World History learning module unit on Ancient Greeks and Romans compares Greek and Roman culture, their evolution, contributions, and eventual decline.

Learn how ancient civilzations developed based on the local physical features and how the boundaries of early civilizations compare to their modern counterparts.

Gives a short description on the practice of medicine in Etruscan and Roman societies. The first doctors came from Greece but Roman medicine tended to be more of a "home remedy," situation.

Comparing Greek and Roman architecture? Unearth new resources for teaching about the methods of development in these ancient cities.

Brief studies of the peoples, mythology, daily life, death and burial, writings and archaeology of civilizations in the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, and the Ancient Americas.

A biographical sketch by 1st century B.C. Roman author, Cornelius Nepos, of the Theban statesman and military leader, Epaminondas. Epaminondas lived at the beginning of the 4th century B.C. The author stresses Epaminondas's strength of...

Eros (Cupid), the winged god of Love in Ancient Greece, shot golden arrows into the hearts of both humans and gods.

This site explains how the Platonic tradition was revived in Italian Renaissance humanism. It presents an analysis of Ancient Greece and Plato's thought, and then describes how his ideas were adapted to fit humanistic teaching. It also...

This site focuses on the Greek hero Heracles including his ancestry, pictures, events in his life, and links to myths about him.

This lesson offers a brief history of public speaking drawing upon the Western thought from Greece and Rome with Aristotle and Cicero. It lists and discusses the periods and the major speakers of each period.