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A collection of some of the most popular short KS2 Roman videos from our archive that can help to support your lessons and highlight what life was like as a Roman in Britain.

Explore how the Romans changed the way we live and our outlook on the world.

These clips are suitable for use when teaching History at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and at second level in Scotland.

What did the Romans invent? video

This short, humorous video gives a brief introduction to Roman inventions and engineering. It explores how they did not invent drainage, sewers, the alphabet or roads, but they did develop them.

What did the Romans invent?

A tour of a Roman villa. video

A short, humorous dramatised video that sees a wealthy Roman, Romola, take a merchant on a tour of her villa.

A tour of a Roman villa

What did the Romans do for us? video

A look at just how much of today’s Britain has been influenced by the Romans.

What did the Romans do for us?
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Ancient Voices. collection

In a series of short films, archaeologist Raksha Dave explores the amazing places, monuments and archaeological finds left behind from prehistoric Britain to build a picture of what it must have been like living in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.

Ancient Voices

Bitesize

Use these Bitesize resources to set homework, independent study tasks or to consolidate learning for your pupils.

Bitesize

Newsround

The latest news stories from Newsround to share in the classroom.

Newsround
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