My Heritage ID

Aims:

Exploring who you are

Exploring who the Romans were who lived on Hadrian’s Wall

• My Present Heritage ID

• My Roman Heritage ID

Hadrian’s Wall

Newcastle

Solway Firth

Your identity

• What you like, who you are

• How does this compare with other people?

• Use this to compare with Roman identity

Where were they born?

Something to touch…

Something to taste…

AmphoraIndented beaker

Mortarium

Something to listen to…

Music Prayers

Something to look at…

Something to smell…

• Perfume vile• Oil lamp• Wine• Food

Places…

Mithraeum

Fort

Home country

Vicus

Bath house Barracks

Activities…

Roman Identity

Characters

Slave

Native Britain

Centurion

Father from the Cult of Mithras

Wife of a soldier

Objects

My Roman Heritage ID

Characters

Slave

Native Britain

Centurion

Father of the Cult of Mithras

Wife of a soldier

Conclusions

• Discussed present identity

• Learnt about what life was like living along Hadrian’s Wall

• Compared present identity with Roman identity