Latin IV Honors

"Ancient History Encyclopedia is a non-profit educational website with a global vision: to provide the best ancient history information on the internet for free." Contributors include Master's and PhD-level academics.

 

The Ancient History section of the History Channel website includes text, images and video.

 

Use text and images to "compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times." The site is a special exhibit within the extensive Perseus Digital Library.

 

Diotima is a valuable resource for the study of women and gender in antiquity. The site includes a searchable bibliography, images, as well as peer-reviewed articles and translations of primary sources. Associated with the site is Anahita-L, a listserv open to those interested in scholarly discussions of women and gender in the ancient world.

 

This site is an online encyclopedia of Roman rulers and their families, featuring biographical and historical information, along with family trees. The site also includes descriptions and maps of Roman battles, as well as a link to an information-rich Roman coin page.

 

A major, online cartographic resource from the University of Texas covering all time periods and parts of the world. The historical maps section includes items pertaining to ancient history.

 

One of the best known and most in-depth online collections of materials on Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Includes a significant collection of primary and secondary sources, and images of the ancient world.

 

Full text of works from classical antiquity, freely downloadable and readable on a variety of devices. Almost all of the texts provided are translations into English. Part of broader Project Gutenberg site, featuring over 33,000 e-books.

 

"Rome Reborn is an international initiative to use 3D digital technology to illustrate the urban development of the ancient city from the first settlements in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 BCE) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. 552 CE). Thus far, the Rome Reborn team has concentrated on modeling the city as it might have appeared in 320 CE."