1. Rome was founded by two brothers nursed by a she-wolf.
The two twin brothers were named Romulus and Remus and were abandoned soon after their birth. They were discovered by a she-wolf on the banks of the Tiber, who took them in and fed them. Eventually the boys grew up to found a city. But like brothers, they had an argument about who would be the ruler of their new city, and Remus was killed. Romulus became ruler and named the city after himself: Rome.



2. Sometimes the Romans would flood the whole Colosseum or Circus Maximus for a boat battle.
Big boats topped with warriors fought it out in the water and were complete down to the live props, like alligators.


3. Ancient Rome is underground.
Have you ever wondered why all the ancient stuff is so much lower than street level? That’s because after so many hundreds of years, the city has piled up, building on top of building.


4.  Vestal virgins were chosen when they were less than ten-years old.
Then they were brought to the temple where they would live for the rest of their lives. In Ancient Rome, vestal virgins were like priestesses. They ensured that Rome’s sacred flame did not go out (if it did, that was very bad for the city) and presided over many of Rome’s religious rites.


5. Romans used to eat dormice and other weird foods like flamingo.


6. And they used to eat dinner lying down on couches.
If you were invited to a dinner party in Ancient Rome, you would be shown to a room lined with couches, not tables and chairs. They used to prop themselves on their left arm and use their right to bring their food to their mouth.



7. Ancient Rome used to be covered in graffiti, just like today.
Though usually their graffiti was scratched into stone and not painted on with colour.


8. Romans used to wash clothes in urine!
Because urine contains ammonia, a powerful bleaching agent, ancient Romans used to wash their clothes in pee! At many street corners there were public urinals that men could use and their contents were collected every day and brought to the laundries.


9. The Romans would have baths together
To keep clean the Romans would go to communal baths – that means big baths where everyone would get in together. One of these baths still exists in Britain today from when it was under Roman rule. It’s in Bath! Bath was actually called Bath because of the Roman baths they have there.


10. The Romans invaded land all over the world
You may have heard people say ‘the Roman Empire’ before. Well they had an empire because they didn’t stay in Rome, they went across the world invading different countries and making them part of their empire.They even invaded Britain which is why we have so many Roman things in the UK today.
The Roman Empire covered land in parts of Britain and all around the mediterranean sea.