Links for Chapter 5
Imperium Romanum: The Romans
General
For the Romans in general read from: LacusCurtius Into the Roman World and United Nations of Roma Victrix.
Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant, Women's Life in Greece and Rome: selections about various aspects of life affecting women in Greece and Rome from their book.
Model of the City of Rome: views of Rome based on 19th-century model at the University of Caen (some in French).
40 maps that explain the Roman Empire
Mary Beard: why ancient Rome matters to the modern world: essay by a prominent historian
The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10: cute video by popular author John Green
On the Roman Republic
Rome’s Transition from Republic to Empire
The Fall of Rome and the Lessons for America: essay on the fragility of democracy.
It Isn’t the Fall of the Roman Empire That’s Relevant, Stupid. It’s the Fall of the Roman Republic.
: essay connecting troubles in the Republic to divisions in America in 2021.
On Imperialism
Roman Imperialism between Republic and Empire: summarized essay of Carlos Noreña.
An empire of many colours? Race and imperialism in Ancient Rome: essay on Oxford blog
De Imperatoribus Romanis ("On the Rulers of Rome"): short biographies of rulers and descriptions of battles.
From Monty Python's Life of Brian: What have the Romans ever done for us?: satire of the positive side of imperialism.
On the Early Empire
The Roman Empire in the First Century.
The Roman Empire (27 B.C.–393 A.D.): from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
