ROMAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CIVILIZATION

Roman-style arches in Classical Revival bridge
Richmond, Tasmania, Australia 1823 C.E.
©Kristin Lord 1996

LINKS TO SELECTED WEBSITES OF INTEREST

Metasites and General Information:

• A cook's tour of many architectural sites around the world, including a number from Rome, courtesy of Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University
•     Images of Greece and Rome by Leo Curran of the University of Buffalo (Maecenas site)
•     Bill Thayer's comprehensive insight into Rome via Lacus Curtius
• The University of Kentucky
• World Civilization Virtual Library
• Gnomon online; site maintained in German, French, and English
•     Web bibliography from Louisiana State University
•     Greek and Roman treasures from the Louvre in Paris
•     Searchable art and architecture index from Perseus at Tufts
•     Art and architecture by period from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• Internet art history resources by L.C.E. Witcombe, Sweet Briar College
• Diotima meta-site on women in antiquity
• Classics and the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean World: University of Toronto metasite
• links from Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents, University of Oxford: papyrology, ephigraphy, manuscripts
•     Maps of the Roman Empire from Dalton School and of Greek and Roman anquity in general from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
•     Metasite of Latin  literature on the Internet
•     General information on Roman culture and civilization from forumromanum.org

Rome and Italy (primarily art and architecture):

• L.C.E. Whitcombe’s links to Etruscan civilization.
•     Pictures of the Roman Forum, with links to more
•     Plan of the Forum Augustum and Temple of Mars Ultor
•     Official Roman Forum site from the City of Rome, with reconstructions (e.g., Temple of Mars Ultor)
• Ancient Theatre Archive from Thomas G. Hines, Whitman College
•     Information on the reconstruction of the Theatre of Pompey, including University of Warwick
•     Site from Bluffton College on the Theatre of Marcellus
•     Temple of Apollo Sosianus, an Augustan reconstruction
•     A virtual tour from the Maecenas site at the University of Buffalo on the Ara Pacis Augustae
•     Site about Hadrian's reconstruction of the Pantheon, and information on Agrippa's original
• Mausoleum of Augustus (Bluffton College site)
•     Augustan buildings from a course at Indiana University
• Arch of Titus information from Bluffton College
•     Pompeii and Herculaneum: site from John Hauser, and computer reconstructions of frescoes
• Ostia Antica site on Ostia, the port of Rome
•     Photos of Nero's Domus Aurea (Golden House) from the University of Erlangen (citations in German)
• Trajan's Column and Forum from McMaster University
•      Italian site on Trajan's Market , and a site from Alan Petersen with the market and other buildings
•     Site from Indiana University showing Neronian and Flavian buildings, including exterior and interior views of the Colosseum, Domitian's Palace on the Palatine,  and other buildings
•     ALFANET site on Hadrian's villa at Tivoli

Provinces:

• Roman Egypt: information from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coins of Roman Egypt site, and the Kelsey Museum at the University of Michigan (material on Karanis)
•     Information on Roman Britain from the British Museum
• Hadrian's Wall site from the Trust dedicated to its preservation: mostly tourist information, but some archaeological links
• Hadrian's Wall from the BBC (more archaeology)
•     Carthage and other locations in Tunisia by Melissa Enderle
•     Images of Ephesus from Perseus and theatre of Ephesus from Whitman College
•     Sculpture from Ephesus from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna

Miscellaneous art and architecture:

• 190 web links on Roman aqueducts from Lacus Curtius
•      Roman houses and related information
•      Roman engineering and house construction from the late Republic by Judith Geary
•      The four styles of Roman wall painting
•      Wall paintings and mosaics from the late Republic and early Empire, illustrating Petronius
•      Roman mosaics from Britain, Tunisia, and the Piazza Armerina in Italy
•      Coin of T. Quinctius Flamininus, struck in Greece in 196 B.C.E.

History and Historical Figures:

• On-line guide to Caesar Augustus, containing many valuable resources
•     Information on the death of Claudius from the seventh annual clinicopathologic conference
•     Roman history timeline of Augustus and Julio-Claudian emperors
• list of Roman consuls by Christopher Mackay, University of Alberta

Latin literature and philosophy:

•     Text of Terence's Adelphi (Adelphoe) in English translation from Perseus
•     The Cicero Home Page from Andrew Riggsby of the University of Texas at Austin
• The Virgil Home Page from Georgia Perimeter College
•     Images from early Vergil manuscripts from a University of Pennsylvania site
•     Images from the probable location of Horace's villa
•     The Meditiations of Marcus Aurelius and related information from the Internet Enclyclopedia of Philosophy
•     The Stanford Enclcylopedia of Philosophy contains relatively brief, but thorough introductions to a huge range of philosophical topics by leaders in their subjects, including articles on Stoicism by Dirk Baltzly and the Epicurean poet Lucretius by David Sedley

Roman Religion:

• Information on the cult of Mithras, with photographs of an excavated site in Britain
•     Statuette of Isis (with information) from Minneapolis Institute of Art
•     Information and images of Cybele/Magna Mater from Perseus
•     Photo of a Lararium in the house of the Vetii in Pompeii
•     Temple of Vesta (photos from Bluffton College)
•     Temple of Saturn (via the Sibelius Institute in Helsinki)
•     Coins of Janus and information about him
•     Plan and information on temple of Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger)
•     Background information on women in Roman religion from the University of Lampeter

Life and customs:

• Ancient medicine site from the University of Virginia: see especially the information on Galen, the role of the doctor in Roman society, and ancient gynecology.
•     Roman clothing from Barbara McManus of the College of New Rochelle
• Food in antiquity links from John Porter at the University of Saskatchewan
• Silphium (a Roman spice, harvested to extinction); site from the University of Graz
• Roman law page from Ernest Metzger at the University of Aberdeen
•     Roman technology site from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
•     Roman coinage sites from www.wildwinds.com (commercial site) and Austin College
•     Material on coins from the Republican period
•     Roman ball games from W.J. Kowalski of Pennsylvania State University
•     Roman army site from VRoma by Barbara McManus
• Catapult article by Werner Soedel and Vernard Foley from Scientific American, 1979

Classical tradition (just a taste):

•     The Book of Kells at Trinity College, Dublin
• Baroque sculpture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini  from Roman mythology
•     L.C.E. Whitcombe’s site has links to classicizing art of all periods
•     Information on Wilfred Owen, British poet of World War I

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page last revised June 26, 2006, partially checked January 4, 2008