General Reference Works
This list and my other source pages include works that are generally
accessible and that I have found particularly useful; it does not pretend to be
comprehensive.
Architecture and Topography
- Anderson, James C., Jr. Roman Architecture and Society. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
- Dudley, Donald R. Urbs Roma: A Source Book of Classical Texts on the
City and Its Monuments. London: Phaidon Press, 1967.
- Edwards, Catharine. Writing Rome: Textual Approaches to the City.
Roman Literature and Its Contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- Huelsen, Christian. The Roman Forum: Its History and Its Monuments.
2nd ed. Translated by Jesse Benedict Carter. New York: G. E. Stechert, 1909.
- Platner, Samuel Ball. The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome.
2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1911.
- Richardson, Lawrence, Jr. A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient
Rome. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
- Robinson, O. F. Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration.
London: Routledge, 1992.
- Ward-Perkins, J. B. Roman Imperial Architecture. Pelican History of
Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.
Cinema
- Solomon, Jon. The Ancient World in the Cinema. South Brunswick: A.
S. Barnes, 1978.
- Wyke, Maria. Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema and History.
The New Ancient World. New York: Routledge, 1997.
History and General Reference
- Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Bauman, Richard A. Women and Politics in Ancient Rome. London:
Routledge, 1992.
- Bradley, Keith R. Discovering the Roman Family: Studies in Roman Social
History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Bunson, Matthew. A Dictionary of the Roman Empire. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1994.
- Christ, Karl. The Romans: An Introduction to Their History and
Civilization. Translated by Christopher Holme. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1984.
- Connolly, Peter, and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical
Athens & Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Cornell, Tim: Matthews, John. Atlas of the Roman World. New York:
Facts on File, 1982.
- Fantham, Elaine, et al. Women in the Classical World: Image and
Text. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Gardner, Jane F. Women in Roman Law and Society. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 1986.
- Kamm, Antony. The Romans: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 1995.
- Kleiner, Diana E., E., and Susan B. Matheson. I Claudia: Women in
Ancient Rome. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1996.
- The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by Simon Hornblower and
Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Shelton, Jo-Ann. As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social
History. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Stierlin, Henri. The Roman Empire. Volume I: From the Etruscans to the
Decline of the Roman Empire. Cologne: Taschen, 1996.
Gateway Pages on the Web
Barbara F. McManus