Living in the Roman Empire
RESOURCES - WEB LINKS

STUDENT AND TEACHER RESOURCES

Plimoth Plantation Virtual Tour
This site provides an example of a living museum that may be used with Project: Creating A Roman Museum.
http://www.plimoth.org/Virtualtour/welcome.htm

Lepcis Magna: The Roman Empire in Africa
This informational site contains a time line of events of Lepcis Magna, one of the most significant Roman cities in Africa. It also contains a virtual museum and tour of the major sights in the city, as well as pictures of ancient ruins and items found by archaeologists.
http://www.alnpete.co.uk/lepcis/

Parthenon Graphics
Timeline of the Roman Empire
This site contains an illustrated time line of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
http://chaos1.hypermart.net/roman/tre.html

Ancient Rome
This site contains information and photos about Rome's beginnings, Colosseum, forums, Pantheon, walls, baths, Circus Maximus, theaters and more.
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/
soc_studies/rome/Rome.html

Mr.Dowling's Electronic Passport: Rome
This site contains lots of information about Rome such as Roman technology, Roman government, Latin, patricians and plebians. Also contains links to other sites about Rome.
http://www.mrdowling.com/702rome.html

Pictures of History: The Roman Empire
This site contains numerous pictures of Rome.
http://http://CS.Berkeley.EDU/~jhauser/
pictures/history/Rome/index.html

The William Penn Charter School, Sixth Grade
Ancient Civilizations Virtual Museum
This site provides an example of a virtual museum created by sixth grade children.
http://www.penncharter.com/Student/
index.html

Wallnet Hadrian's Wall Eduation Website
Hadrian's Wall
This site contains information about Hadrian's Wall and the Roman Empire. It also contains a tour for a museum of antiquities with information on Roman Gods.
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/wallnet/

Roman Culture: Gladiators
This site vividly describes the Gladiator games held at the Roman Colosseum.
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/
WebChron/Mediterranean/Gladiators.html

The Romans Page
This site contains lots of basic information on Rome and life in Rome including the Roman Empire, Roman Army, baths, clothes, politics, entertainment, emperors, theater and glass.
http://ireland.iol.ie/~coolmine/typ/romans/intro.html

Ancient Rome
This site, created by Tara Maginnis, provides information about Roman clothing.
http://www.costumes.org/pages/
timelinepages/ancientrome1.htm

Yahooligans! Directory
Roman Empire
This site links to a Yahooligans search engine feature that contains an ever-changing list of sites about the Roman Empire. Topics include mythology and religion, emperors and rulers, Roman numerals, calendar and much more.
http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/
Countries/Italy/History/Roman_Empire/

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