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A Gazetteer of the Roman World - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/
This section of Bill Thayer's huge Lacus Curtius site provides many photographs of cities and monuments of the ancient Roman world, some with detailed commentary.

Ancient and Classical Architecture - http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/ancient/ancient1.htm
Howard Partridge provides a gallery of his photographs of buildings and ruins in Rome from c.179 BC to 141 AD. Part of the Cupola Collection.

Ancient Roman Architecture - http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/roman.html
Great Buildings Online provides images and commentary on some of the best-known buildings of the Roman world.

Basilica san Clemente Rome - http://www.basilicasanclemente.com
This 12th-century church with frescos and mosaics is a replica of a 4th-century basilica on the site, built over a Mithraic temple. The older buildings can be seen beneath the church. History, tour and service times.

Encyclopaedia Romana - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/
James Grout's collection of articles, plans and pictures of ancient Rome and its remains, with an extensive bibliography. Includes Vitruvius's comments on temple architecture.

Forum Romanum - http://sights.seindal.dk/Italy/Rome/Forum_Romanum
Photographs and description of the Forum Romanum, monument by monument, by René Seindal.

Pompeii Forum Project - http://pompeii.virginia.edu/
This study of the forum by the University of Virginia includes a photographic survey of its architecture and sensitive maps of Pompeii and its forum leading to 360-degree panoramas.

Roman Architecture - http://worldart.sjsu.edu/prt18?sid=10383&rec=1&page=18
San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each.

Roman Architecture - http://romarchjd.tripod.com
An illustrated introduction to Roman columns and arches by Jordan Drew, with images of famous Roman buildings and the three main orders - Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.

Roman Architecture - http://www.pitt.edu/~tokerism/0040/syl/src0918.html
Course notes by Dr. Franklin Toker of Pittsburgh University, providing an illustrated introduction and major works.

Roman Baths - http://gillonj.tripod.com/romanbaths/
Essay on the design and functions of Roman Baths by J.K. Gillon.

Roman Domestic Architecture: A Bibliography - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Architecture/_General/Bibliography/Joshua_Brandt**/
This bibliography compiled by Joshua Brandt lists sources in German, Italian, French, and (primarily) English.

Rome: Ancient Sites - http://australis.www2.50megs.com/Marcellus/tour1a.HTML
Virtual reconstructions of the Theatre of Marcellus and Circus Maximus.

RomeReborn1.0 - http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/
An international project based at the University of Virginia, which aims to create a digital model illustrating the entire urban development of ancient Rome. Users can navigate the model or view still images.

Temple Complex of Fortuna Primigenia in Palastrina - http://australis.www2.50megs.com/Fortuna/Fortuna.html
Computer model of the temple complex built by Sulla, complete with walkthroughs. Also photographs of the existing remains.

The Colosseum - http://www.the-colosseum.net/
Comprehensive coverage by Andrea and Daniele Pepe and Catherine McElwee of the history and architecture of greatest amphitheatre of antiquity, built by the Flavian emperors in the first century AD.

The Pompeian House - http://gillonj.tripod.com/pompeianhouse/
Essay on the construction and decoration of the Pompeian House.

The Quadrivium in the Pantheon of Rome - http://www.leonet.it/culture/nexus/98/Sperling.html
Illustrated extract from Gert Sperling's contribution to 'Nexus II: Architecture and Mathematics', a volume of papers from a conference in 1998.

The Ruins of Rome - http://ancient-rome.tripod.com/
David Chaszar's photographs and descriptions of various ancient Roman ruins located in Rome and Ostia.

The Theatrum Pompei Project - http://www.theaterofpompey.com/
Ulysses Vestal's collection of resources that pertain to the monuments of Cn. Pompeius Magnus, including primary sources, bibliography and a chronology of building during the fifties B.C.

Timgad, Algeria - http://lexicorient.com/algeria/timgad.htm
Tore Kjeilen provides a plan and brief description of the substantial remains of this Roman town in North Africa - a World Heritage Site. Photograph of Trajan's Arch.

Trajan's Column - http://cheiron.mcmaster.ca/~trajan/
Paul Barrette's history, image database and discussion of this 100-foot marble sculptural monument built during the reign of Emperor Trajan (98-117 AD).

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