7th SS: Ancient Rome

Project Information

You will need to use 3 types of sources for your research:

1. Database / digital encyclopedia

2. Website

3. Book

Remember:
You will be taking notes and creating a simplified citation page for this project.  The notes should be taken as explained in your assignment.  The citation page should follow the instructions you received. 

Research Topics

1. Julius Caesar

2. Colosseum

3. Gladiators

4. Cleopatra (can include other famous Roman women such as Hypatia)

5. Roman Engineering (roads, aqueducts, vaults, domes, etc.)

6. Roman Architecture (Pantheon, Circus Maximus, Ara Pacis, Hadrian’s Wall)

7. Pompeii/Herculaneum

8. Punic Wars (can include Hannibal, Carthage, triremes, etc.)

9. Roman Army

10. Roman Mythology

Encyclopedic Websites

• Ancient History Encyclopedia

(Provides citations at bottom of *some* pages - use MLA style)

(Skip the "AD" results -- only use results that have an "https://ancient.eu/..." URL.)

• Ancient Rome by Ducksters 

(Provides citations! - click "Cite this page" at bottom of page)

• Khan Academy: Roman Empire

• History Learning Site: Ancient Rome

• History.com: Ancient Rome

• History of Rome: Rome.info

• Romans (BBC)

• Ancient Rome from Social Studies for Kids

• Rome: From Republic to Empire

• UNRV: Roman History

Specific Topic Websites

• Cleopatra (notable biogaphies)

• Cleopatra: Egypt's Last Pharaoh

• Roman Women (UNRV)

• Hypatia (Famous Scientists)

• Pantheon: Rome.info

• Roman Engineering (Ancient History Enc.)

• Nero (PBS.org)

• Nero (BBC)

• Julius Caesar from Ancient Civilizations

• Khan Academy Architecture (inc. friezes)

• Restoring the Colosseum (historytoday.com)

• Roman Gladiators (UNRV)

• Who or What is a Gladiator? (Pitara.com)

• Punic Wars (Spartacus Educational)

• Ancient Rome: Wars & Battles (Punic Wars) (Ducksters)