Life in the Classical World

Introductory Readings

General Resources

  • Use the Information Skills Process (ISP) on the Research page to guide you.
  • Browse the non-fiction shelves: 100s Philosophy; 290s Mythology/Religion; 305s Women; 355s Arms & weapons/Military science; 792 Theatre; 880s Ancient writers; 920s Biography; 930s General Ancient History/Archaeology; 937 Rome/history; 938 Greece/history; 939 other parts of the Ancient World, e.g. Troy, Knossos.
  • Audio-visual resources: search ClickView.  You will be able to view items rated G and PG.

Oliver Catalogue

  • Search the CTHS Library Oliver catalogue using subject terms: Rome – History, Greece – History; add subheadings such as period (time), individual names
  • Expand your search to Hornsby Library resources. Run a search in Oliver, click other providers and select Hornsby Shire Library. If you are a member of Hornsby Library, you can borrow their resources (or use whichever local library you have).

Encyclopaedia

  • World Book Online is a reliable starting point for an overview and concepts; browse Timelines; choose the Advanced option.

Databases

  • State Library of NSW databases require you to sign up for free membership. Choose a database by name. General Ancient History databases with which to start your research are:
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome.
  • Cambridge Companions Online – Subject or theme based collections of content within a richly functional, fully cross-searchable online environment.
  • Cambridge Histories Online – An historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series.
  • Jstor – Subject based collections of content. Search across journals, books and pamphlets.
  • Hornsby Library databases require you to sign up for free membership.

Publications

  • The Sydney Morning Herald – Digital edition accessible while at school
  • National Geographic (in library)
  • BBC history (in library) – The contents pages are searchable using Oliver
  • Historicool (in library)

Internet resources

Bibliographies and citations

  • Citethisforme – Bibliography generator/ask your teacher, choose the style

Evaluating websites

Some links to get started

Follow the links within these links for primary sources. N.B. Some articles’ authors are not necessarily historians/researchers – compare facts, details, inferences, interpretations, reference sources and primary sources.

Pyrrhus

Tiberius Gracchus

Scipio Africanus

Seleucus

Antoius Pius

Artemesia

Miltiades

Aeschylus

Spartacus

Epaminondas

Gorgo

Pisistratus

Livia

Callimachus

Cimon

Gaius Marius

Philip II of Macedon

Marcus Antonius

Ptolemy I Sotter

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Lysander

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus

Antipater

Anytime: Ask the teacher-librarians for assistance or email library@cths.nsw.edu.au