Roman Empire

Many episodes from the British reality TV series, the Time Team, have covered the Roman invasion. In this new DVD box set, 12 episodes featuring the for centuries of Romano-British archaeological sites are included.

The ruins of the Roman Empire are located throughout Europe, and wherever they're located, they share a common architecture and economy, as can be seen from the archaeological studies.

The Fires of Vesuvius is a 2008 book by Mary Beard, summarizing the 250 years of scholarly research at the famous city of Pompeii, destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD.

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

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.

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.

A fish sauce perfected, manufactured and traded by the Romans was called garum: it's most potent ingredient was MSG.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.