Lacus
Curtius: Into the Roman World. Includes a Roman Gazeteer, list of
1700 RomanSites, texts, atlas, Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Antiquities, and selections from Platner's Topography of Ancient
Rome.
Perseus Project, an evolving
digital library on ancient Greece and Rome. Images, texts, maps, essays,
on-line Greek-English and Latin-English lexicons, plus much more. Great
site for students of Greek and Roman art, archaeology, history, literature,
and language.
The Rome Project.
A vast collection of resources about the Roman world, including archaeology,
literature, military, politics, philosophy, religion, theater, and maps
of Rome.
Rome: Republic
to Empire, essays and images on the Roman house, leisure and entertainment,
gladiatorial games, the Roman army, and more.
VRoma MOO. Travel through
virtual Rome on-line! Log-on as guest, leave password blank, and click
Connect.
The Goddess Italia
and images of prosperity, Altar of Peace,
Rome
Plan
de Rome features images of a plaster model of Rome and virtual reconstructions
of various buildings (University of Caen)
Riley Collection of Roman
Portraits features portraits of emperors and senators, as well as
men, women and children during the height of the Roman empire: images,
descriptions, family trees, additional links and more (Cedar Rapids
Museum of Art).
Vedute
di Roma: beautiful photographs, plus 18th and 19th century drawings
and engravings.
Excavations, Projects, and Specific Sites
Capitolium.org,
official website of the Roman imperial forums, contains a brief history
of Rome, a description of the Forums area, life in antique Rome
Great Buildings On-Line:
Brief descriptions of major architectural achievements throughout the
world. Click on Search and search by name of the city you are interested
in.
Horace's
Villa. A fantastic site that includes photographs, axonometric drawings,
QuickTime movies of Horace's Villa in Licenza, plus descriptions of
new excavations at the site sponsored by the American Academy in Rome
and the Archaeological Superintendency for Lazio of the Italian Ministry
of Culture.
Imperial Fora
Virtual Tour. Tour the fora built by Caesar, Augustus, Trajan, and
others (Capitolium.org)
Pompeian Households: An On-Line Companion includes detailed documentary information on 30 Pompeian houses and their contents, consisting of 865 rooms and more than 16,000 artifacts.
Roman Bath,
a companion Web site to the NOVA program "Roman Bath," scheduled for
broadcast on February 22, 2000. In the film, an international crew of
archeologists, engineers, and historians designs, builds, and tests
a functioning Roman bath!
San
Clemente. A journey through time in one location: strata include
the city mansion of Titus Flavius Clemens, Mystery cult of the Persian
god Mithra, and three successive churches of San Clemente.
Trajan's Column contains several excellent essays
The Emperor Trajan and his Forum, Experiencing Trajan's Column, and Carving Trajan's Column, a database of 500+ images of the column, and a link to the 1998-2000 excavations. (Stoa.org)
Stambaugh,
John. The Ancient Roman City. A history of the ancient city of Rome,
plus chapters on housing, Roman holidays, commerce, society, and Roman
government, and more.
Amphitheater, Pompeii
Photo credits: View of the Arch of Titus through the
Arch of Septimius Severus, from the Capitoline Hill, courtesy of the Forum
Group, VRoma Project
Relief sculpture of Italia/Tellus, Ara Pacis Augustae
(13-9 BCE), courtesy of AICT, VRoma Project
exterior view of the amphitheater at Pompeii (ca. 80
BCE), courtesy of AICT, VRoma Project
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