Ancient Rome
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Women Slaves Soldiers Writers |
Disasters Economy |
Ancient Rome|
Food Clothing Leisure |
Water and sanitation Houses and buildings Medicine Calendar |
Women Slaves Soldiers Writers |
Disasters Economy |
General
Rome
Project - excellent site on the Roman world, covering literature, military,
political, philosophy, drama, religion, maps etc
NM's
Creative Impulse - attractive and helpful pages
Mr
Donn's Ancient History Page - a very rich and interesting site with
clip art, activities and many interesting links
Daily life
General
Culture
of Roma - family, education, clothes, house, food, games.
Daily
Life - family, entertainment, education and economics, body and care.
Romans
at Work and at Play
A
Normal Day in Rome
Daily
Life in Ancient Rome - a great site, covering baths, entertainment,
food, family, clothing, hairstyles, houses, weddings, toys and games -
and more
Roman
Life - all facets of life with images
Roma:
Culture - very short articles on family, house, education, food, games
etc
Roman
Life Expectancy - a lot of statistical data
Ancient
Weddings - wedding ceremonies in ancient Greece and Rome
The
Roman Virtues - a list and definition of the qualities of life to which
every citizen should aspire. They are the heart of the Via Romana-- the
Roman Way- and are thought to be those qualities which gave the Roman Republic
the moral strength to conquer and civilize the world
Food
Roman
Orgy - browse for recipes and information about food and cooking
Roman
Cuisine - plenty of information on food generally eaten, food presevation
etc
Favourite
Apician Recipes - everything from a stuffed dormouse to yummy ways
to present vegetables
Ancient
Roman Dishes - try a roman hamburger, water and honey melons, souffle
of small fishes, chicken with liquid (wine) filling, fried veal, rolls,
shrimp
Antique
Roman Dishes - cooking the ancient Roman way with recipes!
A
Taste of the Ancient World - outstanding images and info on all facets
of food and food production and storage
Roman
Cookery Page
Clothing
Roman
Clothing, Part I
Roman
Clothing, Part II (Women's Clothing)
Glossary
of Roman Clothing
Ancient
Roman Costume
Costume
of the Ancients - a one page discription of Roman dress
Diotima:
Roman Clothing - examples of Roman dress
Games - Leisure - Entertainment
Roman
Board Games - the Romans played many board games, including Knucklebones
(Tali & Tropa), Dice (Tesserae), Roman Chess (Latrunculi), Roman Checkers
(Calculi), The Game of Twelve Lines (Duodecim Scripta), The Game of Lucky
Sixes (Felix Sex), Tic-Tac-Toe (Terni Lapilli), Roman Backgammon (Tabula),
Egyptian Backgammon (Senet), and others
Roman
Ball Games - includes handball, soccer, field hockey, dodge ball and
how to play them
Entertainment
- very informative site info on the games, gladiators, drama and music
Romans
at Work and Play - a wonderful overview of daily life
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Science and technology
Ancient
Roman Technology - everything from hog farming to civil engineering.
Topics include food, clothing, shelter, arts and crafts, mines and iron,
quarries and stoneworking, transport, construction and civil engineering,
towns and cities, health facilities and special technologies such as war,
medicine, science and gadgets
Water and sanitation
Roman
Baths and Bathing - bathing was an important communal leisure activity
for the Romans
Ancient
Baths Resource Site
The
Roman Baths - several links and images
Mediterranean
Baths: Early Greek and Roman Baths
Sanitation
Engineering
History
of Plumbing: Roman and English Legacy - the mechanics
of building the baths, the personal grooming habits of early people and
a few interesting facts about entertainment Same site plumbing at Pompeii
and Herculaneum
Houses and Buildings
The
Roman Domus - sample plan of a 'domus'
Lady
Livia's Alcove - reconstruction of a typical luxury villa
Colosseum
and Forum Virtual Walkthrough
Hechingen-Stein
Roman Open-Air Museum - Roman villa with a tour of site.
Medicine
Antiqua
Medicina: Gynecology - covers birth control, caesarean section, hysteria
and the wandering womb
Antiqua
Medicina: Women In Medicine
Childbirth
and Midwifery in Ancient Rome
Contraception
and Abortion in the Ancient World
The
Doctor in Roman Society
Etruscan
and Roman Medicine
Roman
Medical Instruments - fascinating exhibit of original instruments eg
bone lever, bone forceps, bloodletting cupping vessels and other nasties.
Miscellaneous
Catapults
in Greek and Roman Antiquity
The
Soap Factory - read the history of soap at least up through Roman and
Celtic (and how each claim to have invented soap) and learn about clean
living in the ancient cultures from this commercial site
History
of Soap and Soapmaking - the Romans and their goat tallow and
wood ash contribution
The
Roman roads in the Mediterranean region and Europe
The
Riddle of Ancient Roman Concrete by David Moore, PE
Ancient
Metallurgy Research Group - many aspects of ancient metal production
and use, from the origins of copper extraction and smelting, to iron working
technologies and later historic mining and metallurgy. Covers a wide range
of materials from finished artefacts to ores, refractories and furnace
materials, slags and residues
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Religion and mythology
Christian
Catacombs of Rome - background, history, map, importance, pictures.
The
Roman Gods and Godesses - brief overview of ten major gods and
the Muses of Rome
Classical
Mythology Online
Encyclopedia Mythica: Roman
mythology
Dictionary
of Mythology
Religio
Romana
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People
Caligula
of Rome, a Crazy Caesar
Rome
Project: Political Resources - consuls, censors, emperors, the constitution,
law etc
Women
Conventus
Matronarum - interesting site on Roman women.
Romanae
Antiquae - a site of links to info on the lives of women in rome, including biographies, marriage and motherhood, Roman women and Roman
law, Medicine, women on Roman coins, women in Roman religion, what
the Roman lady wears, empresses, mistresses and prostitutes, and more
Slaves
Slave-Mistress
Relationships in Roman Society
Slavery
in the Roman Empire: Numbers and Origins - on slavery, exposure, children
Roman
Slavery - one long all text page about the number and origin of slaves.
Economic, political and social issues are discussed
Soldiers
Barbarization in the Late Roman Army
- soldiers whose origins are outside the Roman Empire (some say this caused the army to decline)
Hannibal
- A Short Bio
The
Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC
Roman
Army: Bibliography - resource of texts, books, articles on every aspect
of the Roman army.
Siege
of Syracuse (Polybius)
Warfare
in the Roman World
Writers
Not everyone will want to dip into these writers' works. However,
the poetry of Catullus has an appeal and is highly
recommended!
Ancient
Europe: Politics - selections from writings of 14 ancient political
philosophers, including Cato, Diocletian, Galerius, Isocrates, Plutarch,
Pliny the Younger. Listed by topics such as peace, mysteries, laws for
Christians, barbarism.
ILTweb:
Academic: Index "THE STUDY PLACE" - many of the ancient writers with
biographies of each and complete texts. Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Virgil.
Catullus
Page - Latin poetry for everyone!
Marcus
Cicero
Galen
Horace
Livy
Ovid
Pliny
the Elder - Various Quotations
Pliny
and Trajan on the Christians
Plutarch
Ptolemy's
Geography
Tacitus
Annals
of Tacitus
Histories
of Tacitus
Rome
Project: Drama Resources - plays of Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides,
Sophocles.
Virgil
Classics'
Page - Virgil | Latin
Poetry - Virgil's Aeneid | Virgil
Aeneid Book 2 | Vergil
Project | Vergil's
Home Page | Virgil |
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Miscellaneous
Economy
Good
Money, Bad Money, and Runaway Inflation - overview on the economy.
Roman
Coins of the Early Empire - coins tell us much about what was important
to the Romans, how they celebrated holidays and religious occasions, and
how the emperors wanted to be seen by their subjects
Rome:
Map of Trade Routes - excellent view of the extent and variety of trade.
Disasters
Pompeii
Forum Project
Many of these sites concentrate on history, on more 'obscure' and specialized topics, or they are more suitable for senior students. However, they will be of interest and relevance to the serious researcher!
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