By Elizabeth Heimbach

Description

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A Roman Map Workbook meets the needs of today’s students and introduces them to the geography of Rome and the Roman world. Veteran high school and college Latin teacher Elizabeth Heimbach provides students, especially those studying Latin, with a thorough grounding in the geography of the Roman world. The Workbook walks students through each map, discussing the importance of each place-name, making connections to Roman history and literature. The carefully chosen maps complement subjects and periods covered in the Latin and ancient history classroom.

A Teacher’s Guide is forthcoming.

Special Features

• Twenty newly-designed maps of the Roman world: Italy (2), Roman World (2), Rome (3), Bay of Naples, Pompeii, Roman History (3), Greece, Athens, Gaul, Britain,“Journey of Odysseus,” “Journey of Aeneas,” Latin Authors (2)
  
• Narrative explication for each map, noting the historical and literary significance of place-names
  
• Map-based activities and exercises, including work with blank maps
  
• Three sets of certamen questions

Author Bio

Elizabeth Heimbach is the author of Latin Everywhere, Everyday (2004). Her research interests include the Vesuvian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and the archeological sites of Arbeia and Bignor in England. She earned a BA in Latin from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in classics from the Ohio State University. She taught high school Latin for more than thirty years and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Comments and Reviews

A Roman Map Workbook is a consumable geography study guide, designed to help students learn more about the geography of the Roman world. Pages offer twenty maps of the ancient Roman world, with text elucidating each map; suggested activities and exercises (including work with blank maps) to help impress and familiarize oneself with the information; recommendations for further exploration and mini-research projects, and more. A useful self-teaching tool for history students, or anyone seeking to better understand the world in which the ancient Romans lived, highly recommended.

James A. Cox
Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review