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ROME


This website will lead you to textbook related topics, including 
study 
questions from the text, vocabulary, and interesting links.
http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=muk&wcsuffix=1001

Practice final exam from texbook.


http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=mua&wcsuffix=0800

The Private life of a Roman: 
  1. The Family
  2. Roman Names
  3. Marriage and Women
  4. Children and Education
  5. Slaves and Dependents
  6. The House and Furniture
  7. Dress and Ornaments
  8. Food and Meals
  9. Amusements
  10. Travel and Correspondence
  11. Sources of Income
  12. Farming and Country Life
  13. Town Life
  14. Funeral Customs
  15. The Roman Religion
  16. The Water Supply of Rome
http://www.forumromanum.org/life/johnston.html

Welcome to Virtual Legion, an interactive historical reference 
to the 
legions 
of Imperial Rome of the First Century AD. Press enter to 
begin."
http://www.dariusdomain.com/v_legio/

Mr. Dowlings Ancient Rome Website
http://www.mrdowling.com/702rome.html

Ancient Rome
http://www.teachnet.ie/dmcdonnell/

A Day at the Baths
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/day.html

What Came First?  Interactive Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/games_index.shtml

Discovery channel: Ancient Rome, the colleseum, gladiators 
(watch the 
video), 
Roman roads, and a quiz.
http://www.exn.ca/rome/gladiator.htm

Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Mt. Vesuvius
Virtual tour of these tragic cities
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/index.html

Photos of Pompeii
http://www.roman-empire.net/articles/article-017.html

Who were the Romans?
http://www.brims.co.uk/romans/

Roman Numerals including converter.
http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

Can you name these famous Roman structures?
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_rome/structures.htm

Gladiator (the movie) information-click and scroll down to see 
the 
information.
http://www.murphsplace.com/gladiator/museum.html

Gladiatorial Games
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/arena.html

"You wouldn't want to be a Roman Gladiator."
http://www.salariya.com/web_books/gladiator/index.html

How smart are you?  (Ms. Heisler's average score was 7/10!)
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/quickquizzes.htm

Mt. Vesuvius
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html

Virtual tour of Rome.
http://www.virtourist.com/europe/rome/index.html

Periods of History
http://www.usfca.edu/westciv/history.html

Time Travelers Guide to the Roman Empire
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide03/index.html

Rome: The Model Empire
After reading this article, click and play the chariot race-read 
the 
directions and see if you can beat Ms. Heisler's score of 70!
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/rome/rule1.html

Read about the Romans and then play "Ye Gods" 
Ms. Heisler usually wins 50% of the time against Jupiter. How 
will you do?
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/bigromandig/camesaw/3_47.jsp

Students of the Dalton School, from elementary through high 
school, created 
this excellent site on the Roman world. covering intensely 
literature, 
military, archaeology, political, philosophy, drama, religion, 
maps. From 
organization to concept to design to presentation, to content, 
probably one 
of the best of its kind.
http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/rome/index.html

THIS WEBSITE IS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN, BUT IT REALLY DOES AN 
EXCELLENT JOB OF 
COMPARING ANCIENT GREECE TO ANCIENT ROME.
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/index.html

MAPS OF ROME: MANY ARE INTERACTIVE
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/europe/maps.html

Dress a gladiator for battle in the Roman arena of death.
Your choice of weapons and armour will decide whether or not he 
is 
victorious.
Will the emperor grant your gladiator his freedom, or will he 
fight badly 
and 
lose his honour, or even his life?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/launch_gms_gladiator.shtml

Roman history site for 7-11 year olds with facts, illustrations 
and 
activities
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

Capitalium.org: Virtual Reconstruction. 
A great site for a look at how Rome once looked, and also 
pictures of the 
ruins as they stand today. Two short films can also be accessed.
http://www.capitolium.org/eng/virtuale/virtuale.htm

Rome: Republic to Empire.
http://vroma.rhodes.edu/%7Ebmcmanus/romanpages.html

Roman taxes.
http://www.unrv.com/economy/roman-taxes.php

Early systems of government.
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/politicalsystems/index.cfm

Culture of ancient Rome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_culture

Latin Phrases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28A%E2%80%93E%29

Mr. Donns Daily Life of Ancient Romans (easy to read and 
understand)
http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Romelife.html#INTRO

Roman government
http://www.crystalinks.com/romelaw.html

An Award winning Educational Reference site with indepth 
compilations on all 
aspects of Ancient Rome, including it's People, Culture, Beliefs 
and 
Accomplishments. ... Greco - Roman & Judaism. Historians, Poets 
& 
Philosophers. Justinian. Law & Government ... Time Lines. 
Ancient Roman 
History Timeline. Brief History of Rome
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/AncientRome.html

Ben's Guide : The Constitution  
The Constitution of the United States. After the American 
Revolution the 
states were functioning under the Articles of Confederation.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html

Comparison between the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/reading/greekroman.html

MAP OF ITALY AND ROME
http://www.tramline.com/tours/cross/world/_tourlaunch1.htm

The Time Trail: The Romans
Wonderful Primary School site with brief descriptions of 
important people, 
games and what it was like to live as a child in Rome.
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/romans.html

A Brief History of Ancient Rome 
Excellent Site.  "The Roman Empire is remembered today as 
perhaps the 
greatest civilization ever to exist. Site will attempt to 
describe the 
evolution of a small tribe growing to its peak, then leading to 
its 
downfall. . . .Divided into the different political phases of 
Rome. Link 
containing brief description of the event/ruler is included 
beside the date. 
By clicking link, find out about the event in greater detail. 
Site best used 
for understanding the general history of Rome, and background 
information on 
more specific topics.
http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html

Sample Plan of a Roman House 
"Click on the rooms in this plan for more information about 
each area of the 
Roman house."  Wonderful.
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html

Timelines of Ancient World
http://www.timelines.info/history/ages_and_periods/the_ancient_world/

Fun, yet interesting and informative website about ancient Rome.
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/romans.htm

Virtual Rome (with permission of creator;D. Bishop)
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/darlenebishop/rome/Rome.html

Chronology of Christianity  
From 1 AD to present.
http://www.cwo.com/~pentrack/catholic/chron.html

Interactive map of Spread of Christianity in Roman Empire, to 
A.D. 600
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkf3/imaps/

AAAARRR! Make Ms. Heisler walk the plank..if you can.
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_rome.html

Like soccer? Think you know about Rome?  Let's see if you can 
score!
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/penaltyshootout/romans_ks2.htm

Best of history website

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