- Outline of ancient Rome
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient Rome:
Ancient Rome – former civilization that thrived on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world.[1]
Contents
Essence of Ancient Rome
- Main article: Ancient Rome
- Civilization
- Classical antiquity
- Classical Rome
- Greco-Roman world
Geography of ancient Rome
- Roman provinces
- Roman Britain
- Roman invasion of Britain
- List of Roman governors of Britain
- Roman road from London to Bath
- Roman sites in the United Kingdom
- Aelia Capitolina
- Roman Egypt
- Roman Gaul
- Roman Greece
- Hispania
- Judea
- Macedonia
- Roman Britain
- Further information: Roman geographers
Government and politics of ancient Rome
- Curia
- Forum
- Cursus honorum
- Collegiality
- Emperor
- Legatus
- Dux
- Officium
- Praefectus
- Vicarius
- Vigintisexviri
- Lictor
- Magister militum
- Imperator
- Princeps senatus
- Pontifex Maximus
- Augustus
- Caesar
- Tetrarch
- Province
- SPQR
- Populares
Political institutions of Ancient Rome
Main article: Political institutions of Ancient Rome- of Ancient Rome in general
- of the Roman Kingdom
- of the Roman Republic
- of the Roman Empire
Magistrates
Main article: MagistratusOrdinary magistrates
Main article: Ordinary magistrateExtraordinary magistrates
Main article: Extraordinary magistrateRoman law
Main article: Roman law- Roman laws
- Twelve Tables
- Roman citizenship
- Auctoritas
- Imperium
- Status in Roman legal system
- Roman litigation
- Roman Constitution
Military of ancient Rome
Main article: Military of ancient Rome- Roman military diploma
- Praetorian Guard
- Victory titles
- Roman infantry tactics, strategy and battle formations
- Castra
Roman armed forces
Military history of Rome
Main article: Military history of ancient Rome- Borders of the Roman Empire
- Roman military frontiers and fortifications
- Military engineering of ancient Rome
- Military establishment of the Roman Republic
- Political history of the Roman military
- Strategy of the Roman military
- Structural history of the Roman military
- Technological history of the Roman military
Military conflict
General history of ancient Rome
- Founding of Rome
- Kingdom of Rome
- Kings of Rome
- Roman Republic
- Roman Empire
- Principate (27 BC – 284 AD) – first period of the Roman Empire, extending from the beginning of the reign of Caesar Augustus to the Crisis of the Third Century, after which it was replaced with the Dominate.
- Year of the four emperors (69 AD)
- Nerva–Antonine dynasty (96-192 AD) –
- Crisis of the third century (235–284 AD)
- Gallic Empire (260-274 AD)
- Crisis of the third century (235–284 AD)
- Dominate (284-476 AD) – 'despotic' latter phase of government in the ancient Roman Empire from the conclusion of the Third Century Crisis until the collapse of the Western Empire.
- Tetrarchy (293-313 AD)
- Decline of the Roman Empire
- Western Roman Empire
- Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)
- Fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD)
- Principate (27 BC – 284 AD) – first period of the Roman Empire, extending from the beginning of the reign of Caesar Augustus to the Crisis of the Third Century, after which it was replaced with the Dominate.
- Legacy of the Roman Empire
Roman historiography
Main article: Roman historiographyWorks on Roman history
- Ab Urbe Condita, by Titus Livius (around 59 BC - 17 AD), a monumental history of Rome, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC).
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon
Culture of ancient Rome
Main article: Culture of ancient Rome- Architecture –
- Roman bridges –
- Circus –
- Roman domes –
- Roman roofs –
- Art –
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- Music –
- Theatre –
- Calendar –
- Clothing –
- Cuisine –
- Hairstyle –
- Deforestation –
- Education –
- Festivals –
- Forum –
- Funerals and burials –
- Lustratio –
- Marriage –
- Naming conventions –
- Prostitution –
- Technology –
Social order
Main article: Social class in ancient Rome- Patricians –
- Plebs –
- Equestrian order –
- Gens –
- Slavery –
- Tribes –
- Women –
See also: Romanization (cultural)Religion in ancient Rome
Main articles: Religion in ancient Rome and Roman mythologyGods
Institutions
- Collegium Pontificum –
- Augur –
- Quindecimviri sacris faciundis –
- Epulones –
See also: Etruscan mythology and Persecution of religion in ancient RomeRoman language (Latin)
Main article: Latin- Romance languages –
- History of Latin –
- Latin alphabet –
- Roman cursive –
- Roman square capitals –
- Rustic capitals –
Roman economy
- Roman agriculture
- Roman commerce
- Roman finance
- Roman currency
- Roman Republican coinage
- Roman provincial coins
Scholars
Writers
Modern
Ancient Roman lists
- Alphabetized list of notable ancient Romans
- Latin masculine nouns of the 1st Declension
- Latin phrases
- Roman cognomina
- Roman geographers
- Roman nomina
- Roman tribes
- Roman women
- Adjectival and demonymic forms of regions in Greco-Roman antiquity
See also
- Outline of classical studies
- Daqin
- Classical orders
- Fiction set in ancient Rome
- Naumachia
References
- ^ Chris Scarre, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (London: Penguin Books, 1995).
External links
- Ancient Rome resources for students from the Courtenay Middle School Library.
- History of Ancient Rome OpenCourseWare from the University of Notre Dame providing free resources including lectures, discussion questions, assignments and exams.
- Ancient Rome portal at Encarta Encyclopedia
- Gallery of the Ancient Art: Ancient Rome
- Lacus Curtius
- Livius.Org
- Nova Roma - Educational Organization about "All Things Roman"
- The Private Life of the Romans by Harold Whetstone Johnston
- United Nations of Roma Victrix (UNRV) History
- Water and Wastewater Systems in Imperial Rome
- Ancient Rome at The History Channel
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