Ancient Rome

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Ludi Scaenici
Ludi Scaenici were held yearly at these games.

Floralia - Ludi Florales
Floralia - The Roman Festival Known as the Ludi Florales in honor of the Roman goddess Flora. The Floralia was a festival in honor of the Roman goddess Flora which was later celebrated as the Ludi Florales.

Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall was built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian to keep the 'barbarian' Picts from Scotland out of Roman Britain.

Six Vestal Virgins
Vestal Virgins - Obligations and rewards of 30 years service as a Vestal Virgin

Mithridates Tries to Expand his Empire
Mithridates while still a child developed a reputation that included matricide and a paranoid fear of being poisoned.

Curse Tablets
Curse Tablets - Revenge on the Roman Bath House Thieves by Sympathetic Magic. Theft was a problem in Roman bath houses, so slaves watched bathers property and curse tablets punished those who stole.

Vergil - History of Roman Literature
Vergil (or Virgil) - History of Roman Literature

Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius - Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Basic information on the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius

Ancient Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D. by Robert F. Pennell
Contents of Ancient Rome From the Earliest Times Down to 476 A.D., by Robert F. Pennell

Could Women Divorce in Ancient Rome?
Women and Divorce in Ancient Rome. Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce and Widowhood by Judith Evans Grubbs.

Emperor Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus, the first of the soldier emperors rose improbably from the ranks of soldiers to become a reformer of the military, but at a high cost to the Roman budget

Arthur's Britain
Arthur's Britain - Timeline of Arthurian Britain - Timeline of Roman Britain to the Time of King Arthur

History of Ancient Rome
101 hyperlinked terms or names important for the history of Ancient Rome.

7 Kings of Rome - L. Tarquinius Priscus
Seven Kings of Rome - L. Tarquinius Priscus. Tarquin -- L. Tarquinius Priscus -- was the first Etruscan king of Rome.

Vergil - History of Roman Literature p. 2
Vergil - History of Roman Literature

Vergil History of Roman Literature
Vergil - History of Roman Literature 3

The Month of May in Ancient Rome
The Month of May in Ancient Rome. Ancient Roman May.

Vergil History of Roman Literature
Vergil - History of Roman Literature

Vergil History of Roman Literature
Vergil - History of Roman Literature

Vergil Appendix
History of Roman Literature - Vergil - Appendix

Bath Glossary
Terms used to describes rooms, workers, and artifacts found at the sites of ancient public (balneum) and private (therma) baths.

Emperor Claudius Timeline
Emperor Claudius Timeline. Events in the life of Emperor Claudius of Rome.