CommonLit
Common Lit: Women in Ancient Rome
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
Other
Mark Furnival: A History of the Huns
A history of the Huns including their origins, rule under Attila, and life after him.
University of Virginia
Viewing Pompeii Today: Visual Resources
This virtual tour of the ruins of Pompeii features a clickable map, panoramic images, and detailed photographs of unearthed interiors that reveal 1st century C.E. Roman life. An essay discusses life in Pompeii and Roman urbanism in general.
Emory University
Emory University: Odyssey Online: Ancient Civilizations
Brief studies of the peoples, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writings and archaeology of civilizations in the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, and the Ancient Americas.
PBS
Frontline: From Jesus to Christ: Religion in the Roman World
Article examines the various religious options that were available to Roman and non-Romans living in the empire.
Other
The Best of Edward Gibbon's "Decline and Fall"
This site offers quotations from Gibbon's multi-volume "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as well as a detailed table of contents and advice on how best to read the complete work.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome
Video that describes the life Lucius Popidius Secundus, a typical teenager living in Rome in 73 AD. [6:35] Followed by a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Other
Edward Gibbon, Historian of the Roman Empire
This excellent "Man and His Book" study of Gibbon and "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" offers biographical detail, publication information, and content analysis.
Other
Passages From Gibbon's "Decline and Fall"
Here are hundreds of excerpts from Gibbon's famous history of Rome, chosen "because of the literary wit and beauty that they contain."
Emory University
Odyssey Online: Ancient Rome
Terrific site about ancient Rome. Site breaks down information into sections about people, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writing, and archaeology. There are also games to play as you go along.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University: Antique Roman Recipes
Provides recipes for many Roman dishes plus a listing of the some of the Roman ingredients such as "liquamen" (salty fish sauce) or "defritum" (thick fig syrup).
Forum Romanum
Outlines of Roman History: Table of Contents
The complete text of a 1901 textbook on Roman history by William C. Morey. However, the work is still useful today as if covers all the basic information about Rome from its earliest beginnings through the Republic and later the Empire.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Laws of Constantine
This site, which is provided for by the Medieval Sourcebook of Fordham University, gives the text of five of the laws passed by Constantine regarding Catholics and the Christian Church.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Slave Revolts
This site from the Fordham University provides lots of information on the three slave revolts that occurred in ancient Rome. Very thorough, drawing from ancient historical texts.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Augustan Encomius
Here at this site from Ancient History Sourcebook at Fordham University is an English version of ancient Roman poet Horace's poem, "The Secular Hymn."
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: The Worship of Cybele
This site from Fordham University contains a description of the Cult of Cybele by the Epicurean poet Lucretius.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Plotinus
Explains Plotinus' philosophical development and his new reading of Plato that resulted in the quasi-religious Neoplatonism. Describes the main contours of his emanationist philosophy, focusing on the journey of the intellect to meet the...
Friesian School
Fresian School: Rome and Romania
This article, which is provided for by the Fresian School, covers a large part of Roman history, but pays particular attention to the reign and effects of Emperor Nero.
Friesian School
Friesian.com: Severans
This article is a reference to Severus's military rule and how he was able to maintain it.
Friesian School
Fresian School: Decadence of Roman History
This site, which is provided for by the Fresian School, gives a discussion of the Roman Empire, the decadence of the emperors and citizens, the coming of Christianity, the pagan hordes, and "scrupulous observance of the privileges of...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: The Ancient City
Comparing Roman and Greek architecture? Unearth new resources for teaching about the methods of development in these ancient cities.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Roman Empire (Lesson Plans)
Find eight video-enhanced lesson plans to enrich a study of the Roman empire, from the producers of the four-part PBS documentary "Roman Empire in the First Century." The lessons take students on multidisciplinary explorations of the...
PBS
Pbs: Illustrated Timeline of the Roman Empire (60 Bce to 180 Ce)
An interactive timeline of Rome's transformation into an empire, beginning with Caesar and ending with Marcus Aurelius.
PBS
Pbs: Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
A companion website to the documentary about the early Christian movement. Includes interactive activities, timelines, and primary sources.