Roman Standards

A group of eighty soldiers was called a century. Each century had an emblem that they carried into battle called a standard. You can make your own standard with a wrapping paper tube, cardboard, aluminum foil and crepe or tissue paper.
Decide on what emblem you would like for your century's symbol and put that at the top.
Then going down the tube, tape on shapes covered in foil. On a rectangular shape put two strips of crepe or tissue paper to hang down.
Now you are ready to go into battle.


Romans liked the color red because they felt it was a symbol of power.
Here one Roman soldier took a shield from the spoils of a battle with the Celtic tribes.
May 2014
Here is another version.

We have been enjoying reading Beyond the Desert Gate.

It is set in Palestine in the first century A.D. is and the Jews have revolted against Roman occupation and as they grow more restive, Rome clamps down even harder. 

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