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Ancient Rome Videos

Four Sisters in Ancient Rome (8:30 mins)

Learn about the various aspects of life in ancient Rome from the perspective a young girl, including daily activities, role in the family, and social status.

Rome: Blood and Thrones (7 mins)

Investigate life for women at all levels of society in the Roman Empire. Research historical figures such as Livia Drusilla, Agrippina the Younger and Boudicca.

What Did the Romans Do for Us? (2 mins)

Learn about the influence of Ancient Roman settlement in Britain on British society today.

Websites: Ancient Rome

BBC - History : Romans
Mad emperors, brutal entertainments and lascivious lifestyles. These are the familiar images of ancient Rome, but what was it really like?
Pompeii - World History Encyclopeida
Pompeii was a large Roman town in Campania, Italy which was buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Excavated in the 19th-20th century, its excellent state of preservation gives an invaluable insight into Roman life. Pompeii is perhaps the richest archaeological site in the world for the volume of data available to scholars.
Reclining and Dining (and Drinking) in Ancient Rome
The practice of reclining and dining continued into ancient Rome, but with a few additions—for one, respectable women were invited to join the party, and for another, drinking was not a separate, post-dinner event, but became part of the dining experience. An association of dining with luxury led to 19th-century depictions, like the one above, of Roman diners leading the soft life (here, without reclining).
40 maps that explain the Roman Empire
TwoTwo thousand years ago, on August 19, 14 AD, Caesar Augustus died. He was Rome’s first emperor, having won a civil war more than 40 years earlier that transformed the dysfunctional Roman Republic into an empire. Under Augustus and his successors, the empire experienced 200 years of relative peace and prosperity. Here are 40 maps that explain the Roman Empire — its rise and fall, its culture and economy, and how it laid the foundations of the modern world.