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The Colosseum
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.
http://www.the-colosseum.net/
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Forum Romanum
Photographs and description of the Forum Romanum, monument by monument, by René Seindal.
http://sights.seindal.dk/Italy/Rome/Forum_Romanum
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Roman Baths
Essay on the design and functions of Roman Baths by J.K.Gillon.
http://members.tripod.com/gillonj/romanbaths/
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The Pompeian House
Essay on the construction and decoration of the Pompeian House.
http://members.tripod.com/gillonj/pompeianhouse/
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A Gazetteer of the Roman World
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.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/
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Roman Domestic Architecture: A Bibliography
This bibliography compiled by Joshua Brandt lists sources in German, Italian, French, and (primarily) English.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Architecture/_General/Bibliography/Joshua_Brandt**/
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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.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/
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Trajan's Column
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).
http://cheiron.mcmaster.ca/~trajan/
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Timgad, Algeria
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.
http://lexicorient.com/algeria/timgad.htm
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Basilica san Clemente Rome
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.
http://www.basilicasanclemente.com
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