2. Supplementary videos

This video shows a replica of a decorated clay oil lamp like the ones Romans used to light their homes, and demonstrates how they were used.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome' and 'Romans in Britain'.
Playing time: 2 min (V1120)

Mosaic
Shows a mosaic on the floor of a Roman bath in Ostia, the port for Rome.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome'.
Playing time: 1 min (V1046)

As coin
Shows a replica Roman as, which was a medium-sized coin made of bronze, alongside a Roman dupondius.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome'.
Playing time: 1 min (V1116)

Aureus coin
Shows replica aureus coins, which were originally made from gold and worth twenty-five silver denarii.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome'.
Playing time: 2 min (V1117)

Denarius coin
Shows replica denarius coins, which were originally made from silver.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome'.
Playing time: 1 min (V1118)

Dupondius coin
Shows replica dupondius coins, which was originally made from bronze and worth two-and-a-half as's.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome'.
Playing time: 1 min (V1119)

Sestertius coin
Shows replica sestertii, which were large bronze coins worth a hundredth of an aureus.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome'.
Playing time: 1 min (V1121)

Oil lamp
This video shows a replica of a decorated clay oil lamp like the ones Romans used to light their homes, and demonstrates how they were used.
Supports: textbook 'Exploring Ancient Rome'.
Playing time: 2 min (V1120)

Making stew/pottage
A video showing a basic food stew being cooked. It uses modern tools but explains what it was, why it was made, and how it lasted as a key meal even to the present day.
Supports: textbook 'The Romans in Britain'.
Playing time: 8 min (V1040)

Making flour by hand
This video shows grain being ground by hand using a pestle and mortar to produce flour. People in the past had to grind corn manually like this to make the flour needed to make bread.
Supports: textbook 'The Romans in Britain'.
Playing time: 4 min (V970)