We had a brilliant time in the city of Deva learning all about life as a Roman!
We became legionnaires of Chester under the strict command of Lupis, the Roman centurion. We marched through the city to the Roman gardens and practised drills including stabbing with our (foam) gladiuses and making a tortoise formation with our scutums! 🛡️
We also travelled back in time on a ship from Roma to Deva, rowing in time to a drum. When we landed, we explored the interesting food at the market (dormice, milk-fattened slugs and flamingo tongues!). We also visited the bathhouse where we learned that Romans cleaned with oil and strigils and we know all about what the sponges on sticks were used for! 😳 We watched a virtual fight between a murmillo and a gladiator with an unfortunate end. Then we just had time to visit the real life amphitheatre and see its ruins. 🎭
Watch us descend on Deva below:
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