Including
(i) An outline of its growth from city state to Empire
(ii) Geography of the Empire
(iii) A Roman conquest e.g. the invasion of Gaul or Britain
(iv) Communications within the Empire
(v) The "Pax Romana"
(vi) The rise of Christianity within the confines of the Empire."Lives".
(vii) Primary Sources
Caesar: "The Gallic Wars", for Gaul and Britain
(Books IV and V deal with Britain).
Tacitus: "Agricola"
Lactor Series II (eleven), "Literary Sources for Roman Britain", J.C. Mann and P.G. Penman.
Lactor 8, "Inscriptions of the Roman Empire"
Lactor 7, "Roman Politics"
Horace: "Satires" Book I, 5 (travel)
"Res Gestae Divi Augusti": Brunt and Moore, Oxford
Pliny the Younger: "Letters" 10, 96, 97
Tacitus: "Annals" (15.44)
New Testament
Cambridge School Classics Project: "Lugdunum", a letter of Eusebius (from his History of the Church v.i)
Art: at Pergamon, in Asia Minor, Attalus I celebrated his victory over the Gauls (Galatians) by dedicating a series of sculptures to Athene (see Richter).
(viii) Additional Reading Material for Teachers
Cambridge School Classics Project.
H.H. Scullard: "From the Gracchi to Nero" (133 B.C. - A.D. 68)
E.T. Salmon: "A History of the Roman World" (30 B.C. - A.D. 138)
Classical Atlas:
- M. Grant: "Ancient History Atlas"
- Arthur Banks: "A World Atlas of Military History" Vol. I - to 1500 A.D.
R.J. Talbert: "The Atlas of Classical History".
Richter: "A Handbook of Greek Art" (for pictures of the Gauls).