Fun Project Ideas Links
Some extra ideas for projects and research
Smith Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Antiquities - Dictionary of Cool Roman Stuff - anything you ever wanted to know with primary source references, categorized
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA/
Lacus Curtius - Wow! Lots of information...links to many cool things.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome -Lots of info on a variety of different subjects.
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/ancient/asbook09.asp
Ancient Rome Live youtube channel - lots of topics https://www.youtube.com/c/RomancultureOrgWeDigRome/videos
Thought.co - lots of different ideas https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-roman-history-4133328
UNRV Roman History- lots of ideas https://www.unrv.com/
List of Monuments, roads, and things in Rome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_monuments_in_Rome
Theoi mythology site - Wonderful site for mythology, includes primary source material
The Rome Project - Great site with button links to neatly grouped categories of info about Rome and the Romans.
Life in Ancient Rome - A bunch of short introductory paragraphs. Might be a good starting point.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=life%20in%20ancient%20rome
Roman Life - list of topic ideas https://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html
Funerals:
Funerals: ancient Roman customs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSqFRYcQCmc
Funerals: ancient Roman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AjkmaJ8fI
Roman clothing
http://petracasta.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-handout-for-my-roman-womens.html
http://annasrome.com/roman-garb-basics/
Roman shoes
Colosseum - lots of cool info and links https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum
Roman Britain - https://www.romanobritain.org
Roman Baths in Bath, England - great website with 3D walk-throughs and videos
https://www.romanbaths.co.uk/discover
BBC - Rome - Many links and much information, as well as some games and mysteries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/#roman_britain
UNRV - Rome - Lot's of info on a variety of historical Roman topics.
I haven't finished re-checking these links yet, so send me a note if they don't work.
Roman Ball games http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/BallGames/romball.html
The Roman Army - Everything you ever wanted to know about the development of the Roman army...complete with pictures.
Roman Theater
http://latin.agnesscott.edu/Roman_Comedy/theater.htm
Roman Musical instruments
https://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-musical-instruments.php
Pictures - Lots of pictures of Rome and Greece.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/general_contents.html
Roman toilets and sewers
https://www.livescience.com/26205-ancient-pompeians-upstairs-latrines.html
Roman Glass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_glass
Glass: cool artist makes glass pieces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsAJvzNaIuw
Glass: cool "cupcake stand" art piece of blown glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkqvx3uuvQ
Glass: millefiori do it yourself with polymer clay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeoDgQoOgJg
Glass: making millefiori glass
Abacus - Ever wanted to know how people did math before calculators? Take a look at this fun abacus site.
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/
Dogs in the Ancient World
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/canes/canes.html
Killer Dogs of Artemis - https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/ArtemisWrath.html [story of Acteon]
http://aura.sehnerova.cz/stranky/killer_dogs_2.html
Mythology coloring book - Pictures of mythological creatures/gods to print out (or use the computer) to color.
http://www.coloring.ws/greek.htm
Lots of Latin poetry translated, along with some from other languages
http://www.tonykline.co.uk/index.html
Romamor - Cool website about Rome. Includes [not so ancient] recipes, modern places to eat and sleep, as well as museums, shopping, and a virtual tour of Rome.
http://www.romamor.it/en/index.htm
Games and logic problems
http://www.latinteach.com/Site/RESOURCES/Entries/2008/6/5_Latin_Quizzes_and_Games.html
Fun little Latin games - Match the Latin quote with its translation, match the Greek with the Roman name of the god, match the Latin phrase with what it means, and others!
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~rlarson/verba/index.html
Was I speaking Latin again? - Funny, modernized Latin phrases. Most of it comes from the book The Complete Latin for all Occasions.
http://www.guernsey.net/~jim/latine.html
Games and puzzles - Games and little online puzzles to test your knowledge and skills. Everything from crossword puzzles to logic problems.
http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/ludi.htm
SPQR adventure game - Enter the Internet's oldest Virtual Rome and explore the Roman Forum restored to its former glory as of 205 A.D. S.P.Q.R. is a educational graphic adventure that is easy and fun to play.
http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/SPQR/GamePage
Roman Historical Fiction
http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/booklist1a.htm#fict
Novel About Cleopatra's kids-cool info
Michelle Moran has written a fictional novel about the lives of the children of Cleopatra and Marc Antony.
These pages give background info on the characters and history of the time.
http://www.michellemoran.com/CD/novelimages.htm
PS I have not read this novel yet. You'll have to tell me if you like it.
http://www.michellemoran.com/books/cleopatra/background.html
Roman Images - From the Illustrated Bible - Roman section
http://www.bible-history.com/ibh/Roman+Customs/
Dictionaries
WORDS Online Latin Dictionary
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/whitakerwords.html
Dictionary online - Lewis and Short at Perseus
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_PersInfo.html
English to Latin word search - Perseus
http://old.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lang=la.
Latin word look up -Perseus
http://old.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vor?lang=la
American Heritage Dictionary online
This in an English dictionary that shows the history of the words it includes. It can be searched to find derivatives by inputting part of your Latin word and having it hunt down the word in the English word's definition.
It's parent site, www.bartleby.com, also has a variety of other books written in English. It has Bulfinch's Mythology and Shakespear's works, along with many others. http://www.bartleby.com/61/