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The scientific study of material remains of the civilization centred on ancient Rome and culminating in the Roman Empire. The period is here taken to be from the expulsion of the Etruscan dynasty in 510 BC to the overthrow of the Western Empire in 476 AD.

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• A Gazetteer of the Roman World

  http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/
  This section of Bill Thayer's huge Lacus Curtius site provides many photographs of cities and monuments of the ancient Roman world, some with detailed commentary.

• Ancient Roman Cosmetic Cream Unearthed

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3994
  From New Scientist, stunningly well-preserved cosmetics canister, containing a white cream, has been unearthed at the site of an ancient Roman temple in London.

• Ancient Vienne

  http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/vienne/en/
  The French Ministry of Culture provides a virtual visit to the Roman city: model, plans, photographs and description. Also a guide, bibliography and visitor information.

• Discovering Roman Roads

  http://www.straderomane.it/
  Provides information on the visible traces of the Roman road network across Europe and North Africa. In English and Italian.

• Lacus Curtius

  http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/
  Bill Thayer's extensive collection of materials on ancient Rome. Includes a gazetteer of sites in the Roman Empire with annotated photographs of Roman monuments, classical texts and 19th-century archaeological and topographical works.

• Lepcis Magna - The Roman Empire in Africa

  http://www.alnpete.co.uk/lepcis/
  Dr Hafed Walda reports on the latest excavations of this amazingly preserved Roman city on the North African coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

• Major Roman Settlements and Roman Roads in the UK

  http://www.british-towns.net/national_maps/uk_roman_occupation.asp
  Provides a map showing the location of major settlements and roads during the period of the Roman occupation. It includes a list of the Roman names of settlements with links to their present day counterparts.

• Museum of St Albans and Verulamium Museum

  http://stalbansmuseums.org.uk/
  The Roman city at the present St. Albans was the third largest in Roman Britain. An introduction with historical outline, reconstruction drawing, photographs and links.

• Roman Chariotway Outflanked Modern Road

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/05/transport.world
  From the Gardian, archaeologists have unearthed a Roman "motorway" wider than the A road which runs along the same route today.

• Roman Glassmakers

  http://www.romanglassmakers.co.uk/
  Re-creations of Hellenistic and Roman 'cast' mosaic glass vessels by Mark Taylor and David Hill, with discussions on ancient glassmaking techniques

• Roman Mosaic Treasure Unearthed

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/1435768/Roman-mosaic-treasure-unearthed.html
  From the Telegraph, dazzling Roman mosaics have been discovered by archaeologists on the site of an ancient villa in Sicily.

• Roman Open Air Museum Hechingen-Stein

  http://www.villa-rustica.de/
  A reconstructed Roman Villa Rustica from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D. Description of the site, walking tour and panoramic views.

• See You at the Spa!

  http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/bath.html
  A re-analysis of Roman Bath's iconography led Martin Henig to envision the spa as a place used both by Romans and aspiring native Celts. Article in Archaeology.

• Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

  http://www.romansociety.org/
  Publishes 'Journal of Roman Studies' and 'Britannia' and monographs (abstracts online). Activities, lectures, grants.

• The Egnatia Way

  http://www.viaegnatia.com/
  Devoted to the ancient Roman road through the Balkans via Egnatia and to the ancient landscape of Albania, Macedonia and Greece. [English, Italian, Macedonian and German]

• The Roman Roads

  http://www.romansites.com/
  The oldest road map in existence - Peutinger's Tabula, a 12th-century copy of a Roman road map. Each section is accompanied by related links.

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