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Chicago Coin Club: Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage
Nearly halfway through this page under the subtitle, "Disintegration of the Monetary System" is a discussion of the monetary collapse and the efforts of subsequent emperors to restore the coinage.
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Chicago Coin Club: Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage
Nearly halfway through this page under the subtitle, "Disintegration of the Monetary System" is a discussion of the monetary collapse and the efforts of subsequent emperors to restore the coinage.
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Chicago Coin Club: Eight Hundred Years of Roman Coinage
Nearly halfway through this page under the subtitle, "Disintegration of the Monetary System" is a discussion of the monetary collapse and the efforts of subsequent emperors to restore the coinage.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Forum and Markets of Trajan
Marcus Ulpius Traianus, now commonly referred to as Trajan, reigned as Romess emperor from 98 until 117 C.E. and had a reputation as a good emporer. A massive architectural complex-referred to as the Forum of Trajan was devoted to...
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Eternal Egypt: Head of Emperor Hadrian
A head of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who ruled from A.D. 117 to 138. Only the head and part of the chest remain. The emperor is wearing military uniform and the upper part of his head is crowned with the head of the Gorgon, Medusa.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Emperor Augustus
(63 BC-AD 14) Roman Emperor
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Emperor Aulus Vitellius
(34-69) Roman Emperor January-December, 69 C.E.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasian
(9-79) Roman Emperor AD 69-79 and founder of the Flavian dynasty.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Julio Claudian Dynasty
This site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York contains wonderful information on the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Pictures are provided along with a somewhat in-depth text that contains links for additional information. This is a...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Henry Iv Letter to Gregory Vii
Contains the full text of Henry IV's response to Gregory VII after being called a "usurper," in which Henry refers to Gregory IV as a "false monk."
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ban on Lay Investitures
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decrees which banned lay investiture.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: War of Austrian Succession
Wikipedia provides detailed information and a hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation on the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Lay Investitures Forbidden
Contains the full text of Gregory VII's decree banning investitures.
Other
The Stoa Consortium: The Library of Hadrian
The Library of Hadrian is located on the north side of the Acropolis, immediately north of the Roman Agora. The complex was built by the Roman emperor Hadrian in 131/2 A.D. It was visited by Pausanias (1.18.9) who provides a brief...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Constantine the Great
On this site, students can learn about the biography of Constantine the Great from Ancient Rome. Study the first Christain Roman emperor by reading this biography.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: The Emperor Nero
This biographical site is well-organized and easy to follow.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Accubatio
The act of reclining at meals. The Greeks and Romans were accustomed, in later times, to recline at their meals; but this practice could not have been od great antiquity in Greece, since Homer always describes persons as sitting at their...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Constantine the Great
Emperor of Rome from 306 to 337. He is best known for being the first Christian Roman emperor.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Coin of Vespasian
Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian (November 17, 9 - June 23, 79), was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short-lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Antoninus Pius
(86-161) Roman emperor.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Death of Julian the Apostate
A depiction of Julian the Apostate, a noted philosopher and Roman Emperor, and his death.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hadrian, Coin Of
Coin of Roman emperor Hadrian.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Odoacer Compels Augustulus to Yield the Crown
Augustulus is deposed from the crown by Odoacer, and was thus the last Western Roman Emperor.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Augustus
Kids learn about the biography of Caesar Augustus on this site. Learn about the first emperor of Rome, Octavian was the nephew of Julius Caesar.