Rome Resources

Books

Amery, Heather and Vanags, Patricia. Rome & Romans. Usborne Publishing. 1976 revised 1997.

Guittard, Charles and Martin, Annie-Claude. The Romans Life in the Empire. The Millbrook Press. 1991.

Raphael, Elaine & Bolognese, Don. Drawing History: Ancient Rome. Scholastic. 1990.

Shepherd, Mike. Thematic Unit Ancient Rome. Teacher Created Materials., Inc. 1995.

Wingate, Philippa. Usborne Hotshots The Romans. Usborne Publishing. 1990, 1993, 1995.

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Websites

Bishop, Darlene and Eggers, Diana. Ancient Rome. http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/rome/Rome.html. 1995 - 2001.

Cummings, Ernie. Cummings and Lucas. http://www.ernie.cummings.net/default.html . 2000.

Donn, Lin and Don. Daily Life in Ancient Rome. http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Romelife.html. July 2001.

Hartcort School Publishers. Pompeii:   Unraveling Ancient Mysteries. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/index.html

History of Kids Ancient Rome.  http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/index.htm.

KET. Roman Life. http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/index.htm. 1996 - 2001.

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University. Odyssey Online: Rome. http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/ROME/homepg.html. 2001.

Roman-Britain.org. http://www.roman-britain.org/calendar.htm.03/10/2002.

"Roman Mythology," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2001 Microsoft Corporation.

Roman Mythology Today. http://romanmyth.com/. 1999.

Tam, Julian. A Brief History of Ancient Rome. http://www.cgocable.net/~jstam/History_of_Rome.html. October 21, 2000.

Untangle Incorporated. Roman Gods and Associates. http://www3.sympatico.ca/untangle/roman.html. © 1995-2001.

Warner, Mark. Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers. http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/index.shtml 2002.

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Photos and Clipart

Curran, Leo. Maecenas: Images of Anceint Greece and Rome.  http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/general_contents.html . 1997.
Permission e-mail

Photos used:

  • Arch of Constantine
  • Arch of Dolabella
  • Arch of Janus
  • Arch of Septimius Severus
  • Arch of Titus
  • Aurelian Wall
  • Baths of Caracalla
  • Baths of Diocletian
  • Castel Sant' Angelo
  • Circus Maximus
  • The Colosseum
  • Column and Forum of Trajan
  • Forum of Augustus
  • Hadrian's Wall at Walltown Crags
  • Pompeii. House of the Tragic Poet. "Cave Canem" mosaic
  • Pompeii. House of the Faun. Atrium (foreground)
  • Pompeii. House of the Fontana Piccola. Painting to R. of fountain
  • Pompeii. House of the Amorini Dorati. Peristyle
  • Pompeii. Amphitheater
  • Pompeii. Forum Baths
  • Pompeii. Gladiatorial Barracks
  • Pompeii. House of Amorini Dorati
  • Pompeii. Street
  • Pompeii. Theater and Gladiator Barracks
  • Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries
  • Temple of Romulus
  • Theater of Marcellus
  • Pantheon (front and interior)
  • Pza. Bocca della Verità, with temples of Vesta (or Hercules Victor) and Fortuna Virilis (or Portunus)
  • The Forum Romanum

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Webview Livescope. http://www.capitolium.org/eng/virtuale/webview.htm. 2001. Images taken are free from rights. (Note: This is a really cool site where you can control the live action camera angle, light and voom.)

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Classroom Clipart.  http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imagefolio.cgi?direct=History.   July 2001.
Permission given on site.

Images used:

  • Soldier
  • Romulus and Remus
  • Julius Caesar
  • Family
  • Meal
  • Writing Materials

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Forum Romanum http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/images/. August 2001.
Permission given on site.

Images used:

  • Roman Gods
  • Romulus and Remus
  • Pyrrhus
  • Hannibal
  • General Hadrian
  • Caligula
  • Pompey
  • Cleopatra Coin
  • Diocletian


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Graham, Jo. Jo's World. http://64.38.119.228/index.htm    February 2002.
Permission given on site.

Images used:

  • Caesar and Brutus

  • Building

  • Soldiers

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Javascript and Applets

Hobbs, Edward R. Compvter Romanvs (Roman Numeral Calculator).  http://members.aol.com/edhobbs/applets/roman/index.html.© MCMXCVII .
Permission given on page.

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Kosenko, Peter. Roman Numeral Converter. http://www.netwood.net/~kosenko/roman.html . 9/6/99
Permission given on page.

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Website Abstration. Website Abstraction. http://wsabstract.com/. 1998 - 2001.
Permission given on site.

Scripts Used:

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Caoxuan, Kien. Flip and Match. http://www.caoxuan.com/zip4free/request.html . 2002.

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White, Steve. Mr. Potato and Friends. http://svwhite.com/games/ .2002.

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