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Roman Political and Military Life Outline  
Virgil's Aeneid Assignment
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Virgil's Aeneid
Roman Political and Military Life Project

 

Virgil's Aeneid
Perseus-Aeneid An interactive version of the Latin text
Aeneid Lines 1-7 Recitation Guide for the recitation project.
Aeneid Lines 1-7 Translation Guide for translating lines 1-7.

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Roman Political and Military Life

Most of the below concern the military; additional works for Roman life will be added later


Roman Political and Military Life Outline

Books in the Library    
Author, Title Call Number Description
Rupert Matthews, Roman Soldiers 937 Mat Basic information about the Roman army
Michael Simkins, Warriors of Rome 937 Sim An illustrated military history of the Roman legions.
Fiona Macdonald, A Roman Fort 937 Mac A well illustrated description of Roman forts.
Peter Hodge, The Roman Army 937 Hodge A basic description of the Roman army.
     
 
General Links

http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/
romeweapons/

 A list of sites on the Roman army
http://members.tripod.com/
~S_van_Dorst/legio.html		 A brief description of the army (w/ links)
http://infohistory.com/rome.html A more detailed description with a list of legions
www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/
romanarmy.html		 Various topics
www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/
romanarmy2.html		 Various topics; links to images
www.deepfield.com/anoot/legion.html A short essay on various topics
http://www.roman-empire.net/
army/army.html		 Very detailed site on various topics
http://www.romanarmy.com/ Image bank with photos of inscriptions
http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/glos_rom.htm A glossary of terms

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Praetorian Guard
Lacus Curtius: The Roman Army A brief essay on the Praetorian Guard

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Battle Tactics
http://www.romans-in britain.org.
uk/mil_roman_battle_tactics.htm		 Essay on various types of battle tactics
http://www.roman-empire.net/army/tactics.html Detailed essay on tactics

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Weapons Large & Small
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/
Greeks/Romans/weapons/
weapons.html		 Brief essay on weapons and tactics
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/arma/ Detailed site with index & glossary
http://www.vais.net/~gright/quart.html Brief site on specific weapons

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Forts/Technology
http://www.roman-britain.org/places/_mlm.htm A map of sites in Roman Britain

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Power Structure
http://members.tripod.com/~S_van_
Dorst/Ancient_Warfare/Rome/hierarchy.html		 Ranks in the legion
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/history/romearmy.html Detailed hierarchy

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