Roman shops were very different to supermarkets. Each shop sold only one type of thing - meat or fish or cloth or fruit.
The shops at Wroxeter were about 4 metres square. They had 3 walls with shelves of items for sale. There was no front wall - only a counter. The shop-keeper stood behind his counter. The custumers queued up outside the shop and waited to choose what they wanted to buy.
Make your own model Roman Fruit Shop from a cardboard box. Get an adult to help you cut off the top and one of the sides. Paint pictures of fruit on the inside of the 3 sides, or stick on pictures. Find a smaller box to be the counter, or make one by bending the cut-off card into shape.
Your toys can queue to be served. What things do they talk about while they are waiting? How do they ask the shop-keeper for the fruit they want to buy?
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Click on these buttons, wait for the picture to appear in the new window, then press the print button. When it has finished printing close the window.
