Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Roman Republic

Keywords:
Avoid "fall of rome", because it will generate results about the fall of the empire, instead, use the search term republic in conjunction with your person


Check for other spellings, nicknames and middle names:
  • Gnaeus Pompey or “ Pompey the Great"
  • Julius Caesar
  • Cicero
  • Augustus/Ocatvian “Augustus"
  • Tiberius Gracchus - Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
  • Gaius Gracchus - Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
  • Gaius Marius
  • Crassus - Marcus Licinius Crassus
  • Cato the Elder
  • Lucius Cornelius Sulla
  • Mark Antony
  • Spartacus
  • Marcus Lepidus - Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
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Use the online card catalog to locate resources on Rome. Use "Ancient Rome" as a search term (use the quotes). We have books on daily life in Rome, and the fall of Rome. Use the index, and the table of contents to locate information about your person. Also look up the Ancient History Internet Sourcebook, and search for primary sources on Rome.

Databases:
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Biography in Context
  • ABC-CLIO: Ancient and Medieval Eras
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (includes The Encyclopedia of World Biography)
  • History Resource Center
Dewey # for ancient Rome: 937

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