Examine/Classify the source for the study of the Roman Empire.

1.	Examine/Classify the source for the study of the Roman Empire.
Answer» SSources:\xa0There is a rich collection of sources to study Roman history, like –\xa0texts,\xa0documents and\xa0material remains.\xa01.\xa0Archaeological :\xa0a) Amphitheater,\xa0b) Amphorae,\xa0c) Colosseum,\xa0d) Statues,\xa0e) Aqueducts2.\xa0(Literary) Written :\xa0(A)\xa0Texts – Histories written by Contemporary Historians (B) Documents3.\xa0Aerial PhotographsDocumentary sources include mainly inscriptions and\xa0papyri. Inscriptions were usually cuton stone, so a large number survive, in both Greek and Latin.The ‘papyrus’ was a reed-like plant that grew along the banks of the Nile in Egypt and was processed to produce a writing material that was very widely used in everyday life.Thousands of contracts, accounts, letters and official documents survive ‘on papyrus’ and have been published by scholars who are called ‘papyrologists.

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