The Roman Empire

So the Roman empire was a giant empire It surrounded the whole Mediterranean sea. It went into Africa into Britain and a lot of other places. It was the largest empire at the time. But they didn't have enough people to guard the giant empire. So let's say you have a giant orchard of yummy peaches. And then some animals wanted to eat them. So some animals come from on side and start getting some peaches and then you go and shoo them off. But then there is another animal that comes on the other side and you see how it is. That is how the roman emperor felt. But then there was a good emperor that was named Maximian. He divided the empire into parts and then they lived happily ever after. HEHEHE

Ex-barbarians

So there were these barbarians that went close to Rome and then they saw how they built houses and they bathed and they did a lot of stuff. Then the barbarians started doing this and called themselves the Gauls. Then some other barbarian tribes came and settled there. One of the barbarians tribes names were the Franks. Then they heard that the Huns were coming. They were afraid of the Huns. So they didn't like each other but they liked the Huns even less. So they joined together and the Leader was a Frank and his name was Merovius. He led them into battle and they defeated the Huns. But then they separated again. Then Merovius's grandson Clovis wanted everyone to be together and he wanted to be the leader, so he married a princess Clotilda. She was a Burgundian. He killed all of the romans in Gaul and made the Franks join alliance with him. Then he was ruler of all of the barbarian tribes. Clotilda was a Christian and she wanted Clovis to be a Christian too. But he refused and one day in a battle he saw that his men were being slaughtered. But then he asked God to help him and he would do anything if he won the battle and then his soldiers started fighting amazingly and he won the battle. He went to a bishop and he became Christian.

Rome vs Carthage

So both Rome and Carthage were both hungry for more land. So they fought each other for it. So They went in the water and both fought on the water with ships. But it was stalemate the whole time so one of the Carthage generals named Hannibal. He led his Elephants to the alps where the roman soldiers were camping. They heard strange noises and then saw the elephants. Some of the romans had never seen elephants and ran in terror. The elephants started burning some of the roman cities and the soldiers ran to Rome. One of the roman generals was smart though and led the best roman troops straight to Carthage. The people at Carthage were not expecting this and got scared, they called for Hannibal to come back and help them. But it was to late Hannibal's troops were to tired and to worn out burning cities that they couldn't fight the romans and they were defeated.

Legionaries

Legionaries have big shields. If they all stand together and put there shields up in the air and a catapult fires at them and falls on there shields nothing  happens because all the shields are together and the rock falls on there shields.

They call it a tortoises shell because nothing can break through it. Legionaries are also good because they can build and fight. Like they can build a fortress and the guys that are fighting them can not get them easily.

The  legionaries also need to know science to know how to build a catapult and tents. Legionaries cut down trees to build weapons.

Rome vs. Carthage

Rome and Carthage Fought each other in the sea. 

They fought for years and years until Carthage’s War leader had an idea. He thought he could fight Italy with elephants. 

So he went Down the Alps and they attacked Italy’s camp and the Romans were terrified some of them had never seen an elephant before. 

Some went on their  horses and tried to fight the elephants. But they could not defeat them. They went into their city and tried to destroy it but Rome had good soldiers. 

The leader thought of an idea. He thought he could fight from sea and he did he fought Carthage when they didn’t expect it. 

They had to surrender. When the Carthage leader heard this he didn’t like it and Rome won the war.