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Big Cat Roman Life in Britain

Ac#vity Sheet Roman Roads in Britain Can you draw in the routes of three well known Roman roads that criss‐crossed Britain around 100CE and are s#ll part of today’s road network?

1/ Choose three different coloured pencils

2/ Using a different colour for each road, draw in these routes: Roman road 1 Watling Street (route – Dover / Canterbury / London / High Cross / Chester) Roman road 2 Fosse Way ( route – Exeter / Cirencester / High Cross / Lincoln) Roman road 3 Ermine Street – (route – London / Lincoln / York) 3/ Create a key to indicate which colour represents which Roman road.

4/ At which point did two roads cross? Hadrian’s Wall:

In 117CE Emperor Hadrian ordered a wall to be built across Britain to stop barbarians from the north aQacking and raiding Roman seQlers. The wall started at Solway Firth and went eastwards towards the sea.

5/ Create a wall symbol and draw it on the map to show where Hadrian’s Wall was built across the country.

6/ Find the name of the place where the wall finished on the western side and write it in.

7/ Add the wall symbol to the key.

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