did they
pay for it and where did the goods come from?
20-21          Reading and Writing
Scene: a school room. Many Romans could read and write in Latin, although
their spelling was often terrible. Only boys went to school, though. Girls
had to learn at home.
22-23          Roman Roads
How these were made, and why good straight roads were vital for trade and
efficient military communication. The backbone of the empire.       
24-25          Hadrian’s Wall
The world’s largest surviving Roman structure. Its ingenious construction
and why it proved so effective when manned by battle-hardened soldiers from
Europe, Asia and Africa.
26-27          Aqueducts and Public Baths
The Romans were brilliant, skilled engineers who built hundreds of miles of
towering aqueducts. Why were these needed and how did they work.
28-29          Chariot Races & Gladiators
Scene: Colosseum and Circus Maximus. Public entertainments were an
important part of Roman city life. Chariot racing was wildly popular and
enormously dangerous; gladiators meanwhile fought each other, sometimes to
the death.  
30-31          Religion
Scene: a busy temple. Romans worshipped dozens of different gods, many of
which were ‘borrowed’ from the tribes they conquered. Those refusing to
conform, such as Jews and Christians, were often forced to worship in
secret.
32-33          Music, Plays and Pantomimes
Scene: a vast amphitheatre with players, costumes, hawkers etc. Ordinary
Romans loved the theatre and performances took place nearly every day of
the year. Actors invented pantomime (the art of acting without words) and
used dance, music and elaborate gestures to convey their meaning.
34-35          Slaves
A slave market: slaves were mostly foreigners, captured in war or sold by
pirates, and were regarded as their owners’ property. Numbering up to five
million at a time, their lives could certainly be hard but this wasn’t
necessarily the case. Many earned their freedom eventually and could become
wealthy Roman citizens.
36-37          End of Empire
Scene: modern archaeologists and tourists at Pompeii. How the empire grew
too large and then collapsed. Many of its buildings still stand after
nearly 2,000 years and work at Pompeii and elsewhere has given us a good
understanding of what life must have been like.
38-39          Gallery – Famous Romans
40-41          Can You Find?
42-43          Answers
44-45          Timeline
46-47          Glossary/Roman Numerals