Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: List of Popes
This resource gives a list of popes from the 9th century to the present.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Pantheon
Slideshow of images of the Pantheon in Rome accompanied by narration from two art historians discussing its construction, design, and history. [8 mins, 6 secs]
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: In Old Pompeii
Use this lesson to take students on a virtual field trip to the ruins of Pompeii to explore everyday life, art and culture in ancient Roman times. Students will then use what they learned about the history and destruction of Pompeii to...
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Lyceum Books
Lyceum Books: The Land and Peoples of Early Britain [Pdf]
Full text of the first chapter from a multivolume work on the history of the British people describes the land and people of prehistoric Britain. Includes information on the kinds of functional and decorative artwork they created, with...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Claude Lorrain, "Pastoral Landscape"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art gives you Claude Lorrain, "Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna". Here you can find a brief discription of the painting and a reproduction of the work.
Other
The Faith of the Armenian Church
This site examines Christology from the Armenian perspective. It is interesting to note the major differences between the Armenian Christology and that of the Roman Catholic Church concerning "Earthly Religious Authority".
Curated OER
Etc: Clip Art Etc: Christians Given to the Lions in the Roman Amphitheater
More particularly was the new sect of Christians selected as the objects of vengeance. These people had already gained the intense dislike of Rome. The austerity of their manners, the severe tenets of their faith so opposed to the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: A Roman Aqueduct
The Pont du Gard near Nimes (ancient Nemausus) in southern France. Built by the emperor Antoninus Pius. The bridge spans two hilltops nearly a thousand feet apart. It carries an aqueduct with three tiers of massive stone arches at a...
Other
Musei Capitolini: Museum History
This museum is one of many under the umbrella of Rome City Council. It is also the oldest public museum in the world, having been established in 1471. Throughout the site, there is extensive information about its history and collections,...
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum
This world-class American museum exhibits a vast collection of international art. View online exhibitions and explore museum education resources.
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Web Gallery of Art: Landscape With Roman Ruins
An image of "Landscape with Roman Ruins", created by Francois De Nomez (Oil on canvas).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
Greek art became popular when Roman generals began conquering Greek cities. This work so impressed the Roman elite that studios were set up to meet the growing demand for copies. The Doryphoros was one of the most sought after, and most...
Other
Stuardt Clarke's Rome: Museums and Galleries of Rome
What a terrific site! Many museums are listed, described, and contents revealed.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Correggio, Assumption of the Virgin
In the sacred architecture of the Roman and Byzantine empires, domes were viewed as symbols of heaven. Correggio merged this symbolism with the Renaissance's fascination for three-dimensional illusion. He transformed the dome of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty is one of the great dynasties in Chinese history, encompassing nearly four hundred years of expansion and consolidation which coincided with the period of the Roman republic and empire in the West. The period is usually...
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Albert Bierstadt
This museum article provides fifteen thumbnail images of Albert Bierstadt's paintings are available for enlarging, with biographical information on a separate page.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Accubatio
The act of reclining at meals. The Greeks and Romans were accustomed, in later times, to recline at their meals; but this practice could not have been od great antiquity in Greece, since Homer always describes persons as sitting at their...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornu
Roman Cornu. Brass instrument used by the Roman Armies to give orders in battle.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sestertius
The sestertius or sesterce was an ancient silver coin during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Signa Militaria
Signa Militaria, military ensigns or standards. The most ancient standard employed by the Romans is said to have been a handful of straw fixed to the top of a spear or pole. Hence the company of soldiers belonging to it was called...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Caractacus and Claudius
Caractacus was a British Chief that had fought very bravely against the Romans. He was brought to Rome with chains on his hands and feet and set before the emperor of Rome. The wife of Caratacus, who had also been brought a prisoner to...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Ruins of the Ancient Roman Theater of Marcellus
An image of "Ruins of the Ancient Roman Theater of Marcellus", created by Giuliano Da Sangallo during the 1480's (Drawing, 460 x 378 mm).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Acinaces
A Persian sword, whence Horace speaks of the Medus acinaces. The acinaces was a short and straight weapon; and thus differed from the Roman sica, which was curved. It was worn on the right side of the body, whereas the Greeks and Romans...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: As
The unit of value in the Roman and old Italian coinages, was made of copper, or of the mixed metal called Aes. It was originally of the weight of a pound of twelve ounces whence it was called as libralis and aes grave. The oldest form of...