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Remember to begin your research with a general encyclopedia article if possible!
Web Sources for Roman Engineering and Architecture
I. General Roman Engineering and Architecture
http://www.greatbuildings.com/ Architecture database containing many Roman
buildings
http://jaysromanhistory.com/romeweb/engineer/engineer/contents.htm Roman
Bridges, Roads, Building Construction, and Roman engineering
http://chip.choate.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/HPRSS/twhite/webpages/Roman%20
Project%20'00/Finished%20Papers/Lucy%20Voelk.htm
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/ search “Roman”
http://www.the-romans.co.uk/ Look under “art” buildings
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/aqueducts.htm
Good general site on famous Roman buildings
http://www.personal.psu.edu/mow5058/group.htm#07 General information, Forum,
Colosseum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/sysm/romans/index_choice.shtml
Good for forts and walls
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/ General information.
http://humweb.ucsc.edu/gweltaz/courses/techno/papers/insulae.html Roman
construction, especially homes
http://www.romanconcrete.com/about.htm
http://www.roman-empire.net/
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/index.html
http://www.classicspage.com
http://www.forumromanum.org/index2.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/gallery-current.php
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth200/politics/roman_architecture.htm
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http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Triumphu
s.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/architecture/templearchi
tecture.html
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II. Aqueducts
http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/
comparative_technology_transfer_and_society/v007/7.3.article.html Aqueduct
of Segovia
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/segovia/aqueduct/aqueduct.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/
comparative_technology_transfer_and_society/v007/7.3.article.html Aqueduct
of Segovia
home.messiah.edu/~cw1272 Aqueducts in general
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/roman-aqueducts.html
home.messiah.edu/~cw1272 Aqueducts in general
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/romans/aqueducts.pdf Aqueducts in
general
http://www.romanaqueducts.info/introduction/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/roman-aqueducts.html
Aqueduct at Segovia
http://www.wmf.org/project/aqueduct-segovia
http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/segovia/
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/segovia/aqueduct/aqueduct.html
http://www.asce.org/People-and-Projects/Projects/Landmarks/Acueducto-deSegovia/
http://www.wmf.org/sites/default/files/wmf_article/pg_38-41_Segovia.pdf
Pont du Gard
http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/nimes/
http://chen2.simmons.edu/whm4/collection/site.php?site=344 Pont du Gard
http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/public/craig/teach/1080/photos/gard.html Pont du Gard
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/moore/rome/image/pont-du-gard Pont du Gard
http://www.livius.org/ne-nn/nimes/pont_du_gard.html Pont du Gard
http://technogreatideas.blogspot.com/2008/05/pont-du-gard-romanaqueduct.html Pont du Gard
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http://userpages.umbc.edu/~tejada1/pontdugard.html
http://www.buffaloah.com/a/virtual/fr/nimes/5/
http://technogreatideas.blogspot.com/2008/05/pont-du-gard-romanaqueduct.htm
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/segovia/aqueduct/aqueduct.html
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III. Ampitheaters
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/amphitheater.htm
Ampitheater at Nimes, France
http://www.buffaloah.com/a/virtual/fr/nimes/index.html#Amph Ampitheater
at Nimes, France
http://archive.archaeology.org/onsite/provence/nimes1.html Ampitheater at
Nimes,France
Colosseum
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanurbs/
colosseum.html Colosseum
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/A
mphitheatrum.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Secrets-of-theColosseum.html?c=y&page=2 Colosseum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/colosseum_01.shtml Colosseum
http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm Colosseum
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html Colosseum
Ampitheater at Nimes, France
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/A
mphitheatrum.html
http://www.buffaloah.com/a/virtual/fr/nimes/
http://archive.archaeology.org/onsite/provence/nimes1.html
Stadium of Domitian
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/AS-012.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Stadium_of_Domitian.html
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SportsBuildings.html
http://courses.umass.edu/latour/Italy/Piazza_Navona/index.html
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IV. Bridges
http://id-archserve.ucsb.edu/courses/arthistory/152k/bridges.html
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab97#2146
http://jaysromanhistory.com/romeweb/engineer/art3.htmTrajan’s
http://www.technologystudent.com/struct1/roman1.htm
Bridge at Alcantara, Spain
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0000521 Trajan’s Bridge
at Alcantara
http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/virtual/c_alcantara.html
http://jaysromanhistory.com/romeweb/engineer/art2.htm Trajan’s Bridge at
Alcantara
http://www.bridgeconference2006.com/?q=node/79
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/hispania/alcantar
a.html
http://id-archserve.ucsb.edu/courses/arthistory/152k/bridges.html
Sant’Angelo Bridge (Aelian Bridge), Rome
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/
Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Pons_Aelius.html
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/BR-001-PA.html
http://www.livius.org/ro-rz/rome/rome_bridge_aelius.html
http://www.wga.hu/html_m/g/giorgett/angel.html
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V. Forts and Walls
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/iha-roman-forts-fortresses/
romanfortsfortresses.pdf
Roman forts in Great Britain
http://www.castles.me.uk/roman-forts.htm
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/_Peri
ods/Roman/_Texts/WARREB/3*.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/_Peri
ods/Roman/_Texts/WARRBE/2*.html
Fort in Chester, England
http://www.discoverchester.co.uk/Roman%20Chester.html Fort in Chester,
England
http://www.roman-britain.org/places/deva.htm
Aurelian Walls (Roman city walls)
http://en.museodellemuraroma.it/sede/mura_aureliane Aurelian Walls
http://www.mmdtkw.org/VWalls.html City walls around Rome, Italy.
Hadrian’s Wall
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/odlin1/Graphics/england/hadwall.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/hadrian_gallery.shtml
http://www.roman-britain.org/frontiers/hw_history.htm
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/430
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VI. Homes
http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-houses.php Roman Houses
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html House plans
http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/romanhouses.htm
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/home.html
http://humweb.ucsc.edu/gweltaz/courses/techno/papers/insulae.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html
http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-house.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_art_gallery_07.shtml
http://www2.gsu.edu/~artwgg/domus/domus.html
Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, Italy
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/tivoli/hadrian'svilla/hadrianintro.ht
ml
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/907
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Hadrians_Villa.html
Capitoline/ Ara Coeli Insula (and insulas in general)
http://ldmart315.edublogs.org/nov-2-two-apartment-buildings-the-capitolineand-san-lorenzo-in-lucina-insulae/
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/insulae.htm
http://www.060608.it/en/cultura-e-svago/beni-culturali/beniarcheologici/insula-dell-ara-coeli.html
Domus Aurea
http://www.the-colosseum.net/history/domusaurea.htm
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Domus_Aurea.html
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/historia/empire/domusaurea/domus_aurea.htm
http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21h.405/www/DomusAurea/
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/
Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Domus_Aurea.html
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House of the Faun
http://www.pompeii.org.uk/m.php/museo-casa-del-fauno-pompei-it-81-m.htm
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/House_of_the_Faun.html
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/pompeii/pompeii3.html
http://www.pompeionline.net/pompeii/houses.htm
http://hci.ece.upatras.gr/pompeiigame/data/uploads/material/places_l_en.pdf
Maison Carree
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/roma/carree.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Maison_Carree.html
http://www.archiplanet.org/buildings/Maison_Carree.html
http://www.architecturecourses.org/maison-carree-nimes
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VII. Public Buildings, Temples, and Monuments,
http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21h.405/www/ArchesOfTitus/index.html Triumphal
arches
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Arcus_Tri
umphalis.html Triumphal arches
Arch of Constantine
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanurbs/archc
onstantine.html
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/archconstantine/arch.html
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/MA-002.html
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/smarthistory/arch_constantine.ht
m
http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21h.405/www/ArchesOfTitus/constantineart.html
Baths of Caracalla:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Thermae_of_Caracalla.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/bathscaracalla.htm
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/BT-002.html Baths (Thermae) of
Caracalla
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/ Baths
Basilica of Maxentius
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/moore/rome/image/reconstruction-interiorbasilica-maxentius-and-constantine
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/
Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Basilica_Constantini.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/basi
lica.html
http://arts.muohio.edu/faculty/benson/basmaxcon/
http://www.mmdtkw.org/VBasCons.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/maxentius.htm
Castel Sant’Angelo
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanurbs/maus
oleum.html
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http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/BR-001-PA.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/
Roma/Rome/monument_index.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/
Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Mausoleum_Hadriani.html
Markets of Trajan
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Markets_of_Trajan.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/imperialfora/traja
n/market.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/imperialfora/traja
n/forumtrajani.html
http://gallery.sjsu.edu/oldworld/ancientrome/empire/list/
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/romantrajan/market.html
Pantheon
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pantheon.html
http://romanconcrete.com/docs/chapt01/chapt01.htm
http://www.monolithic.com/stories/the-pantheon-rome-126-ad
http://courses.umass.edu/latour/Italy/Pantheon/index.htm Pantheon
Temple of Vesta
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/vest
a.html
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/TS-064.html
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/reconstructions/VestaAedes_1
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/TS-064-PA.html
http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Article/634992
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Curia Julia (Roman Forum)
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/reconstructions/CuriaIulia_1
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/curi
ajulia.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/
Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Curia_Julia.html
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/CB-016-PA.html
http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/curia/julia.html
http://architecturalmoleskine.blogspot.com/2010/07/baths-of-caracalla.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/bathscaracalla.htm
http://honorsaharchive.blogspot.com/2007/01/baths-and-bathing-in-ancientroman.html
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VII. Roads
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin3/mores/techno/roads/construction.htm Roman Roads
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/romans/romanroads.pdf Roman Roads
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/roads_and_places/ Roman
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_roads.htm
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/508316/Roman-road-system
Appian Way
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/30587/Appian-Way
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~tia/5837-1a.pdf
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/romannet.html
IX. Water systems and sewers
http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/rome/
http://people.umass.edu/latour/Italy/Aqueducts_Wastewater_Systems_Rome/index.ht
ml
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/romans/sewers.pdf
Cloaca Maxima
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/resources/Richardson/Cloaca_Maxima
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/
Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Cloaca_Maxima.html
http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/tools/dictionary.php?regexp=CLOAC
A+MAXIMA.&method=standard
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