Toys in ancient Rome. Text for the exam. 5th grade A.

Wooden horse with 
wheels.

Children in Ancient Rome loved to play with toys, play games and have fun.

There were many different kinds of toys that Roman children had, many of them are toys that we see today.

Some of those toys were horses, playhouses, carts, wooden swords, balls, bells, dolls, kites, and other toys.

All toys that children had were handmade toys, and these toys were very popular in the homes of the Ancient Roman people.

GIRL TOYS.

Roman doll.

Most of the time girls would play with dolls, and if there was a poor Roman family, the mom would sew rags together and make rag dolls for the girls. Girls that were from wealthier Roman families would have dolls that were made out of wax or clay and they had moving body parts such as arms and legs. Other very popular toys in Ancient Roman times were playhouses. These playhouses would be made out of wood, and many of them would have tiny figurines that girls could use to play with in their houses.

BOY TOYS

Boys during Ancient Roman times loved to talk and think about war.  They would listen to their brothers or fathers telling stories about fighting in the war and so when they would get toys, many of them would be war type toys or games.

Wooden toy sword.

Sometimes, boys would get wooden swords and shields and they would play games with other children in the neighborhood and they would 

pretend to fight in the war.

BABY TOYS.

Even babies would have toys that would be made out of wood.  Some of those toys included things like rattles, pulling toys, balls and more.  Sometimes, families would give their children a soft ball that had a wooden rattle inside of it.  These would allow the baby to shake, squeeze and throw the ball.

Roman spinning top.

Tops were another popular toy during Ancient Roman times and children would love to spin the top. Most of the tops were painted with different colors and were very popular.

Pull-toys and whistles were very popular during Ancient Roman times.  The Romans would also make animals that were carved out of wood, animals that had wheels that could be pulled around and even chariot toys that the children could race around.