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A art of the Roman Empire or Roman art refers to artistic practices of sculpture, pottery, painting and Roman architecture

Early influences
A development of roman art was strongly influenced by Etruscan and Greek art.

Historical value
A great total of Roman history has been passed down. When people souls considered crucial were unremarkably sculptured, & several one sculptures stand survived i have non merely a tales of their deeds, however likewise their images.

Value relative to Greek sculptures
When couple Greek sculptures own survived intact their complete images use survived around numerous legal actions across roman copies. An case of this may be seen at a British Museum, where an intact 2nd century (CE) Roman copy of a statue of Venus is displayed, when the similar original greek statue at the Louvre Museum in France (500 BCE) is missing its arms.

Texts in Perseus for Browsing: Latin
Primary Text Index: Latin Texts

De Re Militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Preface to the 390 AD work on the military institutions of Rome; translation by Lt. John Clarke (1767). Etext by Mads Brevik, divided by book.

Flavius Vegetius Renatus: Military Matters
Sonshi.com hypertext of the Clarke translation, divided by chapter;

Apollinaris Sidonius
Contents include Latin texts of the Epistulae, as well as related links. Site accompanies a doctoral thesis which will provide a commentary on book 7.

Latin Language at About.com
Links to literature and learning links.

Forum Romanum
Listing of online texts from Augustine to Vergil. Also, grammar, history, mythology, help for students of the Latin language.

Cassiodorus
Page on Cassiodorus, the 5th Century BC monk and statesman, by James J. O'Donnell. This links to the author's e-text biography of him, which is sorted by chapter and includes the author's preface, appendices, and notes.

Lacus Curtius
Extensive ancient Rome resource. Includes numerous photographs of Roman monuments, several classical texts, secondary sources in the public domain, and catalogues of parts of the Roman Empire.


Arts: Literature: Myths and Folktales: Myths: Roman
Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient: Rome





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