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De Imperatoribus Romanis: An online encyclopedia of Roman rulers and their families
www.roman-emperors.org
Indexes the emperors who ruled during the empire, with biographical essays and family trees of important imperial dynasties. Also describes significant battles in the empire's history, with maps of the empire at different times.

Who Was Who in Roman Times
www.romansonline.com
A database that profiles over 7,000 individuals and has over 18,000 links from most of these persons to online documents.

Augustus Caesar
www.lucidcafe.com/library/
95sep/augustus.html
A biography of the first Roman emperor with a link to his wonderfully arrogant Deeds of the Divine Augustus in which he chronicles his victories and the utter adoration of his people.

Roman Religion
www.roman-empire.net/religion/
religion.html
The key figures of the Roman religious hierarchy are described here in a sweeping history ranging from the emperors who bowed to their pantheon of pagan gods to Theodosius who took the final step and embraced Christianity as the official religion of state in AD 380.

Feminae Romanae: The women of ancient Rome
http://web.mac.com/heraklia/Dominae/
From the empress to her freedwoman, the good wife to the prostitute, the midwife to the scholar, this extremely well-designed site presents an introduction to the history of the women of ancient Rome.

Books

Augustus Caesar by David Shotter (Routledge, 1991) £8.99.
By examining the hopes and expectations of Augustus's contemporaries and his own personal qualities of statesmanship and unscrupulous ambition, Shotter reveals that the reasons for the emperor's success lie partly in the complexity of the man himself, and partly in the unique nature of the times in which he lived.

Caesar: A history of the art of war among the Romans down to the end of the Roman empire by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (De Capo Press, 1997) £30
Looks at the Gallic campaigns that established Julius Caesar as one of the greatest military commanders of all time.

Caligula by Anthony A Barrett (Routledge, 1993) £16.99
Was Caligula really the mad despot and depraved monster of popular legend or the victim of hostile ancient historians? This book draws on the archaeological and numismatic evidence to offer a careful reconstruction of Caligula's life and times and a shrewd assessment of his historical importance.

Chronicle of the Roman Emperors by Chris Scarre (Thames & Hudson, 1995) £19.95
An excellent reference book with biographical profiles of the 56 principal emperors and their accomplishments and failings. Judgements made by contemporary writers such as Suetonius are complemented by modern-day research.

Cicero: A turbulent life by Anthony Everitt (John Murray, 2001) £22.50
Brings to life the man whose name has become emblematic of the last days of republican Rome.

The Early History of Rome by Livy, translated by Aubrey de Selincourt (Penguin, 1960) £9.99
The Roman historian's first five books (of his 142-volume history), which proceed from the foundation of Rome through the history of the seven kings, the establishment of the Republic and its internal struggles, to Rome's recovery after the fierce Gallic invasion of the 4th century BC.

Marcus Aurelius by Anthony Birley (Routledge, 1993) £16.99
An accessible yet scholarly study of the emperor who was humane and just throughout his long reign, which was frequently punctuated by wars with the northern tribes.

Nero: The man behind the myth by Richard Holland (Sutton, 2000) £19.99
Stories of Nero's tyrannical reign began before his body was cold and have continued to circulate. But is this the true story? Holland seeks to overturn this popular conception of Nero and rescue the man from the myth.

Tiberius the Politician by Barbara Levick (Routledge, new ed 1999) £15.99
A comprehensive portrait of the life and times of Tiberius, including an exploration of his ancestry and education, an analysis of his provincial and foreign policy and an examination of his debauched final years and posthumous reputation.

Who's Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England by Richard Fletcher (Shepheard Walwyn, 1998) £8.95
A very useful guide to many of the known names and characters in these periods. Over 140 biographies convey more than just the bare facts of the subjects' lives.

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