Ancient Rome

Numbers are navigational aids only. Sites are ordered VERY roughly from easiest to most difficult readability.
  1. Voyage Back in Time: Ancient Greece & Rome by 3rd-5th grade sutudents from Virginia.
  2. The Roman Empire Designed by 4th year students at Coolmine Community School in Dublin, Ireland
  3. Roman Numerals CI (101) lots of info about Roman Numerals. Includes links to Flash Cards, games, and lessons.
  4. THE ROMAN TIMES Events in Roman history presented as Newspaper Stories by a Canadian Jr. High Student.
  5. Electronic Passport to Rome has a very brief history of Ancient Roma and links to other sites.
  6. Empires Past: Rome from a high school ThinkQuest site, "Empires Past".
  7. The Forum Romanum provides an opportunity to explore an ancient Roman marketplace. A ThinkQuest project by Dutch high school students.
  8. Daily Life in Ancient Rome includes lessons and links
  9. Hadrian's Wall This site explores the creation and uses of Emporer Hadrian's wall, built in England as a security device for the Roman Empire.
  10. Roman Ball Games examines the games played in Ancient Rome
  11. The BBC Roman History Homepage is aimed at upper elementary students (year 4-8). Includes a quiz!
  12. Ancient Rome text and photos
  13. Dead Romans includes a timeline and photos
  14. The Christian Catacombs of Rome (also in Italian, German, Polish, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese)
  15. Maecenas : Images of Ancient Greece and Rome A huge gallery of photographs of Greek and Roman architecture and sculpture. These images are free to use for non-commerical web pages, multimedia projects, reports, etc. (Just remember to credit the source.)
  16. Roman Art and Architecture from the Fine Arts Department at the University of Colorado
  17. Pompeii Forum Project from the University of Virginia
  18. The Ancient City of Corinth from the University of Pennsylvania.
  19. Rome from Emory University and Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester.
  20. Illustrated History of the Roman Empire This extensive site is primarily text and is divided into chapters by topic. Primarily text but does include interactive maps.

Pompeii &Vesuvius
  1. The Forum at Pompeii provides a clickable image map with links to pictures, drawings, and explanations of the sites.
  2. Pictures of History - Pompeii Photographs of Pompeii.
  3. Conjectual Map of Pompeii Is this what it looked like?
  4. Daily Life in Ancient Rome This site shows how the preservation of Pompeii gives glimpses into the daily life of Romans in the first century A.D.


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