Unveiling Roman Britain: Lessons on Inscriptions and Everyday Life
Delve into the world of Roman Britain through inscriptions, exploring the lives of its inhabitants. Lesson 2 focuses on deciphering inscriptions to unveil historical insights. Learn to craft historically-valid questions using key words and understand how these artifacts reveal details about everyday life in Roman Britain.
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Messages from the Past Exploring inscriptions from Roman Britain Introducing inscriptions: Lesson 2 Regina engraving from Lapidarium Septentrionale
Learning objectives Learning objectives Introducing inscriptions: Lesson 2 pupils can make use of key words (who, where, when, what, why, how) to frame historically-valid questions about life in Roman Britain
Introducing Inscriptions 2 Introducing Inscriptions 2 Now you have worked out how to use the evidence from Roman inscriptions to find out about the lives of the people making and using objects in Roman Britain. Which question words did you use to find out information from the inscriptions? Now look back at your worksheet and ask your learning partner a question about one of the objects you studied, using the question words. Who? When? When was the inscription written? Where? Where was the inscription found? Who wrote the text? How? What? What is the item made from? Is it a common material for everyday use? How did someone make the inscription? What object did they write on and with? Why? What s the purpose of the inscription?
Introducing inscriptions 2 Introducing inscriptions 2 Now we can visit Roman Britain and find out about everyday life there from inscriptions. What would you like to find out about someone in Roman Britain? We can find all the objects with writing on from Roman Britain on one website https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/schools/ Now visit the RIB website and watch the how to use a record video here.
Introducing inscriptions 2 Introducing inscriptions 2 Worksheet 2 Introducing Regina My name is Regina My name is Regina Who are you? HINT: You can usually work out whether the person in an inscription was male or female by looking at the letters at the end of their name. A woman would have a name that appears with an -a or -ae ending Latin text To the spirits of the departed (and to) Regina, his freedwoman and wife, a Catuvellaunian by tribe, aged 30, Barates of Palmyra (set this up). Palmyrene text Regina, the freedwoman of Barates, alas.
Introducing inscriptions 2 Introducing inscriptions 2 Worksheet 2 Introducing Regina I am 30 years old I am 30 years old How old are you? HINT: You can work out how old the person in the inscription was by looking at the Roman numerals next to the letters ANN (which is an abbreviation for the Latin word annorum meaning years) X = 10 Drawing: R. G. Collingwood
Introducing inscriptions 2 Introducing inscriptions 2 Worksheet 2 Introducing Regina Are you a slave or a free person? I am the wife of I am the wife of Barates Barates. I used to . I used to be a slave but now I be a slave but now I am free. am free. HINT: A freedman or freedwoman is someone who used to be a slave but now is free. Latin text To the spirits of the departed (and to) Regina, his freedwoman and wife, a Catuvellaunian by tribe, aged 30, Barates of Palmyra (set this up). Palmyrene text Regina, the freedwoman of Barates, alas.
Introducing inscriptions 2 Introducing inscriptions 2 Worksheet 2 Introducing Regina Where do you come from? I come from the I come from the Catuvellauni Catuvellauni tribe, in South East England South East England HINT: Regina was a member of the Catuvellaunian tribe, who occupied a large part of south- eastern England today s Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. tribe, in Latin text To the spirits of the departed (and to) Regina, his freedwoman and wife, a Catuvellaunian by tribe, aged 30, Barates of Palmyra (set this up). Palmyrene text Regina, the freedwoman of Barates, alas.
Introducing inscriptions 2 Introducing inscriptions 2 Worksheet 2 Introducing Regina The text has told us some basic information about Regina. But what else can we find out about her from the object? RIB 1065 Why was the text written in the first place? When was the inscription made? Where was the inscription found?
Introducing inscriptions 2 Introducing inscriptions 2 Worksheet 2 Introducing Regina My name was Regina. I was 30 years old when I died. I used to be My name was Regina. I was 30 years old when I died. I used to be Barates Barates slave but he set me free and then married me. I come slave but he set me free and then married me. I come from South East England but I now live from South East England but I now live further north in the Roman province of Britannia in the 2 the Roman province of Britannia in the 2nd husband husband Barates Barates set this tombstone up for me when I died. set this tombstone up for me when I died. further north in Arbeia nd century CE. My century CE. My Arbeia in in Latin text To the spirits of the departed (and to) Regina, his freedwoman and wife, a Catuvellaunian by tribe, aged 30, Barates of Palmyra (set this up). Palmyrene text Regina, the freedwoman of Barates, alas.
Extension questions: Can you think why Regina may have moved from South East England up to Arbeia (near modern day South Shields)? Why do you think there is an extra part of text written below the Latin in a different language (Palmyrene)? What do you think this might tell us about Barates? Can you deduce anything about the relationship between Barates and Regina from this inscription?
Introducing Inscriptions 2 Introducing Inscriptions 2 report back report back Why did people use writing in Roman Britain is it the same now? What can inscriptions tell us about life in Roman Britain? Which question words can we use to find out information from our evidence? What objects did people write on in Roman Britain is it the same now? Did anything that you found out surprise you about life in Roman Britain? Where? Who? Why? What? When? How?
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