Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about the influence of geography on ancient Rome’s society. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keywords. 

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937 WAL
Waldron, M. (2015). Geography matters in ancient Rome. London: Raintree.

937 MEH
Mehta-Jones, S. (2005). Life in ancient Rome. New York, New York: Crabtree Publishing Company.

937 SAM
Samuels, C. (2014). Technology in ancient Rome. New York, New York: Gareth Stevens Publishing.

937 SCU
Scurman, I., Malam, J., & D’Ottavi, F. (2010). Ancient Roman civilization. New York: Rosen.

This has a good section on trade and transport.

937 SNE
Snedden, R. (1997). Technology in the time of Ancient Rome. England: Wayland.

This has a section on “travelling by sea”

937 BRA
Bradley, P. (1990). Ancient Rome: using evidence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

eBook
Zumbusch, A. V. (2014). Ancient Roman geography. Retrieved from epointplus database.

eBook
Conti, L., Easton, M., Saldais, M., Dumovic, V., & Kostecki, R. (2016). The Mediterranean Sea and the Tiber River. In Oxford big ideas: humanities and social sciences 7. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

eBook
Benoit, P. (2012). Ancient Rome. Retrieved from AccessIt database.

eBook
Bancroft-Hunt, N. (2009). Living in ancient Rome. Retrieved from Infobase database.

eBook
Odijk, P. (1989). The Romans. Retrieved from AccessIt database.

Use your keywords to search the following eResources.

• HINT: Look at the climate of Italy

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Blackwell, A. H. (2007). Climate and geography in ancient Rome. In Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World. Retrieved from Ancient and Medieval database.

Search the catalogue for appropriate websites or use the websites listed below. If you search the Internet on your own, you will need to evaluate the websites using the CRAAP method.

Carr, K. (2017). Ancient Rome – geography and climate. Retrieved from https://quatr.us/romans/roman-environment-ancient-rome.htm

Chapter 8: the rise of Rome. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.boone.kyschools.us/docs/building/9/unit%203%20chapter%2008.pdf

Discovery Education. (2015). The importance of Rome’s waterways. Retrieved from https://www.avon-schools.org/cms/lib02/IN01001885/Centricity/Domain/3597/The%20Importance%20of%20Rome%20s%20Waterways.pdf

The geography of ancient Rome. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/2/4/37241339/the_geography_of_ancient_rome.pdf

Robinson, N. (2014). How did geography help Rome rise to power?. Retrieved from https://education.seattlepi.com/did-geography-rome-rise-power-5408.html

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