First Children Encyclopedia

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

What was a Roman villa?


History of people


Ancient Rome began as a group


of small villages along the River


Tiber in Italy. It soon grew into


a great and powerful city that


ruled a mighty empire.


Gladiators


The Colosseum was a


huge building in Rome


where people went


to watch wild beast


shows and gladiator


fights. Gladiators


often fought to


the death.


Gladiators were armed with
nets and spears, or small
shields and swords.

The Romans

50,000 people could
sit and watch the
fights in the arena.

The city of Rome
The city of Rome is still a
busy place, just as it was
in ancient times. If you visit
Rome today, you can see
the ruins of the Forum, the
Colosseum, and many other
splendid Roman buildings.

Lions and other wild
animals were killed
during the shows.

The Forum
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