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The Emergence of the Augustan Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides basic information in outline form about the time from the death of Caesar to Octavian's triumphs after the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra. Site assumes that you know most of the major names in Roman history. Written by...
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Franco Cavazzi

Roman empire.net: The Second Triumvirate

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Roman-Empire.net provides information on the Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus) and an explanation of what happened after Caesar's death.
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Franco Cavazzi

Roman empire.net: Roman Italy Map

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Roman-Empire.net is an interactive map of Roman Italy. Areas, Regions, Tribes, Towns, Cities, Rivers, Lakes, and Mountains can be searched for with pull-down menus.
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Franco Cavazzi

The Roman Empire: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Roman Empire.net, gives a biography of the victorious Roman general, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey the Great.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Italy History and Timeline Overview

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Italy including the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Renaissance, Catholicism, World War II, and current events on this site.
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Franco Cavazzi

Roman empire.net: Tiberius Gracchus

For Students 9th - 10th
Site gives a detailed look at the life of Tiberius Gracchus. Items covered are his army service, political tactics, the economic revolution, reform projects, and his death.
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Other

United Nations of Roma Victrix: Pyrrhic War

For Students 9th - 10th
This huge UNRV site on Roman history devotes a page to the Pyrrhic War, defining the major players and tracing the course of battles and related events.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Roman Government

For Students 2nd - 7th
History for Kids provides an overview of government in all its forms throughout early Roman history. Students learn about Roman Monarchy, Republic and Empire.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Roman Senate

For Students 2nd - 7th
Historical overview of the Roman Senate teaches us about Roman law during the days of the Roman Republic, Empire and the later years. Site includes links to resources for teachers, such as worksheets, activities and quizzes.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Trial of Gaius Verres: An Account (79 Bc)

For Students 9th - 10th
The records of the trial of Gaius (sometimes spelled Caius) Verres reveal--far better than any other extant source--the corruption of the last years of the Roman Republic. Through a series of orations and witnesses, Verres's prosecutor,...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Dictator for a Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a lesson plan for better student understanding of life in ancient Rome. Young scholars experience and analyze the pros and cons of a dictatorship.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Roman Civil Servants

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustration of two lictors, members of a special class of Roman civil servants. Lictors had special tasks of attending and guarding magistrates of the Roman Republic and Empire who held imperium; essentially, a bodyguard. The origin...
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a lecture about Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana. The first part of the lecture is about his life and triumphs.
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Curated OER

Forum Romanum: Outlines of Roman History

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of a 1901 textbook on Roman history by William C. Morey. However, the work is still useful today as if covers all the basic information about Rome from its earliest beginnings through the Republic and later the Empire.
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Other

Armenian History

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive look at Armenian history written by an Armenian so expect some partiality. Use the table of contents to navigate the site. Pictures illustrate every section and a glossary is included.
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Other

Armenian History

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive look at Armenian history written by an Armenian so expect some partiality. Use the table of contents to navigate the site. Pictures illustrate every section and a glossary is included.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rome Poster

For Students 9th - 10th
A poster about Rome's Republic 509-31 B.C.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella

For Students 9th - 10th
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella

For Students 9th - 10th
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella

For Students 9th - 10th
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Walls of Signia

For Students 9th - 10th
Walls of Signia. The colony of Signia was said to have been founded by the last Tarquin; but its possession was lost in the early years of the republic. -Allen, 1890
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: World History: 600 Bce 600 Ce Second Wave Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
We have 2 resources from here but should be cross-checked against embedded videos.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to the Han Dynasty

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Italy, 1175 a.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Italy in AD 1175 showing the lands of the Holy Roman Empire, States of the Church, lands of the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Sicily, and the lands of the Moors and Saracens.