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Ancient Rome: Find Books & Films

A specific subject guide about Roman classical studies

Library Catalog

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Try searching WorldCat to locate books & additional resources at libraries near Eastern (Cabrini College, Villanova U., Haverford College, Bryn Mawr, etc.).

Use the box below to enter your search terms.

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Search Terms

 

Listed below are search terms for you to use when searching for resources about Rome.

  • "Ancient Rome"
  • "Rome" or "Romans"
  • "Eternal City"
  • "Roman Republic"
  • "Democracy"
  • "Etruscans"
  • "Romulus"
  • "Remus"
  • "Tiber River"
  • "Roman Forum"
  • "Colosseum"
  • "Plebs" or "Plebeian"
  • "Roman Empire"

Find Books

A brief list of books about Roman studies located in the library. To find further resources, try searching the library's catalog.

How can I download the book, or a chapter?

In order to download a chapter or an entire ebook, you will need to download the Adobe Digital Editions program to your computer, or an equivalent e-book reader. It is free, so long as you use your Eastern email address to sign up.

Downloading Adobe Digital Editions:

  1. Once you've found the ebook you want to download, either click "Full Download" for the entire ebook, or select the specific chapter you want to download. Different ebooks have different lengths of time they can be downloaded, so bear in mind that the book will need to be re-downloaded once the time has passed.
  2. Click the Adobe Digital Editions hyperlink in the resulting pop-up window in order to download the program in a separate window. Follow all on-screen instructions to complete the download.
  3. Click the Download button to add the ebook or chapter to Adobe Digital Editions, which is housed on your computer's desktop. Doing this allows you to read the ebook while offline.

Films & Videos

You can find these films on the Upper Level of Warner Library.

Library of Congress Classification: DE & DG

Books about Italy & the Greco-Roman world are located in the stacks under DE & DG. For details about specific call numbers (sub-classified by period, criticism, collections, individual authors, etc.) see the document below.

E-Books

Warner has access to a number of electronic book databases! The following links take you to them where you can search on a topic of your choice.

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