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Roman Soldier

History · Year 3–Year 6

Tap the kit to name it: scutum, gladius, pilum, lorica, galea.

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About the roman soldier

A Roman legionary with his kit to name. Tap the shield and the board says shield, with the Latin beside it and one line on what it was for. Tap the armour and it says iron hoops that bend as he moves. Nothing is typed and nothing is dragged.

It is a legionary rather than a centurion, because that is the soldier a scheme of work means: the man in the shield wall, with the scutum, the gladius, the pilum and the lorica segmentata. The English name comes first and the Latin sits in brackets after it, since a class that can only say scutum cannot answer a question about a shield.

The labels are off to begin with, so the picture is a question. Show puts all seven up at once for the version of the lesson that is not a quiz, and Next walks through the kit head to toe if you would rather work down the man in order.

The diagram is schematic on purpose. A primary history diagram is a set of clean shapes with the parts a class has to name and nothing else, because it gets read from the back of the room and then copied into a book.

How to use it on your whiteboard

  1. 1Tap a piece of kit. Its name appears beside the soldier and what it was for is written underneath.
  2. 2Tap it again to take the label off, or tap Clear to start over.
  3. 3Tap Next to go through the kit in order, from the helmet down to the sandals.
  4. 4Tap Show to put every label up at once, for reading rather than testing.

Questions

Is this a legionary or a centurion?
A legionary. A centurion had a transverse crest on his helmet, greaves on his shins and wore his sword on the other hip, which is a different diagram.
Why is the dagger missing?
The pugio hung on the belt right beside the sword, so its tap target would sit inside the sword's and a press near one would pick the other.
Can the class see all the labels at once?
Yes. Tap Show. It starts with them hidden, because a diagram with the answers on it is a picture rather than a question.