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Structure Research Structure research Use the suggested sites below to help you find great information about your structure! Keep in mind that you are focusing on: How was it built? When? What was this structure built How did this structure impact In relation to what other for? Who used it, and why? Roman life? What else was going buildings? on in Rome during construction? You may use other websites, but use these sites as a foundation to your research: http://www.ancient.eu/article/502/ Arch of http://www.livius.org/ro- rz/rome/rome_arch_severus1.html Septimius http://www.historvius.com/arch-of-septimius- Severus severus-306/ http://www.vroma.org/~forum/basjul.html Basilica Julia http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/reconstru ctions/BasilicaIulia_1 http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/colosseum/ Colosseum dimensions-of-the-colosseum.htm http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm http://www.livius.org/articles/place/rome/rome- The Curia photos/rome-forum-romanum/curia-julia/ http://www.vroma.org/~forum/curia.html http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/299_Arch_of_Consta Arch of ntine-all.html http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/constantine Constantine arch.htm http://www.historvius.com/arch-of-constantine- 302/ Aqua Appia Aqueducts http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/roma ppia/ (Aqua Appia http://www.roman-empire.net/maps/rome/aqua- and Aqua appia.html Marcia) http://archive1.village.virginia.edu/spw4s/RomanF orum/GoogleEarth/HTML/AQ-002.html Aqua Marcia http://archive1.village.virginia.edu/spw4s/RomanF orum/GoogleEarth/AK_GE/AK_HTML/AQ- 004.html http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/roma marcia/index.html http://romereborn.frischerconsulting.com/ge/AQ- 004.html http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/circusmaxim Circus Maximus us.htm http://www.ancient.eu/Circus_Maximus/ http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/circus.html http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/museums/n Baths of ational-roman-museum-baths-diocletian http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/bathsofdiocl Diocletian etian.htm http://www.vroma.org/~forum/basaem.html Basilica http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/reconstru ctions/BasilicaFulvia_1 Aemelia http://www.vroma.org/~forum/rostra.html Rostra http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/resources /Richardson/Rostra_Caesaris http://openbuil http://archive1.village.virginia.edu/spw4s/RomanF orum/GoogleEarth/AK_GE/AK_HTML/TS-054.html dings.com/buildings/rostra-profile-10998 http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/castelsantan Castel gelo.htm http://roman-empire.net/tours/rome/hadrians- Sant’Angelo mausoleum.html Hadrian’s Mausoleum http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum/reconstru Temple of ctions/SaturnusAedes_1 http://archive1.village.virginia.edu/spw4s/RomanF Saturn orum/GoogleEarth/AK_GE/AK_HTML/TS-054.html http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/pantheon.ht The Pantheon m http://greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pantheon.ht ml http://www.britannica.com/topic/Pantheon- building-Rome-Italy https://www2.bc.edu/~kenth/honors4.html Trajan’s http://www.trajans-column.org/?page_id=471 http://www.trajans-column.org/ Column http://www.ancient.eu/Trajans_Column/ http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/theaterofm arcellus.htm http://famouswonders.com/theater-of-marcellus/ Theater of http://www.britannica.com/topic/Theatre-of- Marcellus Marcellus .
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