Monthly Archives: November 2017
HISTORY SHARE: ST. ANDREW’S DAY PRINTABLES
Happy St. Andrew’s Day! https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/st-andrews-day-printables
HISTORY TIDBIT: THE FALL OF ROME
The Roman Empire reigned supreme over most of the western world for almost five hundred years, but in 476 AD, a barbarian mercenary called Odoacer decided he’d rather be a barbarian chieftain than a Roman solider and turned on Rome. Two days after leading his followers to victory at the Battle of Ravenna on September […]
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS FOR NOVEMBER
November’s TV and/or movie suggestions are all Roman based: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Forum (Musical, 1966) Asterix Vs. Caesar (Animated, 1985) Carry On Cleo (1964) (Roman Egypt) Gladiator (2000) (14+) The Roman Mysteries BBC TV Series Up Pompeii (1971) Further Up Pompeii (1991)
TRIVIA TRAIL: EUROPE’S FIRST SUPERHIGHWAY
Question: What is Rome’s most famous ancient road called? Answer: The Via Appia, or Appian Way, which visitors to Rome can still walk along. (The Romans built things to last.) Begun by Appius Claudius Caecus in 312 BC, it started in Rome and by 244 BC went all the way to Brundisium (Brindisi) on the […]
HISTORY SHARE: ROMAN VILLA RECREATION
Ruins are all very well but, if you want to do more than just image a Roman villa in its heyday, and happen to be in Malibu, California … http://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/experience-ancient-roman-villa-heart-malibu
