Links for Italy

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General

Roman Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

Latium (Lazio), including Rome

    Lazio (Latium) Rome is part of Latium. Modern Italy is divided into provinces. Latium, from where we derive the name for Latin, the language the Romans spoke, was an area where the Latin tribes lived. Rome was one of a number of Latin cities that were part of a confederation.

    Towns in the Tiber valley.

Rome

    Images of Rome From EAWC's page on Rome. Included images of sites near Rome. Bill Thayer's Page Topographia Urbis Romae He has links to other pages that have ancient documents of areas in Rome as well as special ongoing projects. Be careful, he has some documents that are public domain and that means dated. Lanciani's work dates to the late 19th century. Archaeologists have uncovered much more since then.< br> Underground Rome Here is the Rome discovered during the many years when Rome was trying to construct its subway system. Needless to say, it took many years as the builders kept running into ancient remains, which had to be documented, studied, photographed, etc. IN Athens, the Athenians avoided this problem by putting the tunnels at a depth below ancient remains. The site offers and English version. Learning to Read Rome's Ruins. Part of a Vatican exhibit.
    The pages of Rome . In Italian but it lists everything the city hall of Rome (Comune di Roma) is doing in the city.
    . Has a table with the major cultural monuments and areas of Rome, from antiquity to more recent times.
    Forma Urbis Romae Usually refers to marble plan of Rome, one of the most important documents for the study of Roman topography. The plan dates to the Severan period and was found on a wall of what was Vespasian's Templum Pacis, one of the imperial fora, though it was never called that until late antiquity. The one studied here, however, is the 19th century plan of Lanciani. The map is clickable.
    Maps of Rome. It even has a map of Rome, ancient, that is, that is color coded according to building type. Maps of Rome

    Plan of Rome. In French.From the University of Caen, France.

Altars

Roads

Theaters
    Theater of Pompey. From Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (1929) The focus on this page are monuments associated with Pompeius Magnus-Pompey the Great. Needless to say, the sites listed on this page have been studied further, and so you should read the entries with great care. Professor Larry Richardson published an updated version of the Topographical Dictionary in Rome.

Thermae (Baths)

Ostia

Palestrina

    Monuments of Palestrina Click on the British flag to see the English version. Or clickhere Once here click on "monuments" and look for the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia.

Tivoli

Naples and Campania


    Neapolitan Network Tourist Project
    Has information of what remains of the ancient city of Naples, which means "New City" in ancient Greek. That's right, Naples was an ancient Greek colony. Vergil lived there as he was composing the Aeneid. Site is in Italian Exhibit of Greek Colonization in Italy. Palazzo Grassi. Go here for a description of the exhibit. To access opening page of the exhibit with links, go here

Pompeii


Cumae

Florence (Firenze, Florentium)

Aqueducts

    Fontanelle di Roma That is, Roman aqueducts. The page is in Italian but is has a map that has all the aqueducts leading into Rome. About 90% of the aqueducts are below ground. What you see above ground are the bridges that keep the water flowing at a certain gradient into a castellum, a holding tank. From the castella, the water is distributed. It is now believed that since the water was so high in calcium, that the lead pipes became coated, and thus minimized the problem of lead poisoning. The Waters of Rome In English. The project is a "cartographic history of 2800 years of water infrastructure. Divided according to time period and note limited to aqueduct bridges. If you are interested in geography or hydrography, then this is the site for you.

Latin Inscriptions

Museums

Women of Rome

Women of Rome A New site