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Number Seven

Here are some possible topics and their related books for Badge Number Seven. 

If you can think of something else linked to the Number SEVEN, or if you read a book which is not mentioned below, that is absolutely fine! Just make sure you can explain why and how your chosen book relates to this number.


Other suggestions: the Romans knew about seven celestial bodies, there were seven tablets about the Babylonian creation myth, there were seven sages

Seven Hills of Rome

The Seven Ancient Wonders

Cleopatra the Seventh

The Seven Hills of Rome are a group of small hills where the ancient city of Rome first began.



KS2: Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans - Terry Deary


KS3: The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff


KS4: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome - Mary Beard


KS5: The Aeneid - Virgil

Cleopatra the Seventh

The Seven Ancient Wonders

Cleopatra the Seventh

The famous Cleopatra was actually Cleopatra VII! She was the last Pharaoh of the Hellenistic Period.


KS2: Adventures in Time: Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile - Dominic Sandrbook


KS3: Tales of Ancient Egypt - Hugo D. Cook and Neon Squid


KS4: Cleopatra Confesses -Carolyn Meyer


KS5: Cleopatra: A Life -Stacy Schiff

Laps in a Chariot Race

The Seven Ancient Wonders

The Seven Ancient Wonders

Roman chariot races typically consisted of seven laps! How about a book which features chariot races?


KS2: Circus Maximus: Race to the Death - Annelise Gray


KS3: Roman Mysteries: The Charioteer of Delphi - Caroline Lawrence


KS4: The Cleopatra Curse - Katherine Roberts


KS5: Circus Maximus: An unforgettable Roman odyssey of rivalry and power - A. D. O'Neill

The Seven Ancient Wonders

The Seven Ancient Wonders

The Seven Ancient Wonders

Can you read a book which features at least one of the ancient wonders of the world?



KS2: How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Were Built - Ludmila Henkova 


KS3: Roman Mysteries. The Colossus of Rhodes - Caroline Lawrence


KS4: The Seven Wonders - Steven Saylor


KS5: The Seven wonders of the ancient world – Bettany Hughes 

Odysseus and Calypso

Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Odysseus spent seven years on an island with Calypso!




KS2: The Usborne Illustrated Odyssey - Sabastien van Donnick


KS3: The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel – Gareth Hinds


KS4: Odyssey - Stephen Fry


KS5: The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

There were seven emperors in this dynasty. Can you find a book set during their reign, or which mentions them?


KS2: Roman Invasion: Britannia - Jim Eldridge


KS3: The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff


KS4: Hadrian's Wall - William Dietrich


KS5: Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar

Seven kings of Rome

Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Seven kings of Rome

Rome was originally ruled by kings! The first of these was Romulus.



KS2: Romulus and Remus - Prof. Melissa Fitzgerald


KS3: Roman Mythology for Kids -  Doyle Wellinner


KS4: The Brotherhood of the Rose - David Morrell


KS5:  Mother of Rome – L. J. Trafford 

Seven Hathors

Emperors in the Nerva–Antonine dynasty

Seven kings of Rome

Sometimes the Egyptian goddess Hathor appeared as a group of seven women (or cows!)



KS2: Egyptian Myths  - Jean Menzies


KS3: Egyptian Gods and Goddesses - Henry Barker


KS4: Hathor: Egyptian Goddess of Many Names - Tammy Gagne


KS5: Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt - Geraldine Pinch

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