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Ancient Rome

Roman children played with balls and kites and made hoops with pieces of metal on them so that when they rolled they chimed like bells.  Mostly though, boys played war type games.  They practiced with wooden swords and played conquer Troy.  Children would also make small figures and play with them.  Girls played with dolls.  Poorer children made rag dolls while the richer children had dolls of clay or wax some even had joints to bend and pose. They loved marbles. There are mosaics and paintings that show the children of ancient Rome playing all kinds of games. Homer describes kids riding on hobby horses, building play houses, and even making little carts and hitching up live mice to pull them.  Both kids and adults played an early form of tic-tac-toe during the Roman Empire. They played an early form of golf called paganica, by hitting a stuffed leather ball with a bent stick. Young and old, the ancient Romans loved challenges, competitions, and games of chance.

Try some interactive fun quizzes and games about or invented by ancient Rome below. Flash games have been removed.

Free Online Interactive Ancient Rome Games, Quizzes, & Activities

Known your numerals - interactive, be careful, if you miss one, the computer wins!

Nine Mens Morris interactive and other board games

Can you guess how many marbles are in the jar? interactive, the ancient Romans loved guessing games

Mini Golf interactive - an ancient Roman game

Bowling - the Romans played a type of bowling, this is the modern form

Hercules interactive

The Romans Noughts and Crosses game, interactive

Tic Tac Toe interactive - an ancient Roman (and Egyptian) game

Tic-Tac-Toe

The Romans Penalty Shoot Out Game, interactive

The Romans Primary Shoot Out Game, interactive

Roman Trivia Fling the Teacher game, interactive

Ancient Rome, Fling the Teacher game, interactive

Rome and the Roman Empire, Walk the Plank game, interactive

Do you know the Romans? Walk the Plank game, interactive

Printout game: Find the Roman coins

Rocking Romans - Roman gods and goddesses

Roman Religion, Walk the Plank game, interactive

The Romans, Walk the Plank game, interactive

Ancient Rome reading interactive

End of the Roman empire - yes or no quiz, with timeline, interactive

Compare ancient Roman life to our life today - interactive

Ancient Rome - live worksheet quiz, interactive

Rocking Romans - Gladiators into the arena

Rocking Romans - Make a mosaic

Rocking Romans - Oh, the strata of society

Vocabulary for Ancient Rome games

Ancient Rome interactive worksheet (vocabulary, part one) - use the magic marker to connect the word to the picture

Ancient Rome interactive worksheet (vocabulary, part two)

Vocabulary about ancient Rome, interactive

Ask Mr. Donn: Review Ancient Rome with this interactive quiz with answers