FICTION
CLASSIC LITERATURE
$ In Search of a Homeland by Penelope Lively
A masterful storyteller brings Virgil's The Aeneid to life as Aeneas leads a people from fallen Greece to a new homeland, Rome.
♥ $ The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church (originally 1908)
An excellent retelling of Virgil's Aenied that has stood the test of time.
A masterful storyteller brings Virgil's The Aeneid to life as Aeneas leads a people from fallen Greece to a new homeland, Rome.
♥ $ The Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church (originally 1908)
An excellent retelling of Virgil's Aenied that has stood the test of time.
CULTURAL
♦ Buildings of Byzantium by Helen and Richard Leacroft
Ancient Architecture Series
♦ $ City by David Macalaulay
The details of building a Roman city.
Ancient Architecture Series
♦ $ City by David Macalaulay
The details of building a Roman city.
HISTORICAL
FC W4-245 Story of the Romans
FC W11-96 Rise of Rome
FC W11-108 Rome and the Celts
FC W11-115 Rome Mistress of Italy
FC W11-136 Rome and the East
FC W11-142 Last Days of the Roman Republic
FC W11-167 Early Days of Roman Empire
FC W11-180 The Barbarians and the Empire
FC W11-193 The New Nation
FC W12-272 Cornelia's Jewels
FC W11-96 Rise of Rome
FC W11-108 Rome and the Celts
FC W11-115 Rome Mistress of Italy
FC W11-136 Rome and the East
FC W11-142 Last Days of the Roman Republic
FC W11-167 Early Days of Roman Empire
FC W11-180 The Barbarians and the Empire
FC W11-193 The New Nation
FC W12-272 Cornelia's Jewels
♥ Childhood of Rome by Louise Lamprey (1922)
The legendary era of Roman history.
$ The Fall of Constantinople by Kielty (1453)
♦ $ The Byzantines by Thomas Caldecott Chubb
Very good introduction to the Byzantine Empire for young people.
♥ The Child’s First History of Rome by Elizabeth Sewell (1849)
Straightforward history of Rome in understandable language.
♥ The City of the Seven Hills by Caroline Harding (1902)
This history is intended for a sixth or seventh grade student with an emphasis on biography of great Romans. Much of the brutal side of Roman history has been omitted.
♥ The Story of Rome by Mary MacGregor (1912)
Another history from one of my favorite children's writers.
♥ The Story of the Roman People by Eva March Tappan (1910)
"Many of the difficulties and many of the advantages of the Roman Republic are akin to those of the American Republic. The solution of such problems as have already presented themselves in the United States is even now demanding the highest wisdom of the land. Roman history is a mighty object lesson ...of especial value to the children into whose hands the government will so speedily pass."
The legendary era of Roman history.
$ The Fall of Constantinople by Kielty (1453)
♦ $ The Byzantines by Thomas Caldecott Chubb
Very good introduction to the Byzantine Empire for young people.
♥ The Child’s First History of Rome by Elizabeth Sewell (1849)
Straightforward history of Rome in understandable language.
♥ The City of the Seven Hills by Caroline Harding (1902)
This history is intended for a sixth or seventh grade student with an emphasis on biography of great Romans. Much of the brutal side of Roman history has been omitted.
♥ The Story of Rome by Mary MacGregor (1912)
Another history from one of my favorite children's writers.
♥ The Story of the Roman People by Eva March Tappan (1910)
"Many of the difficulties and many of the advantages of the Roman Republic are akin to those of the American Republic. The solution of such problems as have already presented themselves in the United States is even now demanding the highest wisdom of the land. Roman history is a mighty object lesson ...of especial value to the children into whose hands the government will so speedily pass."
HISTORICAL FICTION
♦ Prisoners of Hannibal by Leigh Merrell
This is the story of those embattled years when Rome met the supreme test and managed to endure the fury of Hannibal's invasion.
♥ The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Story of a young man in the days of Jesus under Roman rule.
♥ The Standard Bearer: a story of army life in the days of Caesar by A. C. Whitehead (1915)
This is the story of those embattled years when Rome met the supreme test and managed to endure the fury of Hannibal's invasion.
♥ The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Story of a young man in the days of Jesus under Roman rule.
♥ The Standard Bearer: a story of army life in the days of Caesar by A. C. Whitehead (1915)
BIOGRAPHIES
FC G6-1 Julius Caesar
♥ Famous Men of Rome by Haaren/Poland (1904)
$ Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick
Story of a Greek physician in the Roman Empire.
♦ $ Lives of Famous Romans by Olivia Coolidge
♥ Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman
♥ Plutarch’s Lives for Boys and Girls by W. H. Weston (1900)
♥ The Story of Caesar by Michael Clarke (1898)
$ Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick
Story of a Greek physician in the Roman Empire.
♦ $ Lives of Famous Romans by Olivia Coolidge
♥ Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman
♥ Plutarch’s Lives for Boys and Girls by W. H. Weston (1900)
♥ The Story of Caesar by Michael Clarke (1898)