Roman Civilization

Perseus Digital Library Be sure to check out the 'Exhibits' at the bottom of the page: just click on 'Hercules' or 'Ancient Olympics' to have a illustrated tour of the topic.

Roman Entertainment.

Forum Romanum This site covers many aspects of the ancient classical world, including language study, virtual tours of Rome, Roman history/life/culture, and many other interesting glimpses of life in the ancient world.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/oldindex.htm The 'Classics Page' has online quizzes on works of classical literature, links to other websites, games, and more.

Mythology and History Information Website

Pictures from/about the Ancient World

http://www.classicsboy.50megs.com/ This is a huge archive of classical images.

http://www.freestockphotos.com/Rome.html huge archive of pictures from Rome

http://www.cvrlab.org/ Virtual reality tours of such places as the Colosseum & the Roman Forum.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/ archive of pictures of the classical world

http://www.animationlibrary.com/a-l/ All sorts of animation/pictures for power point presentations.

http://www.txclassics.org/newteacher.htm#designingweb This site contains thousands of classical images for use in power points and on websites.

http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics/ more images of the ancient world

http://www.beloit.edu/~classics/Trojan%20War%20Site/Web%20Site/Home_Trojan_War_Art_Museum.htm contains both ancient and Renaissance images dealing with the Trojan War

http://www.temple.edu/classics/troyimages.html contains only ancient images dealing with the Trojan War

http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=History//Ancient_Civilizations/Ancient_Rome contains images and clip art on ancient Rome.

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrome.html#Roman images from archaeological remains from ancient Rome

http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Images.html tons of images on the classical world organized by mythological names - just scroll down.

http://www.stoa.org/athens/index.html photo archive of archaeological remains in Athens

http://www.historywiz.com/anc-rome.htm this site contains brief descriptions + paintings/statues of various topics, including the Aeneid, the Roman kings, Archimedes, and more

History and Culture

http://www.roman-empire.net/ This is an awesome website on the history and culture of Rome. It contains timelines, brief historical summaries, pictures, maps, online quizzes, and more!

http://media.dsc.discovery.com/convergence/colosseum/colosseum.html take a virtual tour of the Colosseum and watch a gladiatorial combat!

http://www.funtrivia.com/dir/3957.html select from 39 different online trivia quizzes on Roman history and culture, and then check your answers to see how you scored.

http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/ludi.htm a bunch of online quizzes on a variety of classical topics.

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romanpages.html dozens of Roman historical and cultural topics are summarized.

http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romel/html/index.html contains nice summaries of cultural topics like Roman entertainment, slavery, religion, etc.

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house_sources.html This site contains some great pictures of different parts of ancient Roman houses. It includes images of the architecture of a Roman house, its basic layout, wall paintings which decorate the rooms, and mosaics which decorate the floors.

http://www.latinteach.com/latingames.html scroll down and choose from a wide assortment of Latin games on vocabulary, culture, history, mythology, etc.

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/romans_worksheets.shtml worksheets/materials on a variety of Roman historical and cultural topics

http://www.yaggyslatin.com/thelaterepublic.html covers the main characters of the Late Republic, with brief summaries of events + a 'soap opera' to make the events come to life!

http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/1_Italy.html contains good summaries on the Roman forum and other ancient sites in Italy.

http://www.roman-britain.org/roman_tribes.htm contains the names & origins of the 35 voting tribes of ancient Rome

http://www.abney.homestead.com/aeneid.html great website for AP Vergil with drills on vocabulary, scansion, verb/noun forms, figures of speech, and more

Online Maps

http://www.unc.edu/awmc/content/html4/mapsforstudents.html

http://www.tarleton.edu/~cguthrie/blankrome.html This is a blank map of the Roman Empire

http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMap.html clickable map of the Roman Empire

http://lilt.ilstu.edu/drjclassics2/Files/romangeneral.shtm#maps has links to online maps and the purchase of maps of the ancient world

Coins

http://www.bitsofhistory.com/ace/ This is the official site of the 'Ancient Coins for Education'.

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html A huge site with information about Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins.

Other Stuff

http://www.krescendo.com/gladiatorlatin/script/latine/gladiator.html hey, do you like the movie Gladiator? then you should love this website, which has the entire script translated into - you guessed it - Latin!

http://www.laukart.de/multisite/songbook/latin.php contains a bunch of Latin songs - print them off and sing with your friends and family!

http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/pompei/eespo.html This is an online version of a travelling art exhibit on the science & technology of the ancient Romans. Learn about war machines, the Archimedean screw, and more.

http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_q_alpha_index.htm contains quotes from classical antiquity, in both English and Latin/Greek, with the author and the context.

http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/mores/law/legalsystem.htm explains the basics of Roman law and the procedures during trial

http://www.larp.com/legioxx/index.html this site is about the group which brings Ancient Rome to life. Scroll down and find out about different aspects of the Roman army, history, culture. It also contains directions on how to make your own sandals, clothes, and armor.

http://atrium-media.com/ contains facts on the Greeks and Romans, as well as discussions of historical/cultural topics in 'Golden Threads'