Tag: ancient Rome

  • Roman Mosaic craft

    Roman Mosaic craft

    Every now and then I hear about some random location in Europe that is being excavated for some reason, maybe to make a new parking lot, or maybe it’s just the owner decided to fix something, and then we discover a new Roman Mosaic. It kind of amazes me how they pop up all the…

  • How to make an edible Roman Road

    How to make an edible Roman Road

    A few years ago I read a post by Phyllis over at All Things Beautiful on how to make an edible Roman road (she has made most posts private now, so I removed the link). I thought, “I’m totally doing that in my history lesson when we next study Ancient Rome.” Fast forward a few…

  • STEM challenge: Design an aqueduct

    STEM challenge: Design an aqueduct

    Romans are fascinating people. Whenever people say, “We are so much smarter than those stupid ancient people,” I point to the Romans. Have you seen what the Romans achieved? Look at the aqueducts. They are amazing! Roman aqueducts brought water from miles away to Roman cities. They figured out the math and the angle of…

  • Soul of the Empire Board Game, Roman history

    My son, Superman, is a huge fan of Ancient Rome. This is probably an understatement, but he has quite a lot of ancient Rome stuff, and he’s why I’ve got a big huge ancient Rome history section on my blog. When I saw the same people who made Commissioned (which I apparently need to write…

  • Rome to Reformation history lessons

    Rome to Reformation history lessons

    You know what is a fascinating time period? The Middle Ages. The time from the end of the Roman Empire to the start of the Reformation have so many fun hands-on history lessons you can go through.  So let’s call this Rome to Reformation history lessons. Mainly because I like how that sounds, it sounds…