Where to find sources for Ancient Rome
Primary Sources
Greek and Roman Materials - Perseus Tufts
This website provides a plethora of ancient texts, many in the original languages, along with English Translations.
Ancient Rome - Ancient History Sourcebook
Fordham University provides a list of links to online primary sources from the classical era.
Search the museum's extensive artefact collection.
Browse and discover the voices of the past, drawn from the writings of those who lived, served, and died in Roman Britain.
The Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project
A superb database of inscriptions from ancient Rome with English translations.
Online Coins of the Roman Empire
A joint project of the American Numismatic Society and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, is a revolutionary new tool designed to help in the identification, cataloging, and research of the rich and varied coinage of the Roman Empire.
The sources on this page bring together ancient and modern texts that document the early history of Rome, from the legendary arrival of Aeneas in Italy through to the workings of the Republican constitution.
Conflict of the Orders Sources
These sources examine major stages of this struggle, including the creation of the tribunes of the plebs, the publication of the Twelve Tables, the Licinio-Sextian reforms, and the lex Hortensia.
Roman Conquest of Italy Sources
Across the centuries between Rome’s early conflicts in Latium and its final supremacy over the Italian peninsula.
The extracts collected here come from the Greek historian Polybius, whose Histories provides the most detailed surviving account of the struggle between Roman Republic and Carthage.
The following collection of sources offers different historical perspectives on the life and career of the Roman general and politician Gaius Marius.
The following collection of sources offers different historical perspectives on the Social War in Italy in the 1st century BC.
The extracts presented here offer valuable insight into how ancient writers understood Sulla’s character, rise to power, and brutal rule.
The sources on this page draw together three very different accounts of the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, better known as Pompey the Great.
These five sources examine one of the most consequential political alliances in Roman history: the First Triumvirate.
The following sources allow historians to examine not only the events of the Gallic Wars.
Julius Caesar's Civil War against Pompey
The following sources provide different perspectives and opinions on the war in the late Roman Republic between Julius Caesar and the Senate, led by Pompey the Great.
Julius Caesar's Dictatorship and Assassination
The following sources provide detailed ancient accounts of the life and rule of Julius Caesar, with a particular focus on his dictatorship and its consequences for Rome.
A collection of primary sources on the archaeological site of Pompeii.
This source analysis activity introduces students to the life and reign of Emperor Titus through a selection of ancient and modern texts.
Decline of the Roman Empire Sources
The sources on this page offer a range of ancient and modern perspectives on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Fall of the Western Roman Empire Sources
These sources allow for a close examination of both the immediate events and the broader causes that led to the end of Roman rule in the West.
The sources on this page allow you to examine how patricians, plebeians, equites, citizens, freed people, slaves, priests, fathers, children, husbands, etc.
Secondary Sources
Ancient Romans - History of the Ancient World
A website that offers academic and popular articles about the Ancient World.
An online academic database used by universities worldwide that is a superb resource for History students. To view full articles, you will require membership.
Ancient Rome Flipboard Magazine
A collection of online articles and news reports about ancient Rome.
Please Note: Some internet browsers do not handle the Flipboard website very well, and it is sometimes better to have the Flipboard App on your device to view the magazine.
This searches internet sites for academic articles and books. It often only provides one or two pages, but it is often enough to find quotes and bibliographical details.
Search millions of free academic articles, chapters, and theses.