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 after the exercise. 1. greek actors (wear) wore masks and special boots. true 2. spartan children (take) baths only two or three times a year. 3. the philosopher socrates (drink) poison and died. 4. alexander the great's army (go) as far as china. 5. heron of alexandria (make) a kind of jet engine. 6. the roman emperor caligula's name (mean) “happy soldier”. 7. roman mathematics (have) no zero. 8. most roman girls (get) married at the age of 18. 9. roman soldiers (pay) for their own equipment and food. 10. the romans (know) how to make soap and cement. 11. all true except: d the army went as far as india; f caligula meant “little boot”; h girls married at 14.
