EXPLORANDA

CLASSICAL STUDIES

End on Unit 1 (ER 1 Chs 1-5)

As you read Latin, you will gather more information about life and customs in the Roman world. Conversely your reading will become both easier and more interesting as your knowledge of the Roman world expands. Some information has already been given in your text book. However you may wish at this stage to find our more about:

Roman names

Roman Family Life

Roman Dress

READING-

Masters of Rome Series - Colleen McCoullough

Latin Web Resources

Search engines are useful as they allow you to search for websites using only a keyword(s). The more powerful the search engine, the better the number of relevant results, or hits.

A few search engines:

Yahoo! - www.yahoo.com

Google - www.google.com

Altavista - www.altavista.com

Ask jeeves www.askjeeves.com

Ask Jeeves is a search engine that allows you to ask questions in regular syntax, rather than use keywords.

Some websites that provide good general information covering slavery, dress, transport/roads:

The illustrated history of the Roman empire
www.roman-empire.net

Daily life in ancient Rome
members.aol.com/donnclass/romelife.htm