Rome – Ancient History 

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families  

http://www.roman-emperors.org/ 

Entries for every emperor who ruled from 27 B.C.-1453 A.D. include biographies, family trees, maps, and important military actions. 

Nancy Mautz's Rome Page   

http://web.archive.org/web/20041208143322/history.evansville.net/rome.html 

Series of Web pages on the development of western civilization, created as a reference tool for students. Consists of an abundant list of annotated links yielding information on art, dance, history, literature, music, religion and much more. 

Perseus Project   

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu

Coordinated through Tufts University's Department of Classics, the site provides access to Classical texts (mostly Greek and Roman) in the original and in translation. It also offers access to images of Classical art, architecture, and everyday objects. 

Women's Life in Greece and Rome (WLGR)   

http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/wlgr/ 

Created by two leading Classics scholars, this site is essentially a directory of links, organized by topic, which lead to original texts on women. The topics include Women's Voices, Philosophers, Legal Status in the Roman World, Men's Opinions, Legal Status in the Greek World, Public Life and Occupations. The texts themselves are liberally hyperlinked to other ancient history web sites.  

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