Medusa is a Gorgon in Greek mythology who had snakes for hair! If anyone looked into her eyes, they would turn to stone. The Greek hero Perseus chopped off Medusa’s head and it was placed on Athena’s shield. Minerva was the Roman equivalent of Athena, and she too has a Gorgon on her shield. There was also a Gorgon directly over the entrance to Minerva’s temple, on the temple pediment. Can you make a snake-y Medusa Headband?

Watch the video and have a go at making a perpetual calendar! The original Roman calendar only had 10 months of the year. The Roman ruler Numa Pomoilius introduced Januarius (January) and Februarius (February) so the calendar contained 12 months. The last 6 months of the were named after the Latin words for numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Watch the video and have a go at making a Minerva Mask. The Roman Baths has a statue of Minerva. Minerva is the goddess of wisdom and cleverness in war. Her statue once had a tall helmet which has never been found.

Find out how Romans used weaving to create fabric. Have a go at weaving activities inspired by the Romans. Weave a paper plate rainbow, and create a woven owl inspired by the sacred owl of the Roman goddess Minerva.

Welcome to the Great Roman Britain Challenge! Have a go at our challenging puzzles to complete a map of Britain under Roman rule. The answers are included at the end of this resource.

Have a go at these mosaic related activities. Complete the mosaic patterns, use the key to discover a mosaic pattern, create your own designs and follow our suggestions for making your own patterns.

Have a go at mindful art activities inspired by collections at The Roman Baths and Victoria Art Gallery. Experiment with colour, line and mark-making. A range of activities suitable for primary, secondary and further education.

Use our Roman numerals trail as you visit the Roman Baths. You can also complete some of the questions by taking the virtual tour on our website. This activity trail resource is suitable for KS1 and KS2.

Take a look at these Bronze Age axes from the collection at the Roman Baths. Use your art, design and technology skills to make your Bronze Age Axe.

Use your code-breaking skills and the cipher to decode Caesar’s message. Learn about Caesar’s decision to invade Britain (Britannia), and why the statue of Caesar at the Roman Baths is not as old as the others.

The Romans used science in every aspect of their lives. Follow in their footsteps and be a Roman Science Detective!c

Bath is built within the hollow of the hills. There are green views in every direction from the city centre. The countryside is very close to the city centre. The landscape was used by architects who built elegant terraces and villas along the hillsides as the city expanded in the 18thcentury. In this activity sheet, find out more about the green setting of the city of Bath, explore artistic interpretations of the landscape, and have a go at producing your own drawing or painting.

Be inspired by a Roman cup that features a hunting related design. It was found on the site of a Roman villa at Combe Down near Bath. Have a go at making your own mosaic inspired by Roman design.

A selection of games which Roman children played. Players use nuts to roll, throw and count or win nuts. Instead of nuts, marbles, wooden balls or counters can also be used.

Bath’s Georgian buildings are built in the ‘neo-classical style’, which was a fashion for using ideas of symmetry, balance and ornamentation from the past, many of which had been used in ancient times by the Romans and Greeks. Top architects of the day designed buildings for Bath using classical principles set out by the famous Italian architect Andrea Palladio in the 16thcentury. In this activity sheet, learn more about the details of Georgian architecture, and have a go at designing and building your own architectural columns.

Some of the more fancy Roman houses (villas) and public buildings like the Roman bath house had floors decorated with colourful mosaics made from very small tiles called tesserae arranged to show patterns and pictures. In this activity sheet, learn about mosaics and have a go at creating your own monster-themed mosaic designs.

The Romans Baths looks after objects and archaeology from the area so this means we have things from other time periods not just the Romans. One of our special things is a Viking sword. It was found buried outside the walls of Bath, but we don’t quite know how it got here. Have a go at writing your name in viking runes, and making a viking shield.

Merels is a board game from Roman times. It is simple to make and play at school or home!

In the 18th century Bath became a fashionable place to visit and spend leisure time, catering for health and entertainment needs. The old walled Medieval town did not have the facilities or the space to house the visitors so the city expanded dramatically. Higgledy-piggledy Medieval buildings and narrow streets were cleared and Bath was transformed into a spacious and beautiful city. Terraces were designed and built in a uniform way using the honey-coloured limestone mined to the south of Bath at Combe Down. In this activity sheet, learn about the designing of the City of Bath as we know it today, and have a go at designing your own town.

Although he is more associated with his native Dorset, Thomas Hardy does have a few connections with Bath. In June 1873 he visited Bath with his wife to be Emma Gifford. She was staying in the city with Miss d’Arville who would chaperone them. He was inspired by his stay to write the poems ‘Midnight on Beechen,187_’ (1873), and ‘Aquae Sulis’. In this fact sheet, find out more about the city of Bath and how it inspired some of Thomas Hardy’s writings.