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* Talbert, Richard J. A. ed. ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World''. Princeton U. Press, 2000.  
* Talbert, Richard J. A. ed. ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World''. Princeton U. Press, 2000.  
:The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World is a comprehensive atlas spanning the entire period and spatial spread of Greek and Roman civilization. The double-folio-sized atlas contains 102 color topographic maps (many double spreads) and covers a vast arc of territory, from the British Isles and the Azores eastward across Europe and North Africa, up the Nile valley and through the Near East to Afghanistan and western China. Temporally, it covers the period from 1,000 BC/BCE to AD/CE 650.
:The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World is a comprehensive atlas spanning the entire period and spatial spread of Greek and Roman civilization. The double-folio-sized atlas contains 102 color topographic maps (many double spreads) and covers a vast arc of territory, from the British Isles and the Azores eastward across Europe and North Africa, up the Nile valley and through the Near East to Afghanistan and western China. Temporally, it covers the period from 1,000 BC/BCE to AD/CE 650.
== Contemporanious Historians==
* Davenport, Basil, ed. ''The Portable Roman Reader'' (1977) [http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Roman-Reader-Viking-Library/dp/0140150560/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207122&sr=1-12 excerpt and text search]
*Mellor, Ron, ed. ''The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writings'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Historians-Ancient-Rome-Anthology-Writings/dp/0415912687/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198151495&sr=1-20 excerpt and text search]
* Polybius  (c.200-after 118 BCE) [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/polybius6.html Rome at the End of The Punic Wars]
* [[Julius Caesar]] (100-44 BCE) [http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Caesar.html War Commentaries]
* Livy (59 BCE-17 CE)[http://books.google.com/books?id=t8dEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=livy&ei=jjVqR8GZFYmMiQGO3ZVk The History of Rome]


== Etruscans ==
== Etruscans ==
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== Politics and Emperors ==
== Politics and Emperors ==
* Everitt, Anthony. ''Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician''  (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Cicero-Times-Romes-Greatest-Politician/dp/037575895X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198210066&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Grant, Michael.  ''The Twelve Caesars'' (1975)   
* Grant, Michael.  ''The Twelve Caesars'' (1975)   
* Matyszak, Philip. ''Chronicle of the Roman Republic: the rulers of Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus.'' Thames & Hudson, 2003.
* Matyszak, Philip. ''Chronicle of the Roman Republic: the rulers of Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus.'' (2003).
* Mitchell, Thomas N. ''Cicero'' (2 vol 1979, 1991), the standard biography
* Scarre, C. ''Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign by Reign Record of Imperial Rome.'' London, 1995.
* Scarre, C. ''Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign by Reign Record of Imperial Rome.'' London, 1995.
*  Scullard, Howard H. ''A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 BC'' (1961) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=88132230 online edition]
*  Scullard, Howard H. ''A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 BC'' (1961) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=88132230 online edition]
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*see also [[Julius Caesar]]  
*see also [[Julius Caesar]]  
==Primary sources==
* Davenport, Basil, ed. ''The Portable Roman Reader'' (1977) [http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Roman-Reader-Viking-Library/dp/0140150560/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198207122&sr=1-12 excerpt and text search]
*Mellor, Ron, ed. ''The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writings'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Historians-Ancient-Rome-Anthology-Writings/dp/0415912687/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198151495&sr=1-20 excerpt and text search]
* Polybius  (c.200-after 118 BCE) [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/polybius6.html Rome at the End of The Punic Wars]
* [[Julius Caesar]] (100-44 BCE) [http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Caesar.html War Commentaries]
* Livy (59 BCE-17 CE)[http://books.google.com/books?id=t8dEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=livy&ei=jjVqR8GZFYmMiQGO3ZVk The History of Rome]


== Journals ==
== Journals ==

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Surveys


Encylopedias and atlases

  • Bunson, Matthew. Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. Rev. ed. Facts on File, 2002.
  • Markel, Rita J. Your Travel Guide to Ancient Rome (2003) excerpt and text search
  • Scarre, Chris. The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (1995) excerpt and text search
  • Talbert, Richard J. A. ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton U. Press, 2000.
The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World is a comprehensive atlas spanning the entire period and spatial spread of Greek and Roman civilization. The double-folio-sized atlas contains 102 color topographic maps (many double spreads) and covers a vast arc of territory, from the British Isles and the Azores eastward across Europe and North Africa, up the Nile valley and through the Near East to Afghanistan and western China. Temporally, it covers the period from 1,000 BC/BCE to AD/CE 650.

Etruscans

  • Barker, Graeme, and Tom Rasmussen. The Etruscans (2000) excerpt and text search
  • Haynes, Sybille. Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History (2005)


Technology

  • Berechman, Joseph. "Transportation––economic aspects of Roman highway development: the case of Via Appia." Transportation Research Part A (2003): 453-478.
  • Hodge, A. Trevor. Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply(2002) excerpt and text search
  • Laurence, Ray. The Roads of Roman Italy: Mobility and Cultural Change. Routledge, 1999 .

Social and economic history

  • Carcopino, Jerome. Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire (2003) excerpt and text search
  • Casson, Lionel. Everyday Life in Ancient Rome (1999) excerpt and text search
  • Cowell, F. R. Life in Ancient Rome (1976) excerpt and text search
  • Dupont, Florence. Daily Life in Ancient Rome (1994) excerpt and text search
  • Greene, Kevin. The Archaeology of the Roman Economy. University of California Press, 1986.
  • Rostovtzeff, M. A History of the Ancient World, Vol. II, Rome. (1927)
  • Turcan, Robert. The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times (2001) excerpt and text search

Urban History

Stambaugh, John. The Ancient Roman City (1988)

Politics and Emperors

  • Everitt, Anthony. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (2003) excerpt and text search
  • Grant, Michael. The Twelve Caesars (1975)
  • Matyszak, Philip. Chronicle of the Roman Republic: the rulers of Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus. (2003).
  • Mitchell, Thomas N. Cicero (2 vol 1979, 1991), the standard biography
  • Scarre, C. Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The Reign by Reign Record of Imperial Rome. London, 1995.
  • Scullard, Howard H. A History of the Roman World from 753 to 146 BC (1961) online edition
  • Scullard, Howard H. From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68. (1963) online edition
  • Syme, Ronald. The Roman Revolution (1939, rev ed. 2002) excerpt and text search

Primary sources


Journals

  • American Journal of Ancient History
  • British School at Rome. Papers.
  • Greece and Rome.
  • Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies.
  • Journal of Roman archaeology.
  • Journal of Roman studies.