THE ROMANS
THE FAMILY TREE OF JULIUS CAESAR
From Antony Kamm, Julius Caesar: a life, Routledge 2006
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Early Rome
Founding Legends
Site of Rome
Etruscan influence
The kings
The Roman Republic
State officials
State Assemblies
Laws; the Twelve Tables
Rrom city state to Italian empire
Punic Wars (264 - 146 BC)-Hannibal and Cato
The Gracchi:Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Marius and the reform of the Roman army
Sulla and his constitutional reforms
The Twelve Caesars
Julius
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
Religion gods, goddesses and mysteries
Divinities: the origins of Roman religion
Prayer and sacrifice
Gods,goddesses and spirits
Omens
Worship in the home"
Worship in the fields
The religion of the state
Under the empire: foreign cults, Judaism, Christianity
Daily life, work and entertainment
The economy and money
Work
Women
Slavery
Education
The Roman calendar
Roman numerals
Dress
Food & Drink
Games and holidays
Art and Architecture
Sculpture
Painting & mosaic
Gem engraving
Domestic architecture
Public architecture - arches & aqueducts
Latin Literature
Language, alphabet, poetic metres
Ennius
Comedy: Plautus & Terence
Lucretius on the nature of the universe
Lyric poetry: Catullus & Horace
Virgil
Elegiac poetry: Propertius & Ovid
Epigram & Satire: Martial & Juvenal
The novel: Petronius & Apuleius
Historians: Caesar, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius
Philosophy & Science: Seneca & Pliny the Elder
Letter writers: Cicero & Pliny the Younger
The Roman Army
The Legion
Weapons & tactics
Consolidating & patrolling the Empire
The Later Empire
"AD 96 - 180: Five Good Emperors"
AD 180 - 284: Gradual disintegration
AD 284 - 337: Diocletian & Constantine: Partial recovery
AD 527 - 565: Fall of Rome & Constantinople
The legacy of Rome
Timelines
An array of Timelines
Website miscellanea
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About the website
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Maps and pictures
Map of Italy
List of maps
Galleries: explore pictures on the site
