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Rome: History and Thought of Western Man
Rich East High School, Park Forest, IL
These webpages were the final project for a high school course on the History and Thought of Western Man. In 1997/98 grade 10 and 11 students were required to prepare an informative research paper, at least four pages in length using a minimum of seven sources, two external links and four original color graphics.
Rome and Latin : Interactive Projects in Dutch & EnglishStudent project by Olivier Van Damme from Belgium. The site offers information in both Dutch and English. There are beautiful images and online quizzes about the Roman army, the Roman legions and the spread of the empire.
Victori - The Roman Military ThinkQuest '98A ThinkQuest '98 semifinalist entry, this web site is devoted to Roman history as it pertains to the military. It includes weaponry, tactics, and general history, as well as teacher resources. It was developed by secondary school students from the US.
Architecture Through the Ages ThinkQuest '97A ThinkQuest '97 semi-finalist site which shows architecture in many ancient civilizations. The section on Rome features The Colosseum, Forum, Circus Maximus, Pantheon, Arch of Titus, and the structure of a Roman house.
Forum Romanum: Exploring an Ancient Market Place ThinkQuest '98Three students of De Grundel High School in Hengelo, the Netherlands have produced this beautiful site as their entry for this year's ThinkQuest Contest. They made a school trip to Rome and visited the Roman Forum. For this visit they had already done some interesting research.
The History of the Roman Empire ThinkQuest '97This website (very graphics-intensive) is the product of student collaboration and is one of the entries into the ThinkQuest '97 contest. The site offers a lengthy historical overview of Ancient Roman history including the time of Augustus, The Julio-Claudian Dynasty, the Flavian Dynasty, The Pax Romana, and finally Constantine and the Decline of Rome. The graphics make the site a bit difficult to read online-- but definitely worth printing out some of the sections.
MiddleSocial studies students from Oak View Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia have created some interesting online information about Ancient Rome as part of their project Pages Through the Ages: Building Blocks of Civilization.. There is even a short essay on contributions of ancient Rome to our civilization today.
Teachers : Activities
& ResourcesThis is an information-rich site which was prepared by Mr. Donn from Corkran Middle School, Maryland, for other 6th-grade ancient history teachers. The site contains links to lesson plans, resources and activities for Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, Africa, Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Canada and much more. Of special interest to students of the Romans is Mrs Donn's Daily Life in Ancient Rome and Can you save the Roman Republic? Problem-solving activity for Ancient Rome
Rome in the Virtual Classroom Mr Dowling's Virtual Classroom. Roosevelt Middle School, FLInformation, links, study guides and tests (available from download page) written and published by a middle school teacher for his grade seven students.
Other Ancient Roman
Resources on the Web
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History of Ancient Rome
This award-winning educational web aimed at middle school students explores ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures. At Odyssey Online visitors will find museum objects from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. Students can make their own discoveries through puzzles, games, and worksheets. Topics include people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing and archeology. (Requires QuickTime, Real Audio and Shockwave for some of the information.)
History of World Civilization: Ancient RomeIf you want to learn more about The Punic Wars, The First Caesars and The Roman Revolution here is a site with some additional lectures by a professor from Idaho State University.
Course module: Ancient RomeThis online learning module contains many topics of interest for students of Roman history. They include: The Land and People, Etruscans, Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Conquest of Italy, Punic Wars, Conquest of the Hellenistic Empires, Republican Crisis, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Imperial Rome, 14-180 AD, Calamitious Century. 180-284 AD, and the Late Empire. In addition there is a historical atlas and Roman philosophers.
Lectures for Western Civilization 1 Greeks, Romans, EgyptiansA series of full-text lectures from a professor at Western New England College for his course on "Western Civilization". Related topics include The Roman Republic, Romans Everyday, Rise of Christianity, Why Rome Fell. and Tribal Migrations
Investigating the RomansLinked to the British National Curriculum this Roman history site is written for upper primary classes and was published by the BBC in honor of Netdays Europe 97. Though the connection can be slow and the site a bit graphics-intensive, visitors will find information on a wide range of topics including: Roman history, technology, leisure, education, army, and a map of the Roman Empire.
The Illustrated History of the Roman Empire >: Kid's SectionFull of information on Roman achievements, builders, history and a section on the evils of Rome.
The EtruscansFollow Larth the Etruscan on a fascinating journey through the history and places of his homeland and visit the Etruscan virtual museum.
Civilizations:
Greece and Rome
G. Fisher and C. Harlan, Department of Education, University of Richmond
This web site was designed to introduce students to the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. It was developed by students and teachers at the University of Richmond, Department of Education under the supervision of Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt. Topics include: geographic features, government, agriculture, architecture, music, art and Entertainment, religion, sports and roles of men, women, and children.
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors Michael DiMaio, Salve Regina University
This site allow its users to retrieve short biographical essays of all the Roman emperors from the accession of the Emperor Augustus to the death of the Emperor Constantine XI Palaeologus. Each essay on this site, which is peer reviewed, is written by a scholar and is accompanied by a bibliography, illustrations, and footnotes.
Also have a look at the Quiz on Roman Emperors at a site on Exploring World Cultures.
Images of Roman EmperorsAn illustrated list of Roman Emperors with images from author's private collection as well as ancient Roman coins. Visitors to the site can find images for many of the most famous Roman emperors.
Overview of Late AntiquityIncludes chapters on Roman ideology, identity and empire and is part of a larger online reference work by Steven Muhlberger and the ORB Online Encyclopedia.
Roman Coins and Roman History
Daniel J. Taytor
An extended essay on Roman history and its economy. This is part of a larger site on ancient coins Bearers of Meaning: A Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins which includes an extensive image library and annotations.
Crazy Caesars of RomeThe Roman empire was often the prey of power-seeking generals and the lack of an inbred dynasty resulted in relatively few deranged emperors. The most notorious insane emperors were Caligula (12-41) and Nero (37-68) of the Julio-Claudian dynasty This is part of a larger Internet project The Mad Monarch Series from a Dutch site.
Caesar in BritainThis web site extends Anglia Multimedia's Romans CD ROM project on life in Roman Britain during the 2nd Century AD. Some 250 years before this, the Romans had come to Britain. This support site looks at Julius Caesar's first landing on the island in 55 BC as he described it in his book of the Gallic Wars. Related links: The Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC from a publication on Roman Britain, Roman Painted House in Dover England and Caistor Roman Town, the forgotten town in Norfolk, UK.
Roman Army A 'virtual book' that provides an illustrated introduction to the arms and armour of Roman soldiers.
The Glory That Was RomeSite which discusses the armies under the Roman Empire. Topics include: arms and tactics, great battles and campaigns, siege warfare and fortification, the commanders, the emperors and a brief timeline of Roman military history.
The Catapult Museum Online : Catapults of the Roman Empire NZ Productions, 1995Here is information from a larger site The Catapult Museum Online, an interactive exploration of catapult evolution, based on a commercially available CD-ROM. Find out how the Romans used catapults and siege techniques during their conquest of Europe in the first century BCE.
Roman Mythology Included at this site is an image library of gods and goddess from the Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Mayan, Roman and other civilisations. The images are hyperlinked to a much broader encyclopedia of world mythologies including a Roman-related site Origins of the Names of the Days, Months of the Year and the Celestial Bodies.
At another site there is a Mythology and Literature Quiz online with links to related Web resources. (Answer key included.)
World Mythology: Ancient Greek & Roman Minneapolis Institute of ArtsThis page is part of a larger site on world mythology which brings together 24 works of art inspired by mythology around the world. There are six images from ancient Greece and Rome. If you click on any picture, you will discover more about the myths of these two cultures.
Dictionary of MythologyPart of a larger site entitled Forum Romanum compiled by an enthusiat at Geocities. The site includes images and reference materials and inludes other sections on Roman life and history, a virtual tour of Rome, and Latin language and literature.
Early Christianity"In the period between 100 and 300 C.E., the Christian movement grew throughout the Roman empire. At times there were heated debates about beliefs, worship, and even about Jesus himself. The Christian movement also faced external threats; it became suspicious in the eyes of the Roman authorities and Christians were persecuted". This website supplements the television series which was first broadcast in April 1998.
The Christian Catacombs of RomeTake a virtual tour and learn about the symbols, the history and the importance of these ancient underground cemeteries used by the Christian and the Jewish communities of ancient Rome. The Christian catacombs, which are the most numerous, began in the second century and were in use until the first half of the fifth.
Roman Art and Architecture
An excellent collection of images from the VRoma online project. This searchable database contains hundreds of colorful photographs and drawings from the authors' private collections which they have made available for educators. For example, type in the keyword "model" and the search engine will return a host of images of models of Roman streets, buildings, soldiers, forts, temples and more.
Roman Art and ArchitecturePart of an illustrated set of lectures on Ancient Civilizations from Paul Brians at Washington State University. Click on the thumbnail picture for a larger version of the image.
Greek, Hellenistic and Roman ImagesProduced by G, Ouwendijk and B.Rednour, World Civilizations Reader, CUNY, NY. A large collection of texts and images with desriptions and excerpts from primary source documents are available from this online course on World Civilizations. The section on Greece and Rome contains a number of texts and images including: Twelve Tables of Roman Law, Roman arches, SPQR, Brutus, Centaurs and more. There is also a link to another site from the University of Virginia with images on Augustus: Images of Power.
Image Library of Roman Art and ArchitectureThis excellent resource was published by Hugh Lestor, professor at Tulane University in Louisiana. Each link in the list points to an image used in Professor Hugh Lester's courses Period and Style for Designers, I and II and covers a number of topics in the Ancient World including Egypt, Crete, Mycenea, Greece, Rome and Pompeii.
The Roman Site of Daranis, EgyptThe University of Michigan sponsored excavations at Karanis from 1926 to 1935 and the objects recovered during these are the largest component of the Kelsey's online exhibition. As shown by the images, a tremendous range of material had been preserved at the site. Currently, university classes such as Roman Art and Archaeology and Egyptian Art and Archaeolgy make use of this resource.
Roman Architecture: Models
and Computer Graphics This site in Japan offers visitors a reconstructed view of Roman interiors generated by computer graphics.
Archaeological Park - Xanten, Germany University of Dortmund, GermanyA three dimensional model of a Roman settlement in the Xanten area of Germany. Point and click on a recreation to see computer images and read specifics about each building or feature. With the occupation of the Rhineland by the troops of Julius Caesar, there was a period of intensive settlement and cultural change in this part of Western Europe.
The Roman Forum L. Noles, J.Jahnige, C. Pope and R. Thompson, VRoma ProjectThe Forum Romanum is an on-line resource project funded by the VRoma NEH grant aimed at creating an on-line community that collects and makes available materials related to the Roman history and classics. This web site contains a clickable map and text links that will carry visitors to information about major structures of the Roman Forum. Each page contains a description of the structure, its function and an image. Links to related stories, more images and maps, textbook connections, literary references, famous characters, and relevant web sites are included.
Caen Model of Rome University of Caen, FranceThe scale model of Rome is a plaster model of about 70 square metres representing 3/5 of the city as it was when Constantine was its Emperor, at the beginning of the fourth century. Its creator, architect Paul Bigot was awarded the Grand Prize of Rome in 1900 and he devoted most of his life to this reconstruction of Rome. The model was donated to the University of Caen in 1995. After its restoration, the model was put on display and is now available on the Internet.
Virtual Walking Tour of Ancient Rome Ancient Sites Online Virtual Reality GamesHosted by a virtual reality online community entitled SPQR, this site offers visitors a chance to follow a tour of ancient Rome with computer-generated graphics from their site. (Note: The graphics are large and may be a bit slow to download.) Visitors to their site will also find the Encyclopaedia Romana, an illustrated encyclopaedia on the history and culture of ancient Rome
Pompeii Dry cleaning, fast food and the mechanics of Roman plumbing. Everything you ever wanted to know to survive in the early Roman Republic. With over 150 entries, the Pompeii Yellow Pages combines the discoveries of Pompeii with descriptions in ancient literature to provide a comprehensive guide to the everyday life in the Roman city of Pompeii.
Pompeii Online Harcourt Brace Social Studies UnitsExcerpt: What happened to Pompeii preserved a treasury of information about life in the ancient Roman Empire. You can begin your exploration of the mystery of Pompeii and the life of people in the Roman Empire by clicking on the map. You can choose any place to start, but Vesuvius might make the best beginning. (Note: Requires Quicktime Plug-in to visit some of the exhibitions.)
The Ancient City of Pompeii: Portland State UniversityA university project from the Department of History at Portland State University. It is part of a larger site which seeks to provide online information about ancient Greece and Rome for middle school students. Topics include: Outline, Pompeiian history , the buried city, the Pompeiian excavation, a short walk around Pompeii today, maps, a timeline and links to many external web resources.
Pompei Forum ProjectThe Pompeii Forum Project is a collaborative venture of university researchers that focuses on the urban center of Pompeii. There are three components to the project: documentation of standing remains; archaeological analysis; and urban study that seeks to interpret the developments at Pompeii in the broader context of urban history.
Roman Culture Here visitors will find a series of web pages on Roman history and culture created for a course on Ancient Rome in Film Fiction, and Fact. To make the pages more useful to others, the author has set up this list of topics with links to her web pages, many of which contain a number of sub-pages on specific aspects of the topic.
Roman Ball Games and Roman Board GamesThe Romans enjoyed a variety of ball games (handball, soccer, field hockey, catch etc.) and board games (knucklebones, dice, chess, checkers. Tic-Tac-Toe backgammon etc.) These pages provide descriptions and images of several of these games.
A Taste of the Ancient WorldA virtual exhibit about Greco-Roman eating and drinking, farming and serving presented by undergraduates in Classical Civilization 452 Food in the Ancient World at the University of Michigan. Part of the Kelsey Museum of Archeology's Exhibitions and Online Galleries.
Medicine Through Time : Prehistory & the Ancient WorldThis comprehensive site, produced by the BBC for their education web, examines the practice of medicine from the ancient world to modern times. Five historical periods are each divided into five different topics: disease & its treatment, anatomy & surgery, hospitals & training, public health, and alternatives to medicine. Specific to the ancient world there is information on: Egyptian, Greek, Indian and Chinese Medicine, the four humors, gods and spirits, Roman baths, aqueducts and hospitals etc.
The Horse in the Roman Empire International Museum of the Horse, KYScroll down this page and read about the Circus Maximus and Roman roads.
The History of Plumbing Pompeii & Herculaneum Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine, July 1989Two articles, reprinted from a July 1989 print publication, describe what archeologists know about plumbing improvements made by the ancient Romans.
Slavery in the Roman Empire Numbers and Origins John Madden, University College Dublin, IrelandAccording to this author, the Romans had more slaves and depended more on them than any other people in the ancient Mediterranean countries. Where did they get their slaves? How many slaves could be found in ancient Rome at a given time? This scholarly paper is a version of part of a lecture given at the Annual Summer School of the Classical Association of Ireland in Galway, August 1994.
Development of the Roman AlphabetCreated by a linguist in Berkeley, California, this diagram shows the history of the development of the Roman Alphabet, the result of nearly 4000 years of transformation. There is also a link to a Language Map of Ancient Italy showing the diversity of languages spoken in Italy prior to the Roman Conquest.
Maps of Ancient Rome Hosted by Arcadia College's Department of Classics, this is a mirror site of Tony Belmonte's historical atlas of ancient Rome offering maps from several periods ranging from the Etruscans in 600 B.C.E. to the collapse of the empire in the 5th century A.D.
Map of the Ancient Roman EmpireA clickable map of the Roman Empire by province By clicking within the borders of a certain province on the map, you can link to related resources on the Web. The site is produced by the Dalton School in New York. There is a similar map of Trade Routes and Great Empires of the First Century A. D.
Historic Atlas and Cultural Image Library of EuropeA collection of maps from Ancient History including Roman World : Urbanization the the 2nd Century, The Origins of Emperors, and The Second Punic War. There are a host of other maps, but many require a separate Shockwave plug-in.
Maps of the Roman Empire in the First Century C.E.Part of the Century One Bookstore site, this page offers maps of the Roman World during the reigns of Augustus Caesar (8 C.E), Claudius (47 C.E), at the end of the reign of Trajan (117 C.E)