World History Compass



Home Page
New Links

About WHC
Support WHC

Main Index
General and
International History

Ancient Egypt
Ancient, General
Ancient Greece
Ancient Near East
Ancient Rome

Africa
Asia
Australia
Canada
Caribbean
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
New Zealand
Oceania
Persia/Iran
Turkey
United States

Aviation
Computers
Mathematics
Medicine
Military
Naval & Maritime
Science
Technology


Archives
Libraries
Museums

Search WHC

Ancient Rome

Aeminium and Roman Portugal (Museu Nacional de Machado)

Amphitheatre romains de Tunisie

Ancient Landscapes
University of East Anglia

Anglo-American Research at Pompeii
Bradford-Pompeii Research Laboratory.

Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius
University of Virginia Health System.

Antique Roman Dishes - Collection
Recipes taken from an old Roman cookbook.

Archaeological Museum of Cagliari

Archaeological Resources in Sardinia
In Italian. Some pages in English.

Archaeological Tour of the Campi Flegrei

Archaeology: Arroux River Valley of Burgundy, France
Remote sensing and GIS in the Burgundy region of France.

Augustine of Hippo
Text and translations, research materials and images. This outstanding Web site is maintained by J.J O'Donnell at the University of Pennsylvania.

Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. A joint effort of the American Philological Association and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Batavian Auxiliaries
The Batavians inhabited a northern part of coastal Gaul and an island between the Rhine and Wall rivers. They provided troops to the Roman Empire in lieu of taxes. This site is hosted by a New Zealand historical re-enactment group.

The Best of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Carnuntum Archäologischer Park
The Romans at the gates of Vienna. In English, German and Latin.

Christian Catacombs of Rome
The wealth of content is illustrated with many photographs and text in twelve languages including the three most widespread and important oriental ones: Chinese, Korean and Japanese. It constitutes a basic, complete and concise aid to know the catacombs.

CityGuide Trier, Germany's Oldest City

Civil Iron Use: The Wheel Evidence
Roman wagons and carts with iron banded wheels. After the Romans, this technology was rarely used until the 19th century.

Classics Home Page
UCLA

Colonia Verona Augusta
History and Monuments of Roman Verona, Cisalpine Gaul

Conimbriga: A Roman Town in Portugal

The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras
An ancient Roman religion.

The Dacians - People of Ancient Times
Everything about the ancient civilization of the Dacians. Articles and many pictures. The Dacians inhabited in ancient times a large area, including present day Romania, Moldova and parts of Bulgaria, Hungary, Ukraine.

De Imperatoribus Romanis
An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.

Decadence, Rome and Romania, and the Emperors Who Weren't

Early Church Documents

Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel
The University of South Florida.

Hunterian Museum: Romans in Scotland
This exhibition tells the story of the Roman presence in Scotland in the first and second centuries AD, with emphasis on the Antonine Wall frontier and the life lived by the soldiers based in forts along its line.

Illustrated History of the Roman Empire

The Internet Classics Archive
A list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

Journal of Roman Archaeology

KALKRIESE - Site of the Varus Disaster.
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, 9 A.D. In German.

LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World
Roman antiquity, including a photogazetteer of Roman and Etruscan cities and monuments and complete Latin texts.

Learning to Read Rome's Ruins
Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit.

Leptiminus Archaeological Project (Tunisia)

Mithraism
The Legacy of the Roman Empire's Final Pagan State Religion.

Newstead Project. Roman Fort Excavation
University of Bradford, UK

ORB Online Encyclopedia--Overview of Late Antiquity

The Palace of Diocletian at Split
A Unique Structure from the Later Roman Empire.

Philodemus Project: Scrolls from the Villa dei Papiri

Pompeii Forum Project
The Pompeii Forum Project is a collaborative venture that focuses on the urban center of Pompeii. (The forum at any Roman town was the urban center housing the town's main religious, civic, and commercial institutions.)

RedRampant.com
Illustrated Ancient Roman Military, Legions, Armor, etc.

Roman Amphoras in Britain

The Roman Empire in the First Century
PBS

Roman History, Coins, and Technology Back Pages

Roman Inscriptions in "Germania"
In German.

Roman Law Resources
Information on Roman law sources and literature, the teaching of Roman law, and the persons who engage in the study of Roman law. University of Aberdeen.

Roman Portraits from Eqypt

The Roman Site of Karanis, Egypt
The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.

Roman Traction Systems
A study of harness systems of the Roman era by Dr. Judith A. Weller. A comparsion is made to traction systems of the Middle Ages. Interesting findings.

Roman Verona

Romeinen en latijn (Romans and Latin)
A visual and educational site for the secondary level with interactive topics.

Sezione Romana
Archaeological Museum of Bologna.

Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

Tour of Caistor, Roman Town
Caistor is one of only a few Roman towns in Britain that have not been damaged or hidden by later buildings.

Verulamium
Roman City at St. Albans Hertfordshire. Verulamium was third largest Roman City in Britain.

Waters of the City of Rome
An interactive cartographic history of the relationship between hydrological and hydraulic systems and their impact on the urban development of Rome, Italy from 753 BC to the present day.

Worlds of Late Antiquity (O'Donnell)

Etruscans

The Archaeological Museum of Bologna, The Etruscan Section

The Etruscan Network

Mugello Valley Archaeological Project, Poggio Colla (Etruscan)

Jump to top of page.

The data on this web page was last updated on 26-Aug-2001.
© 1996-2001 World History Compass All Rights Reserved.
The World History Compass logo is a trademark of World History Compass.