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Ancient Rome General Sites on Ancient Rome: Ancient Rome URL: http://www1.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DarleneBishop/rome/Rome.html This site is really nice. Includes information and pictures on: Rome's beginning, the Colosseum, Forum, Roman Walls, Roman baths, Circus Maximus, Roman Theatre, and Pompeii. Author: Darlene Bishop and Diana Eggers BBC: The Romans URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans Includes brief interesting pieces of information on the Roman Army, Families and Children, and Religion. Worth a look. Author: British Broadcasting Company Who Were the Romans? URL: http://www.brims.co.uk/romans Easy reading with not too many facts on the page. There is information on the gods, the army, food and farming, and clothes. If you have one of these topics, it might be worth checking out. Lots of images. Author: Al Brims Ancient Rome for Kids URL: http://rome.mrdonn.org Extensive collection of resources on ancient Rome. There are sections on Daily Life, Roman houses, meals, entertainment, holidays and festivals, Roman Emperors and lots. more Author: Don Donn   Forum Romanum URL: http://www.forumromanum.org/index2.html The site includes images and reference materials and includes other sections on Roman life and history, a virtual tour of Rome, and Latin language and literature. The section of most interest is the link to the private lives of the Romans. Topics covered include the family, the Roman name, marriage and the position of women, children and education, slaves, clients, the house and its furniture, clothing, food and meals, amusements, travel and correspondence, religion, funeral ceremonies and burial customs. Author: David Camden   History for Kids URL: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/index.htm Author: Karen Carr, Associate Professor of History, Portland State University Good general and easy to read information on: art, architecture, religion, food, science, government, people and games (with gladiators and circuses). Lots of pictures, too!   LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World URL: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html Of most use for this project is the Roman Gazetteer, a commented photo album of Roman towns and monuments Author: Bill Thayer.   Mr.Dowling.com URL: http://www.mrdowling.com/702rome.html This site has sections on Patricians and Plebeians, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Caesar Augustus, and more. Author: Mike Dowling The Illustrated Roman Empire URL: http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html This site has lots of information and pictures. Use the Search Engine to locate the needed information. Be sure to check out the kids' section. The link to it is in the middle of the home page of this site but here it is if you liked to go right to it. http://www.roman-empire.net/children/index.html Author: Franco Cavazzi VRoma Image Archive Search URL: http://www.vroma.org/images/image_search.html 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. Policy for Image Use: The images in the VRoma Archive are freely available for all non-commercial use on the web. Users may link to the images on the VRoma server or download them for use on their own server. It is not necessary to write for permission for non-commercial internet use, but we do ask that credit be given to the VRoma Project, preferably with a link to the VRoma Home Page (http://www.vroma.org/). Author: VRoma   Pick a Name for Your Ancient Roman Behind the Name URL: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/rom-anci.html Author: Mike Campbell   Nova Roma URL: http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/names.html Author: This site is a collaborative effort of individuals interested in ancient Rome. There is no one individual to credit. Arms and Armor: A Beginner's Guide to Roman Arms and Armour URL: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/archive/arma/welc/begin.htm A 'virtual book' that provides an illustrated introduction to the arms and armour of Roman soldiers. Author: TWM Archaeology Aqueduct: Construct an Aqueduct URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/aqueduct.html In "Construct an Aqueduct," you are hired as Chief Water Engineer by the Roman Emperor. Your job: to build an aqueduct that will supply the Roman city of Aqueductis with clean water to private homes, public baths and glorious fountains. Succeed, and citizens of Aqueductis will drink clean water and bathe happily.Fail, and there's no telling what your countrymen will do. Author: Nova Online Watering Ancient Rome URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/watering.html Interview with Peter Aicher is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Southern Maine and one of the Roman experts who assisted NOVA in the making of the documentary,"Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath." A must read for anyone researching Aqueducts. Author: Nova Online Baths: Nova Builds a Bath: URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/builds.html After 2,000 years, NOVA will build a Roman bath and try to uncover the secrets of the most technologically advanced building of the ancient world. Author: Nova Online Real Roman Recipes URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/recipes.html Roman baths were much more than public places to bathe. They also were social centers where friends, families, and business colleagues came to meet--and to eat. Author: Nova Online Kentucky Educational Television: Roman Baths URL: http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/mores/baths/history Author: Joan Jahnige VRoma: Roman Baths URL: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/baths.html Author: VROMA Secrets of Lost Empires URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/day.html A Day at the Baths Would you like to visit a Roman bath? Click on the numbers in the image at left to take a virtual stroll around one of the most magnificent baths ever built: The Baths of Caracalla. Author: Nova Online Food: A Collection Of Antique Roman Dishes URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/ant-rom-coll.html This site contains different recipes used in Roman cooking and baking. They have the necessary conversion charts to measure out the ingredients. This site may not necessarily be useful for Civ class itself, but if you want to learn how to cook like Marcus Aurelius, it would be an interesting site to visit. The site was authored by Micaela Pantke. Author: J. Voelker Real Roman Recipes URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/recipes.html Roman baths were much more than public places to bathe. They also were social centers where friends, families, and business colleagues came to meet--and to eat. Author: Nova Online Gladiator: Antiquities of Rome URL: http://www.mariamilani.com/colosseum/roman_gladiator_history.htm Lots of information. This site is written by an individual with a great interest in the subject.There is a disclaimer that states that the information is correct to the best of the knowledge of author. If you feel something is incorrect, please check the fact with another source and also tell your teacher and E-mail the author of the site. Author: Giovanni Milani-Santarpi Arena: Gladiatorial Games URL: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/arena.html This page thoroughly describes the arenas and colosseums where the games were held, the types of gladiators there were, the training of the gladiators, and gives an example of a day at the Arena. Author: Barbara F. McManus, College of New Rochelle BBC History: Gladiators: Heroes of the Roman Amphitheatre URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/gladiators_01.shtml Author: Kathleen Coleman Classics Technology Center URL: http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/gladiator2.html Looks like a very thorough site on gladiators. Definitely check this out. Author: AbleOne Education Network UNRV Roman History: Roman Gladiator URL: http://www.unrv.com/culture/gladiator.php Author: UNRV.com VRoma: Gladiatorial Games URL: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/arena.html Author: Barbara McManus   Government, History and Famous Romans: EAWC Chronology: Rome URL: http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/ropage.htm This web page gives a chronological history of Rome. It starts in 2000-1000 BCE when Indo-European immigrants slowly inhabit Italy by way of the Alps. They bring the horse, the wheeled cart, and artistic knowledge of bronze work to the Italian peninsula. It then concludes in 568 AD when the Lombards, a Germanic tribe, invade Italy and assume control over a large part of the territory, not being strong enough to conquer the whole Italian peninsula. Italy is then fragmented into three regions of rule claimed by the Lombards, the Eastern Roman Empire and the papal sects. Author: Christopher Gorman Maps: Map of the Ancient Roman Empire URL: http://www.dalton.org/groups/Rome/RMap.html A 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. There is a similar map of Trade Routes and Great Empires of the First Century A. D. Author: The Dalton School, New York Medicine: UNVR History (United Nations of Roma Victrix) URL: http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-medicine.php Caution: The author is simply an individual with an interest in the topic. If you feel something is incorrect, please check the fact with another source and also tell your teacher and E-mail the author of the site. Author: UNVR.com KET Distance Learning URL:http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mores/medicine/index.htm Brief history of Roman medicine, doctors, surgery, medication, and diseases. Author: J. Walsh Medicine and Surgery inn Ancient Rome - Crystalinks URL: http://www.crystalinks.com/romemedicine.html There is a lot of information on ancient Rome here. However, the author is simply an individual with an interest in the topic. If you feel something is incorrect, please check the fact with another source and also tell your teacher and E-mail the author of the site. Author: Ellie Crystal Mythology Encyclopedia Mythica's Image Gallery URL: http://www.pantheon.org/areas/gallery Included at this site is an image library of gods and goddess from the Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Mayan, Roman and other civilizations. 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. Author: Encyclopedia Mythica Pompeii: Pompeii: Unraveling Ancient Mysteries http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/index.html Takes you on a virtual tour of Pompeii. Author: Harcourt School Publishers The Destruction of Pompeii URL: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pompeii.htm A nice one page description with a few images. Author: Eyewitness To History The History of Plumbing Pompeii & Herculaneum URL: http://www.theplumber.com/pom.html Two articles, reprinted from a July 1989 print publication, describe what archeologists know about plumbing improvements made by the ancient Romans. Also, good for research on the Roman Baths. Author: Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine, July, 1989 Pompeii: The Death of a City http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/pompeii Tells the story of the destruction of Pompeii and has links with images to accompany it. Check it out. Author: Awesome Stories Internet Productions, Inc.   Pompeii: The Last Day http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/history/history.html Author: The Discovery Channel Slavery: BBC: Resisting Slavery in Ancient Rome URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/slavery_01.shtml Author: BBC Slavery in Ancient Rome URL: http://www.dl.ket.org/latinlit/mores/slaves/index.htm Author: Kentucky Educational Television Trade: Trade Links Across the World URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/13406   Tradelinks Across the World website presents an in-depth look into four of the world's international trade routes: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the Trans-Saharan Trade, the Silk Road, and the Roman Roads system. These routes serve as windows on the civilizations they connected. By studying trading systems, one can understand a civilization's customs, how people lived and their major concerns. Author: Thinkquest Team 13406