2 Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. Then decide if each
sentence is True or False. Check the factual answers on page 208.
a Greek actors (wear)
b Spartan children (take).
Nore
The philosopher Socrates (drink)
d Alexander the Great's army (go).
e Heron of Alexandria (make)
masks and special boots. True
baths only two or three times a year.
poison and died.
as far as China.
a kind of jet engine.
f The Roman Emperor Caligula's name (mean)
g Roman mathematics (have).
h Most Roman girls (get).
i Roman soldiers (pay).
The Romans (know).
no zero.
'Happy Soldier'.
married at the age of 18.
for their own equipment and food.
how to make soap and cement.