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Roman Roads (Viae Publicae)
Roman roads (called Viae Publicae in Latin) were an extremely important construction project for imperial Rome, as they allowed for communication and control of the vast Roman empire throughout Europe

Scenes from Paradise: Jewish Roman Mosaics from Tunisia
A selection of images from the Brooklyn Museum's planned exhibition of Roman mosaics from a Jewish synagogue in Tunisia in the latter days of the Roman empire.

Tree of Paradise: Roman Jewish Mosaics from Tunisia
An exhibition of Roman mosaics recovered from the 3rd century AD Jewish synagogue at Naro, Tunisia, is planned for the fall and winter of 2005-2006. The mosaics, showing natural, religious and personal images, exemplify a little-known way of life, that of wealthy Jewish members of the late Roman empire in Africa.

Roman Gask Project
The Gask Ridge project is being conducted by the University of Liverpool and the Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust, to investigate the Roman fortifications including Hadrian's Wall, in Scotland.

Ancient Rome and Roman History
More history and resources from your About.com guide to Ancient History, N.S. Gill.

Corpus Informático del Instrumentum Domesticum
From CEIPAC at la Universitat de Barcelona, a catalog of epigraphic data on Roman amphorae. Substantial resources in Gran Bretaña, Alemania y Holanda; se ha iniciado la relativa a Francia, Suiza, Austria, España, Portugal e Italia. Spanish.

Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World
Bill Thayer's long-standing website on all things Roman, Lacus Curtius just moved to the University of Chicago's webserver.

Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
Over 1500 photographs of by Leo C. Curran (SUNY Buffalo) of ancient Greece and Rome.

Roman Britain: From BBC Online
From the British Broadcasting Company, this site includes articles by archaeologists, 3D fly bys, illustrations, and even recipes on the Roman occupation of Britain.

Roman Ceramics
Really an amazing and inventive site, bibliographies, software, discussion groups.

Roman Cooking
Just for fun, some ancient recipes from an old Roman cookbook, translated into English from the German translation of the original Latin by Michaela Pantke.

Roman Military Sites in Britain
Peter Green's comprehensive lists of sites in Britain includes clickable maps of locations.

The Corinth Computer Project
From the University of Pennsylvania, a terrific use of virtual reality and detailed archaeological data to explore the Roman city in Greece.

Egnatia Way
The Egnatia Way (or Via Egnatia) was a major Roman thoroughfare, built in the second century BC as a military road connecting the southern Adriatic coast to the northern Aegean sea.

Samnite Culture
The Samnite culture is one of several ethnic groups in the Roman empire, originating from the Samnium region, roughly encompassing the Sangro Valley region of the Abruzzo in Italy.