Nero's Golden House  


When much of Rome burned down during the fire in 64 AD, Emperor Nero ordered the construction of a new palace in the ruined area.

Rooms and halls were decorated with gold, silver, and precious stones. The eastern wing was used for public receptions. The western wing was the house of Nero. Supposedly, he had a round dining-room constructed, which turned around day and night.

Nero ordered vineyards, orchards, gardens, and parks created. Forests for herds and animals were arranged around the palace. Near by the entrance of the Domus Aurea stood a gigantic statue of Nero, the Colossus Neronis. It was a bronze statue 37.2 meters high.


"There were dining-rooms with fretted ceilings of ivory, whose panels could turn and shower down flowers and were fitted with pipes for sprinkling the guests with perfumes. "

The Domus Aurea   Nero’s Golden House
http://www.anselm.edu/internet/classics/civicpatron/domusaur.html


Grant, Michael. Nero. New York, NY : Dorset Press, 1989.



Research your assigned topic and compile several paragraphs on the subject. You should select information which is relevant to students' understanding of history and of the time the person lived or the event took place.


Do not copy from the textbook or from an encyclopedia. If you quote or paraphrase, cite the author and the pages where the information appeared. (Folsom 45) or (Knaut 83)

You will need a minimum of two sources. These may include books by experts, journal articles, and online articles by experts. These sources can usually be identified by the list of references which appear at the end. Sources must by included and must be in correct MLA format. 

Use Microsoft Word. Type in 12 point Times New Roman. Save the information on a disk, and bring it to class.


Sources are listed in alphabetical order.

Folsom, Franklin.  Indian uprising on the Rio Grande: the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 . Albuquerque: University of New

        Mexico Press, 1996.

      author                           title

Knaut,  Andrew L.  The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 : Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth-century New Mexico.
 
         publisher      place of publication               date

        Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
 

A book with one author
Inlude the author's name, the title of the book - underlined, the city of publication, the publisher, and the date of publication. Check the title page for this information. Reverse the author's name for alphabetizing. Include the full title of the book; in the example above, the title includes a sub title. For cities like London, New York, or Boston which are well known, include only the name of the city. If the city is likely to be ambiguous or unknown to the reader, include the name of the state or country. If several cities are listed on the title page, include only the first. Shorten the name of the publisher. (Charles Scribner's Sons - Scribner's, Houghton-Mifflin Co. - Houghton,  Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. - Macmillan,  McGraw-Hill Inc. - McGraw,  St. Martin's Press - St. Martin's, Oxford University Press - Oxford UP ) Note that periods are placed after each piece of information.
 

An article in a journal paginated by issue
Some scholarly journals do not number pages continuously throughout an annual volume but begin each issue on page 1. For such journals, include the issue number. Add a period and the issue number after the volume number without a space. 11.3 would indicate volume 11, issue 3.

authors
Bangert-Drowns, R. L., J. A. Kulik, and C. C. Kulik  "Effectiveness of
          title of article
        Computer-Based Education in Secondary Schools." Journal of
          title of journal                volume  year   pages
        Computer-Based Instruction 12 (1985): 59-68.

An article in a journal paginated by volume
Some journals may appear quarterly; these often use continuous pagination. Begin with the author's name, then the title of the article, the title of the journal - underlined, the volume number, the date - in parestheses, and the page numbers of the article. The page numbers should include the complete article, not just the page or pages you cite in the text of your report.

        author          title
Bandura, A. "Human Agency in Social Cognitive Theory."  American
    title of journal vol   year    pages
       Psychologist 44 (1989): 1175-1184.
 

Online magazine article
To cite an article from an online journal, magazine, or newspaper, begin with the author's name. Give the title of the article in quotation marks, the name of the periodical, underlined, the volume number or issue number, the date of publication, and the page number(s). End with the access date and the URL in angle brackets. The access date is included so that the reader will know which version of the document you have cited. The URL must be correct.

author                            title
Bostock, William W. "The Global Corporatisation of Universities: Causes
                                               journal        vol   year      access date
         and Consequences." AntePodium 3 (1999). 27 Jan. 2000
            URL
         <http://www.vuw.ac.nz/atp/articles/bostock.html>