Thursday Resource: Digital Augustan Rome

DigitalAugustanRome
The Digital Augustan Rome website has a map of, as one would expect, Augustan Rome. What makes this incredibly useful, though, is that, once you’ve clicked on a site, there is a detailed discussion of the building or area with careful citations and explanations. This would be really useful for helping students get a sense of the layout of the city and why we believe each building was in each location.

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