Meet The Histronauts Luna Age Eight years Likes History adventures animals problem solving and storytelling Dislikes Getting lost and bad smells Favorite Color Blue Favorite Food Beans on toast Favorite Place Castles Nani Age Seven and a half years Likes Science nature math gardening flowers and exploring Dislikes People who don’t recycle Favorite Color Green Favorite Food Anything green Favorite Place Anywhere outside but mostly forests
Newton Age Ten years Likes Making things eating reading cooking and playing games Dislikes Being hungry and being cold Favorite Color Yellow Favorite Food Everything Favorite Place Home Hero Age Five years Likes Sleeping being Luna’s cat Dislikes Getting wet Favorite Food Chicken Favorite Place Curled up on the sofa
bc ad Planet Earth is over four billion years old Historians divide these years into two time periods which they call BC or AD The bc dates come first and count down to 1 bc then the ad dates start and count up from ad 1 to today The current year is an ad year These dates help historians know when things happened Timeline 753 bc Romulus builds the city of Rome kings It is a kingdom and the leaders are 45 bc Julius Caesar takes over Rome from the senators and ends the republic ad 117 The Roman Empire is at its peak ad 476 The Roman Empire ends 509 bc Rome becomes a republic The leaders are now elected politicians called senators 27 bc The Roman Empire is now very large The new leader is an emperor ad 395 Rome splits into Eastern and Western Empires
An ordinary game becomes a great adventure Luna gazes up at the glow-in-the-dark stars on her bedroom ceiling Her cat Hero meows loudly from the garden below her window Nani will be here soon What shall we do today We should do something historical We could be Vikings or medieval knights or Egyptian rulers I know We should be Romans
