History
Dr. J's Illustrated Guide
to the Classical World -- Tons of info on Ancient history and Latin grammar.
Maintained by Dr. Janice Siegel (aka Dr. J)
Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literature
Department of Foreign Languages
Campus Box 4300
Illinois State University
Roman Empire.net -- History, maps,
events, pics, and so much more
Evansville Site --
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Legio XX -- Home page to
re-enactors in the Maryland area. Everything you wanted to know about
soldiers
Siege
Weapons -- Self-explanatory
Roman Army -- Lots
of info on the evolution of the Roman army
Roman Legions
-- All you need to know about the ancient soldiers (at least a good place to
start)
Peloponnesian War
-- concise history of war maintained by Dr. Ellis L. Knox Boise State
University.
Roman
Map of the Empire -- Clickable map with info on the provinces
Emperors -- Online
Encyclopedia
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Culture
Forum Romanum -- Medley of great
stuff maintained by David Camden, an A.B. candidate in Classics at Harvard
University.
Dalton
School Info Index -- Literature, drama, religion, and more
Roman
Entertainment -- Includes clothes, sports, and politics
Roman House -- Roman Sims with
computer generated images of houses and furniture
Virtual
Bath House -- Virtual tour based on archaeological finds
Baths -- NOVA
online -- "Secrets of Lost Empires"
Roman Monuments
-- Lots of photos
Scale model of Rome -- Virtual tour with Computer-Generated monuments
Architecture --
Great Buildings Collection - Ancient and more
Roman Cities --
Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum and lots more
Roman City -- Maps
(in Geocities with lots of pop-up ads)
Pictures of History: Roman Empire -- Rome, Ostia, Pompeii
Virtual
Tours -- Theatre of Marcellus, Temple of Vesta, Circus Maximus, and more
History
Link 101 -- Development of farming in Ancient Rome
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Mythology
Myth Man --
Unbelievable amount of great info
Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia -- Just like it sounds
Roman Gods -- Lots of
good info and a few pictures, too
Bulfinch's Mythology -- Companion to
the popular book with many stories
Maecenas Images of Greece & Rome
-- Large quantity of usable images
Soulis.com Images -- Lots of mythology pictures by category
Mythmedia --Mythology in Western Art -- Collection of images from the
Library at the University of Haifa
Hercules -- Maintained
by Tufts University
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Literature
Perseus Home Page -- Tufts
University digital library including Latin/Greek texts with English and a
searchable text database
Latin
Authors in Roman Literature -- Essays on some of the big guys
Virgil -- All you need to know about
the author
Spark
Notes -- The Aeneid -- Companion info to supplement your reading
of the epic
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Language Tools
Writer's Inc
Online -- APA style guidelines for Internet research
Guide
for Writing Research Papers -- Capital Community College (CT) -- Excellent
info and links
Parenthetical Citation -- Sample and rules for citation. Links from
this page to all kinds of good sources
Little
Rome -- includes a Latin dictionary (of over 30,000 terms), a Roman numeral
converter, a list of Roman gods and emperors, Latin grammar tables, and a
pig-Latin converter
Latin News and Bulletin Board -- Very cool stuff all in Latin (see, it's not
dead)
Verb
Conjugator Practice -- Here's your chance to practice verb forms online
Lingua Latina -- Download a freeware script program to practice your
grammar forms. When you download the zipped file, choose to Save to Desktop.
Then double-click the icon to extract the files -- note the folder you are
extracting to. Run the Setup
file in the extracted folder.
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Fun and Games
Odyssey Game
-- Role-playing game based on the characters in Homer's story
Theseus and the Minotaur
Mazes -- Logic puzzles
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Other Good Stuff
Why Study Latin? -- Promotional
info presented by the National Committee for Latin and Greek
National Latin Honor Society --
Promotes Latin
Advantages of Latin -- Go to the home
page for Bolchazy-Carducci publishers and click on the Latin Advantage link on
the left. Info on SAT scores and GPAs, and even an endorsement for Latin
by the Pope!
Ancient World Web -- Links to a
lot of useful sites without all the wasted surfing
Classics Index --
Links to resources for classicists
The
Latin Page -- Designed for teachers, but some interesting and useful
links
Awesome Site (in the words of Sunny)
-- Gods, goddesses, calendar, numbers, and more
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If any
links do not work or you would like to add other links here,
email Mr. Smith with the information.
