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Life in Roman Pompeii

Homeschool History

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How Did You Get All the Answers to Pompey?

Pompey is the story of ordinary Romans whose busy lives were cut short by a calamity. There wasn't much for kids to play with back then, apart from board games and dice. And without modern antibiotics and vaccines, sadly, half of children didn't survive to become grownups. We've come to the end of the episode, but we still have time for our quiz. How do archaeologists know what people in herculaneum ate? Tim Harford also has questions about how to vaccinate an entire planet.

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