Self Educated History: The Romans

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thelibraryofcontext:

Introduction to the Roman Empire
Source: Sophia.org
Info: ‘40 Slide Powerpoint covering the founding of the empire and several key emperors’.

BBC History: Ancient Romans
Source: BBC.co.uk
Info: Covers many sections, including the empire, belief systems, daily life, and major events.

The Roman Empire in The First Century
Source: PBS.org
Info: Includes a timeline, virtual library of quotes and information, family tree of the Roman emperors, an Emperor Game, and a resources page for further study.

A History of Ancient Rome
Source: History Learning Site
Info: Covers a wide range of topics, including Romulus and Remus, the Army, slaves, medicine, entertainment, roads, the Romans in Britain, emperors, engineering, major battles and accomplishments etc.

Ancient Rome
Source: History.com
Info: Articles and videos related to a range of Roman history topics.

British Museum Collection Online: Ancient Rome 
Source: British Museum
Info: Gallery of artifacts at the British Museum related to Ancient Rome.

Ancient Rome
Source: Crysta Links
Info: Covers a wide range of topics including architecture, art, calenders, the empire, religion, daily life, fashion, government and the law etc.

Tour through Ancient Rome
Source: Khan Academy
Info: Video showing a virtual tour of Roman cities and architecture.

Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
Source:  roman-empire.net
Info: Features many pages outling the founding, republic, empire, decline and collapse, society etc.

The Romans
Source: the-romans.co.uk
Info: ‘The Classics Page from an enthusiast with a degree in Classics from Cambridge University has over 1000 pages of news, information, games and controversy about the life, literature, art and archaeology of the ancient world of Greece & Rome.’

Forum Romanum
Source: forumromanum.org
Info: ‘Forum Romanum is maintained by David Camden, a Ph.D. candidate in Classics at Harvard University, who has put together an award-winning site on Ancient Rome that includes a virtual tour, a dictionary of Mythology, a Picture Index, and much information on History, Life, Language, and Literature’.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome
Source: Fordham University
Info: Covers many topics including the empire, wars, foundations, economics, daily life, society etc.

(See ’Best of History Sites’ for more related sites, otherwise this post is going to become very,very long!)

Documentaries and Videos:

• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
  BBC documentary sourced via topdocumentaryfilms
• The Treasures of Ancient Rome : Episode One, Episode Two, Episode Three
  BBC documentary focusing on the art of the period
• Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome
  Discovery Channel documentary, title explains it all
  
• A glimpse of teenage life in Ancient Rome
  TEDEducation video and related quiz
  
• The History of Rome in 179 Podcasts
  Not a video but still a good resource according to the reviews

I’ll update this as and when I find more resources so check back or feel free to add more sources 🙂

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