--- title: "Year 4- Why was the Roman army so successful ?" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-11-14-year-4-why-was-the-roman-army-so-successful" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 4- Why was the Roman army so successful ? ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/IMG_5754.jpeg) 14 November 2024 The focus of our history lesson today was to find out why the Roman army was so successful. We looked at why the Romans needed a powerful army, identifying the equipment of a Roman soldier and Roman fighting formations. We learnt lots of new things including; that the Romans had the largest fighting force in the ancient world, they were the best trained, had the best weapons and were so good that even when they fought against armies that were ten times their size, they still won! ![](https://st-barnabas-primary-school.schudio.com/images/news/IMG_5754.jpeg) [Year 4](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-4) [History](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/history) [Discussions](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/discussions) [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/british-values) [Enrichment](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/enrichment) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/4FAD102C-5C0D-487C-B172-064BC76DEC93.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-11-13-year-6-anti-bullying-live-lesson) Previous ### [Year 6 - Anti-Bullying Live Lesson](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-11-13-year-6-anti-bullying-live-lesson) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/AFD98888-0582-450A-B7C3-F9F4574434EC.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-11-15-friday-celebration-worship) Next ### [Friday Celebration Worship ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-11-15-friday-celebration-worship) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)