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Roman Art
http://ancienthistory.about.com
/cs/romeart/index.htm
Gateway site to the art of the Romans, including amphoras, bronze work, and erotic paintings and ceramics.

Resources for Roman Art and Archaeology
www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/rome.html
Lots of information on archaeology, field projects and museums, languages and atlases.

Roman Glass-making
www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits
/WondrousGlass/RomanGlass-Making.html
Glass-blowing techniques that were invented during the time of the Roman empire are still used today. With the growth of the empire, glassmakers travelled widely and their creations were recognised to have great trade value.

Roman art and architecture
www.arthist.umn.edu/aict/html/
ancient/romrep.html
/html/roman.html
Photographs of dozens of examples.

Forum Romanum
www.forumromanum.org/index2.html
Collaboration of scholars with the aim of presenting Roman scholarship in a more open and accessible way. Includes a 'Genealogy of the gods', a family tree of more than 1,000 characters in Greek and Roman mythology.

Seneca the Younger
www.bartleby.com/65/se/SenecaY.html
A biography of the famous Stoic philosopher who was tutor to the young Nero.

Stoic Philosophy
www.geocities.com/westhollywood/
heights/4617/stoic.html
Brief outline of stoicism and links to more information. By clicking on a link at the top, the same text turns into Latin.

Mythography: Exploring Greek, Roman and Celtic myth and art
www.loggia.com/myth/
Explore the mythology of the ancients as used in art.

The Gladiator
http://abacus.bates.edu/~mimber
/Rciv/gladiator.htm
A full account of the types of gladiatorial games offered and how a variety of weapons and animals from all corners of the empire were used to keep audiences amused.

Roman gladiatorial games
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.
edu/classics/gladiatr/index.htm
Excellent article on the role of gladiators in Rome.

The Games
www.roman-empire.net/society
/soc-games.html
Details all of the gruesome games enjoyed by the Roman public, including the public executions of criminals and Christians by wild beasts.

Books

Blood in the Arena: The spectacle of Roman power by Alison Futrell (University of Texas, 2001) £20.50
Examines the larger implications of the arena as a venue for the ritualised mass slaughter of human beings, showing how the gladiatorial contest represented political principles and was used to control the provinces of the empire.

Ancient Mosaics by Roger Ling (British Museum, 1998) £12.99
Traces the history of mosaics and their regional variations from Hellenistic to early Christian times. Includes mosaic techniques and their relationship to ancient interior design.

Geometric Patterns from Roman Mosaics by Robert Field (Tarquin Publications, 1988) £2.95
A compact and interesting guide of the geometric borders and patterns with which virtually all Roman floors and corridors were decorated.

The Buildings of Roman Britain by Guy de la Bédoyère (Tempus, 2001) £17.99
The remains of Roman buildings bear witness to one of the greatest periods of architecture in the Western world. This book looks into the details of construction, style and location.

The Aeneid by Virgil translated by C Day Lewis (Oxford Paperbacks, new ed 1998) £5.99
Virgil's rendition of the adventures of Aeneas of Troy, the legendary founder of Rome, commissioned by Octavian (later the emperor Augustus) in 31 BC.

The Cambridge Companion to Virgil edited by Charles Martindale (Cambridge University Press, 1997) £14.95
Born in 70 BC, Virgil studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rome, and became one of the court poets, later exerting a major influence on European literature, art and politics. This companion is designed as a guide for anyone seeking a fuller understanding of an author critical to so many disciplines.

The Satyricon by Petronius translated by P G Walsh (Oxford Paperbacks, new ed 1999) £7.99
Recounts the sleazy progress of a pair of literate scholars as they wander through the cities of the southern Mediterranean, encountering en route various figures whom the author wickedly satirises.

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