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Ancient Rome : from the early Republic to the assassination of Julius Caesar by Garland, Lynda.
Call Number: DG77 .G37 2005
ISBN: 0415224594
Publication Date: 2005
Classical Roman reader : new encounters with Ancient Rome
Call Number: PA6163 .C58 1998
ISBN: 0195127404
Memorable doings and sayings by Valerius Maximus.
Call Number: PA6791.V6 A26 2000
ISBN: 0674995414
Publication Date: 2000
Latin text and parallel English translation on facing pages.
Roman world : a sourcebook.
Call Number: DG77 .R6716 2001
ISBN: 0631217843
Publication Date: 2001

The Library has many books on history, literature, art, religion and social history of Rome.

These are just a few:

Companion to the Roman Empire by Potter, David S. (ed.)
Call Number: DG311 .P68 2006
ISBN: 0631226443
Publication Date: 2006
Constantine : Roman emperor, Christian victor by Stephenson, Paul
Call Number: DG315 .S74 2010
ISBN: 1590203240
Publication Date: 2010
History of Roman art
Call Number: N5760 .K54 2010
ISBN: 0495909874
Publication Date: 2010
Oxford handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC)
Call Number: DF220 .O946 2010
ISBN: 019536550X
Publication Date: 2010

Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
In-depth articles—f rom biographies to thematic entries on architecture, ceramics, metalwork, mosaics, painting and sculpture.
Oxford companion to classical civilization.
Cambridge companion to the Age of Augustus
Chapters on Political History, Intellectual and Social Developments, The Emperor’s Impact, Art and the City, Augustan Literature, Epilogue as Prologue and Bibliography.
Classics Studies Web - Wess
Access to scholarly resources in Classics Studies. Coverage includes the Mediterranean (particularly Greece and Rome) during the Classical and Hellenistic periods.

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Cambridge Histories
Scholarly reference material on a variety of subjects including: economics, language & linguistics, literary studies, music, philosophy, political theory & social theory, religious studies, science, theatre & performing arts. Full text.

Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum
Digital library of Latin literature, spanning from the earliest epigraphic remains to the Neo-Latinists of the eighteenth century.

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Collaborative project among scholars from a variety of disciplines
Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature
Works of classical literature by 59 different authors, mainly Greco-Roman works.
Latin Library
Texts in the original language, no translations.
Perseus Digital Library
Covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.

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Includes English & Latin language versions of Caesar's Gallic War, Catullus' Carmina Cicero's In Catilinam I, etc.
Avalon Project -- Ancient Documents
A project of Yale Law School. Documents are in English.

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Links to Edicts of Augustus and Decree of the Senate on the Judicial Process in Cyrene, 64 B.C., Julian Law on Agrarian Matters, 58(?) B.C. & Law of Caesar on Municipalities, 44 B.C.