Propertius | Lucan | Caesar | Plutarch | Catiline Project | Roman History | City of Rome | Maps | Busts and Images | Latin Language | Miscellaneous

Propertius

• Introduction to Propertius by William Harris
• Latin Text of Propertius' Elegies
• Translation and notes on Propertius' Elegies [1.21; 1.22]

Resources for the Study of Shakespeare

• Brief biography of Julius Caesar
• Complete text of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
• Complete text of Plutarch's Life of Caesar
• Caesar is assassinated in the portico to Pompey's Theater. Here's a excellent site featuring plans of the ancient theater and modern photographs of the site.
• Outline of the "3 Unities" that defined Renaissance theater
• Classical Sources for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
• Shakespeare Illustrated explores 19th century paintings, criticism, and productions.
• Information about Mankiewicz's film version of Julius Caesar
• A discussion of Shakespeare's Classical plays

Lucan

• English Translation of Bellum Civile (A poet translation by Sir Edward Ridley (1896), N.B., not a literal translation)

Plutarch

• Life of Caesar
• Life of Pompey
• Life of Cato
• Life of Antony
• Life of Brutus
• Life of Cicero
• Life of Crassus
• Life of Lucullus
• Life of Sulla
• Life of Marius

Caesar

• Writings of Casesar and his lieutenants: Gallic War [English / Latin]; Civil War [English / Latin], Alexandrian War [English / Latin], African Wars [English / Latin], Spanish Wars [English / Latin]
• Plutarch's Life of Caesar

Catiline Project

• Cicero's Speeches Against Catiline: First, Second, Third, Fourth
• Plutarch's Life of Cicero
• An excellent and thorough timeline of Catiline's Conspiracy

Books On-Reserve

Crook, J.A. (1967) Law and Life of Rome, 90 B.C. - A.D. 212
Hutchinson, L. (1966) The conspiracy of Catiline
Lintott, A. W. (1968) Violence in republican Rome
Rawson, E. (1983) Cicero: a portrait
Seager, R. (ed.) (1969) Crisis of the Roman republic: studies in political and social history
Wiseman, T. P. (ed.) (1985) Roman political life: 90 B.C. - A.D. 69

Roman History

• Simplified Timeline from the Gracchi to Actium
• Consuls of the Roman Republic

Roman Culture and Society

• Explanation of Roman Names

City of Rome

• Map of Rome, c. 51 BCE
• "Rome Reborn" by UCLA's Cultural VR Lab is working on a 3-D reconstruction of the Roman Forum as it appeared in 400 CE
• Reconstruction of the Roman Forum, with links to remains and descriptions of buildings
• Reconstruction of the Roman Forum/ Picture of the Roman Forum
• Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome

Maps

• Rome in 133 BCE
• Italy during the Social War
• Sulla's veterans settlements in Italy
• Map of Rome, c. 51 BCE
• Julius Caesar and Octavian's veterans settlements in Italy

Busts and images

• Busts of Sulla, Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Octavian, Antony, Cleopatra
• Images of Cleopatra

Catiline

• Even scoundrels have fans: The Life and Times of the Real Catiline; includes timeline of Catiline's life and a summary of ancient sources for Catiline's life
• "Catiline shunned by his colleagues" by Cesare Maccari (1840-1919)
• Fictionalized account of the conspiracy; part of John Maddox Roberts's popular SPQR series

Latin Language

• Stefan's Florilegium: a helpful compendium of vocabulary, grammar, and text resources
• Downloadable Electronic Dictionaries (based on Cassell's Latin Dictionaries): The Latin Lexicon; Words; Humanist Latin Dictionary
• On-line Latin Dictionaries: Perseus; Words
• A list of short Latin words that often cause confusion

Miscellaneous

• Films on the Roman Republic