Roman festivals. Forum Romanum. The Mysterious Etruscans - Pre-Roman Civilisation in Italy. Etruscans. Etruscans Etruscan culture developed in northern and central Italy after ca 800 BC without a serious break out of the preceding Villanovan culture. The Villanovan culture, the earliest Iron Age culture of central and northern Italy, gave way in the 7th century to an increasingly orientalizing culture that was influenced by Greek traders and Greek neighbors in Magna Graecia, the Hellenic civilization of southern Italy. The Etruscan civilization flourished in Etruria and the Po valley in the northern part of what is now Italy, prior to the arrival of Gauls in the Po valley and the formation of the Roman Republic.
Etruscan history is rooted in layers of mystery. Much of what we have come to know of Etruscan culture has stemmed from the writings of other cultures, mainly that of the Greeks and the Romans, and directly from archaeological evidence gathered from the objects they left behind. The land of Etruria occupied what is now Tuscany in central Italy. Collapse of Etruscan politics Language. Teaching Resources. VRomans have created many resources for teachers of the Latin language and Roman civilization and culture. The following links are grouped according to the broad categories listed above. Latin Language: The National Latin Exam web site Drills to accompany Oxford Latin by Margaret B. Phillips Scribax a program that creates random Latin sentences for translation practice (and also translates them) — created by Henry Walker Latin Links, created by John Gruber-Miller, presents many links to sites related to the Oxford Latin Course New Computer and Technological Resources for Latin Language Instruction, a web page accompanying a presentation by Barbara McManus, with links to many kinds of online resources Diagramming Latin Sentences, created by Barbara McManus Texts and Authors: History and Culture: How to Use the VRoma MUVE for Teaching: Sample Class Assignments in the VRoma MUVE: NEW: Role-Playing Game, by Barbara McManus.
Download Adobe Acrobat Reader. Roman Name, Univ. of Saskatchewan. To Home PageTo Course Notes Menu Notice: This material is the copyrighted property of the author and should not be reproduced without the author's permission. Suggested Background Reading The Oxford Classical Dictionary, second edition, s.v. "Names, Personal" — the source of much of the material included in the following discussion. The typical Athenian male had but one given name (e.g., Socrates), but would identify himself formally (at least from the late fifth century on) by adding the name of his father and of his deme (e.g., Socrates, son of Sophroniscus, of the deme of Alopece).
A Roman's name usually will have at least three elements: *The Praenomen - the "first" name; perhaps originally the only given name. *The Nomen (nomen gentilicium) - the "family" name, designating the person's gens ("clan"). *The Cognomen - most Romans had at least one cognomen, often more than one.
Friends would use the nomen or cognomen in addressing one another: hence we refer to M. List of Praenomina. Roman naming conventions. Roman naming practices varied greatly over the centuries from the founding of Rome to the early Middle Ages. However, the practice of the elite during the period between the mid-Republic and the early Empire has come to be seen as the classical Roman naming convention. This is likely to be because this period provides good evidence of naming practices of the best documented class in the best documented Roman period. By the end of the Republican era, a name for an aristocratic male citizen comprised three parts (tria nomina): praenomen (given name), nomen (or nomen gentile or simply gentilicium), being the name of the gens or clan) and cognomen (name of a family line within the gens).
Sometimes a second or third cognomen, called agnomen, was added. During the Empire, superficially the naming conventions appear to dissolve into anarchy. Early history[edit] In the early regal period of Rome, it appears that people were at first referred to by one name (e.g., Romulus and Remus, Manius). Masters of Rome. Background and links This site does not attempt to explain all the terms used in the books nor to provide a summary of the political and military structure of ancient Rome. If you are unfamiliar with a particular term or concept, the best reference source is normally the excellent glossary provided in each volume. The only exceptions I have made are for an explanation of Roman names and dates, which have their own pages. Many books have been written on Rome; one of my favourites (having acquired it second-hand many years ago) which has been used as a source for this site is: "A History of Rome, down to the reign of Constantine", M.
Exhaustive, but not for the casual reader. Web sites devoted to Roman history are many. You may find some broken links in the above sites, but given that they are maintained as hobbies or academic projects, this is not too surprising. Greek and Roman Art. What's On View The Greek and Roman galleries reveal classical art in all of its complexity and resonance. The objects range from small, engraved gemstones to black-figure and red-figure painted vases to over-lifesize statues and reflect virtually all of the materials in which ancient artists and craftsmen worked: marble, limestone, terracotta, bronze, gold, silver, and glass, as well as such rarer substances as ivory and bone, iron, lead, amber, and wood. The strengths of the collection include painted Greek vases, Greek grave reliefs, Cypriot sculpture, marble and bronze Roman portrait busts, and wall paintings from two villas on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, one at Boscoreale and the other at Boscotrecase.
The department's holdings in glass and silver are among the most important in the world, and the collection of archaic Attic sculpture is second only to that in Athens. More about the Department and Its Collection Renovation and Reinstallation Ongoing Research. The map as history : a multimedia atlas of world history with animated historical maps. Map_of_Veii.jpg (JPEG Image, 1026x652 pixels) Rome Reborn. Mission Rome Reborn is an international initiative whose goal is the creation of 3D digital models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome from the first settlement in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 B.C.) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca.
A.D. 550). With the advice of an international Scientific Advisory Committee, the leaders of the project decided that A.D. 320 was the best moment in time to begin the work of modeling. At that time, Rome had reached the peak of its population, and major Christian churches were just beginning to be built. History Since 1997, the Virtual World Heritage Laboratory of the University of Virginia (VWHL), the UCLA Experiential Technology Center (ETC), the Reverse Engineering Lab at the Politecnico di Milano, the Ausonius Institute of the CNRS and the University of Bordeaux-3, and the University of Caen have collaborated on a project to create a digital model of ancient Rome as it appeared in late antiquity.
The name. Europe, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.