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Ancient Rome

What Life Was Like: When Rome Ruled the World: The Roman Empire 100 bc to ad 200. Time-Life, 1997. A readable, illustrated introduction for younger readers.

Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. Facts on File, Reprint, Oxford University Press, 1997. 1998. A comprehensive reference covering more than 1,200 years of the Roman Empire; includes 150 illustrations.

Amery, Heather, and Patricia Vanags. Rome and Romans. Educational Development Center, 1998. A volume in the popular Time-Traveler series. For middle school readers.

Burrell, Roy, and Peter Connolly. The Romans. Oxford University Press, 1998. Covers the 2,000 years of the Roman Empire. For elementary and middle school readers.

Connolly, Peter, and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome. Oxford University Press, 1998. Details what it was like to live in the capital cities of the classical world. For middle school and high school readers.

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Strahan, Reprint, Penguin, 1783-1790. 1995. Classic and still controversial account by an 18th-century historian; sometimes abridged.

Grant, Michael. The Roman Emperors: A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Imperial Rome, 31 B.C. - A.D. 476. Barnes & Noble, 1997. An illustrated reconstruction of the lives of Rome's 92 emperors.

Honan, Linda, and Ellen Kosmer. Spend the Day in Ancient Rome: Projects and Activities That Bring the Past to Life. Wiley, 1998. Fun, easy activities and projects that help students relive Roman life in the summer of ad 125; activities combine Roman art, history, and sociology and include Roman games, shield making, draping a toga, and food preparation. For younger readers.

Kohne, Eckart and Cornelia Ewigleben, eds. Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome. University of California Press, 2000. A spectacular study of gladiators and other forms of Roman public entertainment.

MacDonald, Fiona. So You Want to Be a Roman Soldier. Millbrook, 1999. The life of a Roman soldier detailed for elementary school readers.

Mann, Elizabeth, and Michael Racz. The Roman Colosseum: The Story of the World's Most Famous Stadium and Its Deadly Games. Mikaya, 1998. The story of the famous yet sinister edifice. For middle school readers.

Mommsen, Theodor. History of Rome under the Emperors. Routledge, 1999. A classic, Nobel Prize-winning work that is still the benchmark volume on the Roman emperors and their reigns.

Nardo, Don. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Lucent, 1998. A compact history of the rise and fall of the first world power. For middle school readers and up.

Nardo, Don. Rulers of Ancient Rome. Lucent, 1998. Profiles of the rulers of Rome. For elementary through high school readers.

Santosuosso, Antonio. Storming the Heavens: Soldiers, Emperors, and Civilians in the Roman Empire. Westview, 2001. A rare and illuminating perspective on the internal dynamics of Rome and the social turmoil.

Sheehan, Sean, and Patricia M. Levy. The Ancient World of Rome. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1999. An exploration of the Roman world, for elementary through high school readers.

Snedden, Robert. Technology in the Time of Ancient Rome. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1998. The inventions and technologies of the Roman period. For elementary and middle school readers.

For younger readers

Blacklock, Dyan. The Roman Army: The Legendary Soldiers Who Created an Empire. Walker, 2004. For readers in grades 4 to 7.

Connolly, Peter. Ancient Rome. Oxford University Press, 2001. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Corbishley, Mike. Ancient Rome. Facts on File, 2003. A well-illustrated atlas for middle school readers.

MacDonald, Fiona. Ancient Rome. Mason Crest, 2002. In the 100 Things You Should Know About series, for readers in grades 3 to 6.

Mann, Elizabeth. The Roman Colosseum: The Story of the World's Most Famous Stadium and Its Deadly Games. Firefly, 1998. For readers in grades 4 to 7.

Markel, Rita J. Your Travel Guide to Ancient Rome. Lerner, 2003. For readers in grades 4 to 8.

Nardo, Don. The Roman Empire. Lucent, 1994. For middle school readers.

Nardo, Don. Greek and Roman Sport. Lucent, 1999. For readers in grades 5 and up.

Simpson, Judith. Ancient Rome. Time-Life, 1997. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Solway, Andrew. Rome: In Spectacular Cross-Section. Scholastic, , 2003. For readers in grades 3 to 7.

Steele, Philip. Clothes and Crafts in Roman Times. Gareth Stevens, 2000. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

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Roman art and architecture

Boardman, John, ed. The Oxford History of Classical Art. Oxford University Press, 1993. Monumental survey of Greco-Roman traditions.

Clarke, John R. The Houses of Roman Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 250: Ritual, Space, and Decoration. University of California Press, 1992. Detailed study of the relationship between design and function.

Henig, Martin, ed. A Handbook of Roman Art. Cornell University Press, Phaidon, 1983. 1995. Broad overview.

Henig, Martin. The Art of Roman Britain. University of Michigan Press, 1995. Thorough examination of art and society in an important imperial outpost.

Kleiner, Diana E. E. Roman Sculpture. Yale University Press, 1992. Introduction to all forms of sculpture.

Koortbojian, Michael. Myth, Meaning, and Memory on Roman Sarcophagi. University of California Press, 1995. Scholarly analysis of funerary sculpture.

MacDonald, William L. The Architecture of the Roman Empire. Yale University Press, 1982-1986.

MacDonald, William Lloyd, and John A. Pinto. Hadrian's Villa and Its Legacy. Yale University Press, 1995. In-depth study, with illustrations.

Richardson, Lawrence. Pompeii: An Architectural History. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988, 1997. Comprehensive analysis of architecture and urban planning.

Richardson, Lawrence. A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Complete guide to imperial monuments.

Strong, Donald. Roman Art. Penguin, 1992. Sculpture, architecture, coins, and more from the 6th century BC to the 5th century AD; 250 annotated plates.

Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew. Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Princeton University Press, 1994. Scholarly essays on the domestic architecture of ancient Rome.

Ward-Perkins, John B. Roman Imperial Architecture. Abrams, Penguin, 1977. 1992. Well-illustrated history of development, construction, and influence.

Wheeler, Mortimer. Roman Art and Architecture. Praeger, Thames & Hudson, 1964. 1985. Emphasis on painting.

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