Roman365 Directory

We dedicate this site to everyone with an interest in Roman Britain, not just us historical interpretation enthusiasts.

Two thousand years ago there was the great age of the Mediterranean world: for the first time whole the Sea was under the control of one political and military power. This was definitely the reign of the first Roman Emperor - Imperator Caesar Augustus, born as Gaius Octavius. His main ideological slogan and device was Pax Romana - Roman Peace.

Welcome to an assortment of Roman topics and ideas.

Karibu (welcome) to a page which began by talking about the Roman civilization but expanded to include much more...

You can use this site to explore each programme in detail. Click on the programme icons and you'll find synopses, scripts and biographies of the contributors. You'll also find a timeline, details of the main locations visited in the series, an extensive reading list, links to other sites, and more information about the Open University courses that the programmes support.

Lectures in Medieval History, by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

This site is a collection of "Rome resources" for the The Dalton School community. Anyone interested in Classical Rome will find this site to be a valuable research tool. As the site is very large, the resources are divided into several categories

Some information covering history, government, buildings, people, religion, military and the fall.

Roman history begins in a small village in central Italy; this unassuming village would grow into a small metropolis, conquer and control all of Italy, southern Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt, and find itself, by the start of AD time, the most powerful and largest empire in the world. They managed what no other people had managed before: the ruled the entire world under a single administration for a considerable amount of time.

The following web pages were created for a course I teach on Ancient Rome in Film, Fiction, and Fact. To make the pages more useful to others, I have set up this list of topics with links to my web pages, many of which contain a number of sub-pages on specific aspects of the topic.

This site is a collection of "Rome resources" for the The Dalton School community. Anyone interested in Classical Rome will find this site to be a valuable research tool.

NOTE: Sibyl uses frames and multiple windows to display information. To avoid strange behavior, click on the Database link below, then use the Window menu to select CC372 Sport and Daily Life in the Roman Empire before using the other Sibyl resources. When you want to switch between resources, the Window menu is a great tool to remember.

Very extensive reference list covering: development, formation reign of Emperor Augustus, expansion, Imperial rule, barbarian invasions, sack of Rome, survival of the Empire in the East, economy, technology, society, religion, culture, art and architecture.

The PREMIER JOURNEY to The Ancient World, weaving together the Peoples of those lands and civilizations and the way they lived and - their thoughts, their hopes, their dreams, their lives.

The top resource on the Web for tracking current developments and even breaking news in the field of Antiquity and archaeology.

The compilation of 78 lists and 89 pictures which commences with the words notitia dignitatum.

Lectures in Medieval History, by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

What does my Nickname mean and where did I find it?

Ancient Civilistations & Lost Cities

The Theatrum Pompei Project aims first and foremost to disseminate ancient and medieval evidence for the opera theatri Pompei. Over the coming weeks and months a database will emerge that contains every literary and epigraphical reference, ancient and medieval, that pertains not only to the opera theatri Pompei, but also to every monument and building endeavour associated with Cn. Pompeius Magnus (cos. 70, 55, 52).

Who was Magnentius? A usurper who stole his throne from the then emperor of the Western Roman Empire Constans, a son of Constantine I. The problem was that Constans had a brother who was very much interested in being the sole ruler of the Romans.

English Heritage for details of re-enactments and other buildings of interest

The legends say Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by the brothers Romulus and Remus. They were far descendents of Aenas, one of the few Trojan survivors of the Trojan War.

VRoma is first and foremost a community of scholars, both teachers and students, who help to create on-line resources for teaching Latin and ancient Roman culture and who use these resources in their courses.