Roman Search Project

Following our class trip to the Roman Barracks, Baths and Museum at Caerleon ,Nr Newport, you should feel inspired and very knowledgeable about life as a soldier in the Roman army around the year 1 !"# $ou are set the following tasks% 1# Complete a new colour copy of the work sheet you filled in at the museum, with your group# &# 'rite a diary through the eyes of Roman legionary soldier based at the Caerleon Barracks# (he diary needs to be a detailed account of one or more days in your life as a soldier in Britain# $ou will need to illustrate your diary with pictures or diagrams of the barracks where you live, the baths where you train, the clothes) armour you wear and the e*uipment you use in our day to day life# +# ,ink into these sites on Roman history to help you find out morehttp-))www#bbc#co#uk)schools)primaryhistory)romans) https-))www#museumwales#ac#uk)roman) www#museumwales#ac#uk)11./) www#museumwales#ac#uk)1&&1) http-))microsites&#segfl#org#uk)view0page#php1id21134 (his pro9ect needs to be in by Monday +rd March# 7t can be emailed into b9ones@ashfieldpark#hereford#sch# uk and then Mrs Aones will print it off in colour# (hose with computer problems can complete this homework during the lunch hour and at Bomework Club#

!n e5ample of how you might write the diary#

"iary of Marcus a Roman ,egionary

XIV Feruo C AD 'oke this morning to find it raining, yet again6 'ill it ever stop1 My iron plate, body armour has to be polished hard every day, to stop it going rusty and 7 am forever drying out my socks and wool tunic, with all this wet weather# !t 877 this morning, as soon as it was light, 7 en9oyed a 77 hour training session on sword fighting :only wooden ones, so we don;t hurt ourselves< and then on to the monthly ==87 mile run# >ur Centurion used his vine stick on = men and the last soldier in, was my room mate Claudius, who as a punishment, has to clean the latrines for the ne5t 78 weeks6 (hank goodness it was our century;s turn for the baths today?# 7 am on cooking duty this week and 7 plan to serve ????? (his evening??# (here was some good news today?##