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Ancient Rome: Advanced

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FICTION
CLASSIC LITERATURE
►  Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace
CULTURAL
FC   N9-61   Roman Music
FC   N9-67   Monuments of Ancient Rome

FC   N9-74   Paintings Buried
FC   N9-82   The First Church​
FC   WS16   Rome
♥   Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture  by Edith Browne (1912)
Learn more about the rise of the Byzantine Era through its architecture.  It's explained simply enough for beginner's to understand. And it's fascinating.
♥   Pictures From Roman Life and Story  by Alfred Church (1900)
This is for the serious student who wants to delve deeper into the details of people and events.  Alfred Church was a well-respected scholar of his day.  Interesting information.
♦   $   ​Roman People by Olivia Coolidge
♥   The Private Life of the Romans  by H. W. Preston (1896)
Home life and customs of the Roman people.
♦   $   ​The Roman Way  by Edith Hamilton (1932)
'This book shows us what the Romans were like, how they lived, what they thought and accomplished . . . Moreover, it reveals how surprisingly similar was Roman civilization to that of modern America.'
♥   Rome by Mildred Tuker (1905)
Beautiful watercolor illustrations
♥   The World’s Story, Volume 4  by Eva March Tappan (1914)
The world's story in art, story and poetry.
HISTORICAL
FC  WF4   Famous Men of Rome
FC  WF9   Story of Rome
♦   Caesar and Christ  by Will Durant
Story of Civilization
♥   Helmet and Spear  by Rev. A. Church
Stories from the Wars of the Greeks and Roman
♥   Historical Tales: Rome  by Charles Morris (1904)
♥   Source Book of Roman History by Dana Munro (1904)
Original source material for the serious student.
♥   The City of the Sultans—Constantinople  by Clara Erskine Clement
This is a straightforward, interesting and understandable history.
♦   $   ​The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
♥   The Story of Mediaeval Rome (1073-1600)  by William Miller (1902)
Story of the Nations Series
♥   The Story of Rome  by Arthur Gilman (1885)
Story of the Nations Series
♥   The Story of the Byzantine Empire by C. W. C. Oman (1915)
Story of the Nations Series
♥   Young Folks History of Rome  by Charlotte Yonge (1879)
When your student is ready to add another layer onto his learning, this is a good option.
HISTORICAL FICTION
♦   $   ​Pillar of Iron  by Taylor Caldwell
Travel to the days of a crumbling Rome.  This work of historical fiction will teach you a lot more than a mere text of history.  Rome through the eyes of Cicero.
♥   Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace
►  ♥   Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewica
♦   $   ​​The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Unforgettable story of the Roman soldier who wins the robe of Jesus at his crucifixion and is changed forever. ​
BIOGRAPHIES
FC   G11-13   Cornelia, Mother of the Graachi
FC   G11-15   Monica, Mother of Augustine
♥   Augustus by Rene Francis
Heroes of All Time
♥   Famous Men of Ancient Times  by Samuel Goodrich (Peter Parley) (184?)
♥   Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott
Makers of History Series
♦   $   ​Julius Caesar by Manuel Komroff
 Messner Biography
♥   Nero by Jacob Abbott
Makers of History Series
♥   Romulus by Jacob Abbott
Makers of History Series
♥   The Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans  translated by John Dryden
All 1300+ pages, tiny print
♥   The Youth's Plutarchs Lives for Boys and Girls by Edward Ellis (1895)
DELPHIAN COURSE
Vol. 3: 387-486  Story of Rome
Vol. 4: 1-58   Roman Principate
Vol. 4: 59-129   Social Life in Rome
Vol. 4: 130-379  Latin in Literature
Vol. 4: 380-386  Roman Architectural Wonders
​RECOMMENDED READING:
HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE
Greatness and Decline of Rome, Ferrero
  • ♥   ​Vol. 1  The Empire Builders
  • ♥   Vol. 2  Julius Caesar
  • ♥   Vol. 3  The Fall of an Aristocracy
  • ♥   Vol. 4  Rome and Egypt
  • ♥   Vol. 5  The Republic of Augustus
History of Rome, Mommsen, 5 volumes
  • ♥   ​Volume 1
  • ♥   ​Volume 2
  • ♥   Volume 3
  • ♥   Volume 4
  • ♥   Volume 5
♥   History of Rome, How and Leigh
♥   Story of the Romans, Guerber (for young readers)
♥   Roman Life Under the Caesars, Thomas
♥   Private Life of the Romans, Johnston
♥   Roman Life in Pliny's Time, Pellison
♥   Days Near Rome, Hare
♥   Walks in Rome, Hare

ROMAN ART/LITERATURE
♥   History of Roman Literature, H.N. Fowler
♥   Latin Literature, J. W. Mackail
♥   Latin Poetry, Tyrrell
♥   Architecture of Greece and Rome, Anderson & Spiers
♥   Ancient Rome, Lanciani
♥   Destruction of Ancient Rome, Lanciani
♥   Greek and Roman Sculpture, Perry
♥   Pompeii, Its Life and Art, Mau
♥   Architectural History of Rome, Parker
♥   Roman Sculpture, Mrs. Arthur Strong
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BH = My Book House (1971 edition)
Delphian Course (1913 edition)
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