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Last modified 01.15.09
Dana Hall Library >> Subject Guides >> Language >> Classics/Latin >>  Roman Culture

Latin II:
Roman Culture Pathfinder

Reference Sources

Specialized Reference Sources

Ancient civilizations REF 930 KNI v. 2
Ancient Greece and Rome REF 937 MCG v. 1-4
Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome REF 938 CIV v. 1-3
Encyclopedia of the Roman empire REF 937.06 BUN
Handbook to life in ancient Rome REF 937 ADK
History of the ancient and medieval world REF 930 HIS v. 5 & 6
The Penguin historical atlas of ancient Rome REF 912.37 SCA
The Romans: new perspectives REF 937 MCG
The Usborne internet-linked encyclopedia of the Roman world REF 937 CHA
Women in the classical world REF 305.409 WOM

Other Print Sources

The following items are on reserve, because they cover a number of different topics. You may use them in the library, but you may not check them out.

The ancient city: life in classical Athens and Rome 930 CON
Ancient Rome 937 COR
Ancient Rome 937 HOR
Ancient Rome 937 JAM
Ancient Rome: life and art 937 DEL
Ancient Rome on five denarii a day 937 MAT
Arts, leisure, and entertainment: life of the ancient Romans 937 NAR
The atlas of the classical world: ancient Greece and ancient Rome 938 ATL
The classical cookbook 641.593 DAL
The Colosseum 725.827 COA
Daily life in ancient Rome 937 CAS
Daily life in ancient Rome 937.02 DUP
Daily life in ancient Rome: the people and the city at the height of the empire 937.06 CAR
A day in old Rome; a picture of Roman life 913.37 DAV
Death in ancient Rome 306.90937 EDW
Dining as a Roman emperor 641.5937 RIC
Everyday life in ancient Rome 937.02 CAS
Everyday life in ancient Rome 937 COW
Gladiators 937 GLA
History of ancient Rome 937.6 HAR
How would you survive as an ancient Roman? 937 GAN
Imperial Rome 937 HAD
Life and leisure in ancient Rome 937 BAL
Pandora's daughters: the role and status of women in Greek and Roman antiquity 305.42 CAN
The philosopher's kitchen: recipes from ancient Greece and Rome for the modern cook 641.5938 SEG
The private life of the Romans 937 JOH
Roman family life 937 ASP
Roman life 937 JOH
Roman religion 937 ASP
Roman towns 937 ASP
A Roman villa: inside story 937.07 MOR
Roman women: their history and habits 937 BAL
The Romans 937 HAY
The Romans 937 MAR
Rome alive: a source-guide to the ancient city 914.56320493 AIC v. 1 & 2
See inside a Roman town 937 RUT
A social history of Greece and Rome 937 GRA
A taste of ancient Rome 641.5937 GOZ
Tools of the ancient Romans 937 DIC
The Usborne book of the ancient world 930 USB
The Usborne time traveler Rome & Romans 937 AME
A visitor's guide to ancient Rome 937 SIM
A visitor's guide to the ancient world 930 SIM
What life was like when Rome ruled the world 937 WHA
Women and beauty in Pompeii 646.704209377 DAM
Women in the classical world 305.409 WOM
Worlds of the ancient Romans: primary sources 937 NAR

Subscription Databases

360 Search
Search most of our databases from one search box.

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Fashion, Costume, and Culture
The Gale Virtual Reference Library is a collection of reference books in online form. For your assignment, Fashion, Costume, and Culture will be the most helpful of these reference books. It is easiest to use the book like a book, rather than like a searchable database: click on the index, find your topic, and navigate from there.

World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
Reference articles and primary source documents. This database is not searchable by 360 Search.

Websites

BBC: Ancient History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/

"Experience history through animations, games, movies and virtual tours, or delve into more than 450 feature articles by leading writers." Includes sections on Greek and Roman history.

The Circus: Roman Chariot Racing
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/circus.html

This page was created by Barbara F. McManus, Professor of Classics Emerita at The College of New Rochelle, to support a class about ancient Rome.

Forum Romanum
http://www.forumromanum.org/

A digital library of Latin literature and scholarly literature about the classical world.

Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/

Powered by Google, this search engine focuses on more academic results, connecting directly to subscription databases or to Google Books.

Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/

This site features a retired professor's modern photographs of ancient ruins of many buildings in Greece and Rome.

The Roman Gladiator
http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/gladiatr/index.htm

This page, from the Classics Department at Brooklyn College, provides information about gladiators and the Colosseum.

Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/

The website of the PBS Nova program Roman Bath, part of the Secrets of Lost Empires series.

SPQR: Encyclopedia Romana
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/

This site contains images and essays about many aspects of life in ancient Rome. Browse ROMA or NOTAE or search the index, located under the SPQR section which includes links to topics mentioned in other essays.