HIS 110 - The Classical World - The Romans

Reference (print)  |  Reference (online)  |  Books  |  Magazines and newspapers  |  Web sites

This guide is intended to help the student become familiar with the library's resources that focus on the Roman Republic. It includes reference materials, overviews, monographs, magazine and newspaper sources, and internet sites. Please note these are just a few examples of the many resources available. For additional help, ask a librarian at any time.

Reference (print)

Ancient Roman Writers – R 810.9 A514 v.211 
Arts & Humanities through the Eras: Ancient Greece and Rome – vol. 2 – R 700.9 A7927
Atlas of the Roman World – R 937.02 C8145 a
The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization – R 938.003 C1783
Classical Antiquity and Classical Studies – R 938 C614
Chronicle of the Roman Emperors – R 937.06 S2869 c
Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire – R 937.06 B9428 e, 2002
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life: The Ancient World:  – vol. 1 – R 390 G8166
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture – R 709.3 G8833
Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome –  vols. 1 and 2 – R 722.7 N248 p 1968
Who's Who in the Roman World – R 920.037 H4293 w

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Reference (online)

Ancient and Medieval History Online – Focusing on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia, Ancient and Medieval History Online gives a balanced, global view of the world in ancient and medieval times. Thousands of entries on events, people, and primary source documents are hyperlinked and allow users a comprehensive and comparative view of the pre-modern world.

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Books/Monographs

The following books are non-reference sources that deal broadly with the subject of Ancient Roman history (sometimes referred to as overviews):

The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization – floor 2 – 937.09 W2645 f 
History of the Roman Empire from the Death of Marcus Aurelius to the Accession of Gordian III –
     floor 2 – 937 H559 h
The Roman Near East, 31 B.C.-A.D. 337 – floor 2 – 939.4 M6455 r
Rome and her Empire – floor 2 - 937.6 S5597 r
Rome of the Caesars – floor 2 – 913.37 A258 r 


To find other relevant books, do a subject search using specific SUBJECT headings such as:

Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476
Rome -- History, Military
Rome -- Social life and customs
Rome -- Social conditions

For monographs, you can also put in names of specific people or events in a keyword search. Pay attention as well to other headings given to books you find on your topic. Also browse the shelf area where you find books on your subject.

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Magazines and Newspapers

Academic Search Premier – More than 4500 magazines and scholarly journals.

JSTOR – Full text of more than 750 scholarly journals.

 

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Web Sites

The web sites selected here are reliable, relevant sources for researching the rise and fall of the Roman Republic and related subjects:

Forum Romanum – 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.

Illustrated History of the Roman Empire – This web site offers a comprehensive history of the Roman Empire and contains interactive maps of Roman Italy, the Roman Empire, and the City of Rome. Categories include: The Founding, The Kings, The Republic, Early Emperors, The Decline, The Collapse, Constantinople, Religion, Society, and The Army.

The Roman Empire in the First Century – Meet the emperors of Rome, read the words of poets and philosophers, learn about life in the 1st Century AD.

The Rome Project – The Rome Project offers an annotated index of internet resources covering aspects of ancient Roman history and culture. It has links to sites that feature primary sources, photographs, and reconstructions. There are also articles relating to specific aspects of Rome and a clickable map of the Roman Empire.


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