An oil lamp belongs to a collection of lamps dated to the Roman era. It is distinguished by its large size and its two front openings for the wicks, which allowed more light.

A tombstone that is adorned with the embossed figure of a Roman soldier, who wears a short chiton and a gown.

Roman Empire

An image of Roman Polanski.

An image of Roman Polanski.

The best preserved of Roman temples. Located at Nimes in southern France, where it is known as La Maison Carree (the square house"). The structure is now used as a museum of antiquities."-Webster, 1913

This antique Roman balance from Pompeii has one pan that hangs from a rod.

The Municipal Arms of Rome. - Young, 1901

Armor used by the ancient Romans in battle.

A example of a Roman books, which were made out of rolls of papyrus.

The following cut represents a Roman clypeus, from the column of Trajan. The projection in the centre was called the umbo, or boss, and sometimes a spike or other prominent excrescence, was placed upon this. - Anthon, 1891

Roman coins showing various styles of hair-dressing.-Webster, 1913

A lamp used by the ancient Romans for light.

A Roman scutum shield.

Article provides a description of the life and rule of the Emperor Diocletian.

Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in European history from Greek and Phoenician colonization up to the 20th century.

This website is devoted to documenting the buildings and monuments of Athens from the Mycenaean Period to about 1800 AD. Choose an era and read about the history and structures of that time period. The last section is a complete list of...

Fordham University provdides this very detailed study of the life and leadership of Hadrian. It looks at his background, his reign, and his death.

Clayton M. Hall's 1923 translation of a very detailed biography of Augustus by Nicolaus of Damascus.

A history of the Huns including their origins, rule under Attila, and life after him.

The full text English translation of Caesar's "Alexandrian Wars."

Learn about ancient architecture and explore 360 degrees panoramas of buildings in Egypt, Greece, Portugal, Italy, and Sicily. Includes an interactive plan of a 3D reconstruction of the Parthenon, and features the project page for this...

A two-part paper, the first of which is a biography of Polybius, a Greek, who wrote a history of the Roman Republic. The second part discusses his work and his admiration of Roman virtues and the government of the Roman Republic.

A version, in English, of the Twelve Tables of law that became the written foundation of all Roman law. The Twelve Tables bore approximately the same relationship to the whole of Roman law that the US Constitution bears to the whole of...