Classics & Latin
Ancient Rome Project

You are going to produce a poster telling modern-day visitors to Rome about the most important C1 AD sites in the city. It should contain:

• A map showing the location of the sites.
  

• Pictures, some of which show the sites as they are now, and others of which show them as they would probably have looked in the C1 AD.
  

• Descriptions of the sites as they would have been at the end of the C1 AD.

You could scan your pictures from books or take them from the internet. Similarly, your written information could come from a variety of sources, but the final product must be in your own words, not simply pasted in from elsewhere, and must be word-processed. The final poster should be on A3 paper, preferably with a border.

Useful internet sites:

• www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/soc-studies/rome/Rome.html Has information on and pictures of various sites in Rome.
  

• www.roman-empire.net/maps/rome/colosseum.html Has a map of Rome. You select buildings from a list (e.g. Colosseum) and it will highlight where they are on the map.
  

• http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas A search engine for images of Ancient Rome. Type in your keyword (e.g. "Curia") and you should get a vast selection of pictures!
  

• http://www.taisei.co.jp/cg_e/ancient_world/rome/arome.html Artists' impressions of what parts of Rome would once have looked like.
  

• http://library.thinkquest.org/11402 Images and descriptions of the Roman forum.
  

• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1274/ancient-city.html Maps of Ancient Rome.
  

• http://clawww.lmu.edu/faculty/fjust/Rome.htm Images and links.
  
  

Your mark will be equally divided between these two areas:

Written Content - Is it accurate, relevant, interesting, well-composed and concise?

Presentation - Is it neat, colourful and imaginative? Are the images varied and appropriate?