Note: We have not read all the books on this list. Most are either stocked by reliable catalogs or are by familiar authors.
Key text: * Famous Men of Rome by John Haaren
2x/weekly
Each chapter can be spread over two lessons, or can be read and narrated in a single lesson leaving the other free for further reading or working on a book of centuries.
Term 1
- Romulus
- Numa Pompilius
- The Horatii & The Curiatii
- The Tarquins
- Junius Brutus
- Horatius
- Mucius the Left-Handed
- Coriolanus
- The Fabii
- Cincinnatus
- Catch up
- Exams
Term 2
- Camillus
- Manlius Torquatus
- Appius Claudius Caecus
- Regulus
- Scipio Africanus
- Cato the Censor
- The Gracchi
- Marius
- Sulla
- Pompey the Great
- Catch up
- Optional Exams
Term 3
- Julius Caesar
- Cicero
- Augustus
- Nero
- Titus
- Trajan
- Marcus Aurelius
- Diocletian (optional, addition Memoria press version)
- Constantine the Great
- End of the Western Empire
- Catch up
- Optional Exams
Alternative Option * The Story of the Romans by Hélène Adeline Guerber
Optional Further Reading
NON-FICTION
Augustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster
Lives of Famous Romans by Olivia Coolidge
Caesar’s Gallic Wars by Olivia Coolidge
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay
Science in Ancient Rome by Jacqueline L. Harris
Spend the Day in Ancient Rome: Projects and Activities that Bring the Past to Life by Linda Honan – includes plenty of information on Ancient Rome as well as activities for children who enjoy them.
MYTHOLOGY
The Orchard Book of Roman Myths
HISTORICAL FICTION
Word to Caesar by Geoffrey Trease – teenager travels from Britain to Rome to meet the Emperor
City of the Golden House by Madeleine Polland
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld
The Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence – mystery set in 79AD (also other books in the same series including The Secrets of Vesuvius, The Assassins of Rome, and The Thieves of Ostia.
A Triumph for Flavius by Caroline Dale Snedeker – the text is better than the illustrations
The Time Travelling Cat and the Roman Eagle by Julia Jarman
The Man Who Never Died: The Life and Adventures of St. Peter, the First Pope by Rev. Gerald T. Brennan
