Ancient Civilizations: Ancient: Rome: Towns and Cities

An overlay of modern streets on the core of the walled Roman town at Narbonne, with description.

Excavations in Hampshire revealed the remains of a once-thriving Roman town, Calleva Atrebatum. But what led to its abandonment? Michael Fulford turns detective.

Video produced and directed by Sean Caveille, shown on the Archaeology Channel.

Exeter Council provides a map and description of the form and growth of the Roman city known as Isca Dumnoniorum.

A book proposal by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University, with selected chapters on-line.

Dr Hafed Walda reports on the latest excavations of this amazingly preserved Roman city on the North African coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Texts, plans, bibliography, links, and other resources for professional and student archaeologists and historians studying Ostia.

A CD-ROM written by an examiner with hundreds of photos and detailed text on all aspects of ancient Pompeii. Preview online.

The West Yorkshire Archaeology Service provides an illustrated description of life in a provincial Roman town, with bibliography.

An appendix to Guy de la Bdoyre, Roman Towns in Britain (2003), giving references in classical authors and inscriptions that provide clues to the names, status or nature of towns in Roman Britain.