Jake and Austin Howard enjoy dressing up as Roman soldiers
CHILDREN laid siege to a historic villa when they travelled back in time and came face-to-face with a Roman soldier.
The fun-day at Crofton Roman Villa in Crofton Road, Orpington, put on activities including mosaic designing, brass rubbings and replicas of Roman dice games to entertain visitors.
There was also a chance for younger children to dig around in a sand pit for Roman artefacts at the event on July 20.
The Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit help to maintain the villa and secretary Edna Mynott said: "The children seemed impressed when our Roman soldier put on a display to talk about his armour and weapons.
"It is the only Roman villa in Greater London that is open to the public and I think it is important because it means a lot to the children. They get to learn a lot about the past and have fun too."
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