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TEACHERS<br />
N OTE<br />
Romulus and Remus<br />
Romulus and Remus<br />
This well-known Roman legend, written during the first century BC, is about the founding of<br />
<strong>Rome</strong>. It was written by a Roman historian called Livy, whose books were often an interesting<br />
mixture of legend and facts.<br />
The Roman god Mars is mentioned only briefly in the story, for the Romans, unlike the Greeks, did not favour<br />
legends about their gods. Their stories were about the Romans themselves—their heroes, early Roman<br />
history, family relationships etc.<br />
Activity suggestion:<br />
Viewing Sample<br />
The city of <strong>Rome</strong> is on the River Tiber. The children could be given a related homework/library exercise<br />
(using atlases or the Internet) to find out which rivers flow through these famous cities:<br />
(a) Paris (b) New York (c) London (d) Cairo (e) Melbourne<br />
(f) Washington (g) Cambridge (h) Lisbon (i) Quebec (j) Dublin<br />
Answers:<br />
(a) Seine (b) Hudson (c) Thames (d) Nile (e) Yarra<br />
(f) Potomac (g) Cam (h) Tagus (i) St Lawrence (j) Liffey<br />
– 4 – <strong>Ancient</strong> <strong>Rome</strong> Prim-Ed Publishing www.prim-ed.com