Join Magistra Ellery in researching the food and dining customs of the Romans using ancient literary sources and recent finds in Pompeii and Herculaneum. The final project involves students replicating an ancient recipe and capturing it in video or blog.
A helpful search string in the MBA databases will be "Ancient Rome* food." This search string will pull information that refers either to "Ancient Roman food" or to "Food in Ancient Rome," giving you more results to browse.
Ancient and Medieval History OnlineThis link opens in a new windowCovers prehistory through the mid-1500s including videos, primary sources, maps, graphs, and timelines.
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowContains complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s.
ABC-CLIO Social Studies DatabasesThis link opens in a new windowFour interactive programs that use primary documents, video, audio, and maps, to cover units in American History, American Government, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, and World History: The Modern Era.
An academic research resource from Oxford University Press providing access to books and journals on ancient history, literature, philosophy, and religion.