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Odd Fact About the Romans
The Romans had some ideas that were very different to ours and they did things that might sound strange to us. Below are some strange facts about the Romans. Have a look at them and then try to find out two more strange facts and write them in the spaces that have been left for your discoveries.
Fact 1
The Romans sometimes used powdered mouse brains as toothpaste!
Fact 2
At one banquet in Rome, the guests were served with hundreds of ostrich brains!
Fact 3
Julius Caeser hated going bald so he made it illegal for anyone to stand above him and look down. If you looked down at his bald patch you could be put to death!
Fact 4
Cobwebs were used to stop bleeding.
Fact 5
There were people in Rome who earned their living by plucking other people's armpits!
Fact 6
Gladiators and chariot racers had fans just like modern footballers!
Fact 7
When the Roman soldiers were first ordered to invade Britain in 43 AD, they went on strike on the grounds that it was beyond the known world and there could even be monsters.
Fact 8
Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were supposed to have been raised by a wolf!
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