Ancient Romans

Being a child in Roman times depended a lot on whether you came from a wealthy Roman family or a poor one! Wealthy Roman children got to go to school, where they learned Latin, Mathematics and to read and write. They would write on wax tablets using a stylus and we have been having Latin lessons on our own writing tablets! Romans thought that boys were much cleverer than girls (all the girls thought this was outrageous!) and they stayed at school for much longer. Girls would stay at home and learn to cook, sew and knit. Sadly, not all children got to go to school and poor children had to work or would be sold to wealthy families as slaves or servants. We thought this was terrible until Martia Martina told us it gave the children the chance of a much better life. We were amazed to find out that Roman children played a lot of games that we still play today, such as Knucklebones (which is a bit like Jacks), a board game similar to chess, die games and football (made a of pig’s bladder!).