![]() ![]() Toys for children also existed then, they were known long before the founding of Rome. The boys, playing soldiers, took sticks and, pretending to be mounted on horses, joyfully ran around the street. The children liked to play hide and seek, they also built towers of various objects and, using walnuts and sometimes small stones, tried to demolish them. ![]() But what about children? Did they have fun too? If so, what kind? Did they have their own toys? The answer to these questions is: YES! Children of ancient Romans had no playgrounds, their playground was the street. Great famous buildings like Flavian Amphitheater, Circus Maximus, Pompeii Amphitheater and many other lesser-known buildings of this type where numerous events took place such as naumachias, gladiator fights or chariot races, only confirm this. That the ancient Romans liked to have fun is no secret to anyone with even the faintest idea of Roman history. ![]() Rome’s contacts with Africa and Far East. ![]()
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