The Romans Discover Box

Bring the Roman world to life with our Romans Discover Box, a hands on exploration of emperors, everyday objects and ancient creativity. Pupils investigate real and replica artefacts—from bronze needles and oil lamps to Roman coins featuring emperors like Claudius, Hadrian and Vespasian—to understand how power and identity were communicated across the empire. Pupils create their own emperor Top Trumps cards, design Roman style coins, and experiment with mosaic patterns inspired by tessellated pavements. Perfect for History, English and cross curricular learning, this box builds enquiry skills, sparks imagination and helps students connect Roman innovation with the world around them.

The Romans Discover Box includes the following items:

Teacher materials (Caesaromagus: A history and description of Roman Chelmsford book, map and illustration of the mansio)
Parts of box flue tile (two)
Bone hair pin
Bronze needle
Glass shards (two)
Glass cup with blue dots (replica)
Samian bowl (repaired)
Fragment of decorated Samian bowl
Decorated Samian Cup (replica)
Oil lamp
Fragment of mortarium
Mortarium (replica)
Pottery fragments (eight)
Tessellated pavement
Roman coins (four)
Wax tablets (two, replica)
Wooden toy horse (replica)