CenterforClassicalandMedievalStudies,PekingUniversity
ThereareamyriadofwaystoengagewithmaterialsrelatedtothestudyoftheancientandmedievalMediterraneanworld,largelyconstrued.Whatthedigitalhumanitiesprovideisaneasilyaccessiblewayforscholarsandteamstointroducedifferentwaysofthinkingaboutandusingdata,texts,andevidence.
Thepurposeofthislististokeeptrackofnewdigitalhumanitiesdatabasesandprojectswhilebecomingacquaintedwiththosethathavebeencreatedforawhile,butnotnecessarilyfamiliartoallscholarsandstudentsacrossdisciplines.Therearealreadysomelistsondigitalsourcesthatcanbereadilyaccessible,butnotallofthesourcestheycitearereadilyaccessible(PAYWALL!!),norwouldallofthembeconsistentlyupdatedtoincludenewandexcitingprojectswiththepotentialtotransformhowwestudytheancientMediterraneanWorldandEuropeingeneral.Databasesprovidedbymajorpublishersororganizationsalsotendtobeprohibitivelyexpensive.Theyoftencomeintheformofmonetizablerepositoriesforproprietarymaterials,andnotnecessarilyrepresentativeofnewideasandattemptstomakesenseofdataandevidence.
Ifyoufindadigitalhumanitiesprojectordatabase–notjustdigitizedcorpusbutalsorenderings,representations,analyses,annotationsoftexts,objects,sites,information,etc.–pleaseaddtothelist,sothatwewillhavearunningandcurrentknowledgeofwhatisgoingonintheincreasinglyrevolutionarydigitizedspaceofthehumanities.WCY20220405
Trismegistoswasconceivedin2004whenMarkDepauwwasgrantedaSofjaKovalevskajaAwardoftheAlexandervonHumboldt-StiftungtosetuphisownresearchteamataGermanuniversity,inthiscaseCologne.TheprojectMultilingualismandMulticulturalisminGraeco-RomanEgyptwantedtoinvestigatelanguageshiftsinrelationtoculturalidentity,bysettingupanonlinedatabaseofGraeco-RomanpapyrologicalmaterialinEgyptianscriptsparalleltoandinclosecooperationwiththeexistingtoolsofGreekpapyrology(theHeidelbergerGesamtverzeichnisgriechischerUrkundenausgypten[HGV]anditsliterarycounterpart,theLeuvenDatabaseofAncientBooks[LDAB]
iDAI.objectsarachneistdiezentraleObjektdatenbankdesDeutschenArchologischenInstituts(DAI)unddesArchologischenInstitutsderUniversittzuKln.DiesgilteinerseitsfürdenBereichderseitlangembestehendenanalogenDokumentationsbestnde,dieteilweisezerfallsbedrohtundimmernochweitestgehendunerschlossensind:hierwirdaktivedigitaleErschlieungbetrieben.EsgiltaberandererseitsauchfürdenBereichderimmerweiterzunehmendenNeuproduktiondigitalerObjekt-undBilddaten:hiergilteineniedrigstschwelligvorgehendeStrukturierung,dieaufderEbenemaschinenlesbarerMetadatenStrategiendesSemanticWebverwendet.Alledigitalisierten,bildlichenundtextuellenObjektinformationenwerdenlangzeitgesichertundweltweitonlinegehalten.
LUXisatransformativenewplatformthatprovidesaccesstomillionsofrecordsforobjects,people,places,concepts,andeventsrepresentedinYale’srichculturalheritagecollections.FindandconnectwiththeculturalheritagecollectionsacrossYale’smuseums,archives,andlibrariesinnewwaysandallinoneplace.
TheDigitalFragmentaHistoricorumGraecorum(DFHG)isthedigitaleditionofthefivevolumesoftheFragmentaHistoricorumGraecorum(FHG)producedbyMonicaBertiattheAlexandervonHumboldtChairofDigitalHumanitiesattheUniversityofLeipzig.TheFHGconsistsofasurveyofexcerptsfrommanydifferentsourcespertainingto636ancientGreekfragmentaryhistorians.Excludingthefirstvolume,authorsarechronologicallydistributedandcoveraperiodoftimefromthe6thcenturyBCthroughthe7thcenturyCE.Fragmentsarenumberedsequentiallyandarrangedbyworksandbooknumbers,whenthesepiecesofinformationareavailableinthesourcetextspreservingthefragments.AlmosteveryGreekfragmentistranslatedorsummarizedintoLatin.TheMüller-JacobyTableofConcordanceallowstosearchcorrespondencesamongauthorspublishedintheFHG,theFGrHist,andtheBNJ.
ListofsourcesandtranslationsincludesallGreekandLatinauthorswhoareavailableinonlinetranslations(excludingshortfragments),fromtheearliesttimesupto200A.D.,andselectedauthorswhowroteafter200A.D.
Thesitemlat.uzh.chisaLatintext(meta-)repositoryandtoolunderwayofdevelopment.Usersshouldtakeintoaccountthatsomefunctionsdonotyetworksatisfactorily.ThisCorpusCórporumisbeingdevelopedattheUniversityofZurichunderthedirectionofPh.Roelli,InstituteforGreekandLatinPhilology.Theprojectusesexclusivelyfreeandopensoftwareandisnon-commercial.Forancienttexts,chooseno.5"Latinitasantiqua"inthebrowsefunction,whichessentiallyproducestextsfromPerseus,butthereadingexperienceismuchbetter,anditcomeswithagooddictionaryintherightpanel.
TheBTLOnlinedatabaseprovideselectronicaccesstoalleditionsofLatintextspublishedintheBibliothecaTeubneriana,rangingfromantiquityandlateantiquitytomedievalandneo-Latintexts.Atotalofapproximately13millionwordformsarethusaccessibleelectronically.Theuserinterfaceallowsvariousanddifferentiatedsearches.Classicalscholarsandancienthistoriansareprovidedwithavaluabletoolforbothresearchandthepreparationofteachingatschoolanduniversitylevel.Eachyear,thedatabaseisextendedbythetextsofthenewlyprintedLatineditionsoftheBibliothecaTeubneriana.
AdigitalarchiveofLatinpoetry,fromitsoriginstotheItalianRenaissancewasestablishedattheendof2005withthemaingoalofcreatingasingulardatabaseofLatinpoetry,supportedbyacriticalandexegeticalelectronicapparatus.Atpresent,maincollectionsofclassicaltextshavebeentransferredontodigitaldevicewhileresources,mostlyonline,allowquickerlexicalsearches.Inmostcases,however,searchengineinquiryonlyprovidesresultsofakeyinsideafixand‘authoritarian’text.TheaimofMusisqueDeoqueistoovercometheselimitations,allowingtolocatenotonlytheformschosenfromthetextofareferenceedition,butalsothevariantsinitscriticalapparatus.
anelectronicversionofthecompleteprintedtextofActaSanctorum,fromtheeditionpublishedinsixty-eightvolumesbytheSociétédesBollandistesinAntwerpandBrussels.Itisacollectionofdocumentsexaminingthelivesofsaints,organisedaccordingtoeachsaint'sfeastday,andrunsfromthetwoJanuaryvolumespublishedin1643tothePropylaeumtoDecemberpublishedin1940.TheActaSanctorumDatabasecontainstheentireActaSanctorum,includingallprefatorymaterial,originaltexts,criticalapparatusandindices.BibliothecaHagiographicaLatinareferencenumbers,essentialreferencesforscholars,arealsoincluded.
IntheearlyMiddleAges,literateindividualsinandfromtheCelticperipheryofEurope(Ireland,Wales,Brittany,Cornwall,ScotlandandtheIsleofMan)wrotemanyandvariedLatinworksconstitutingwhatcanarguablybeseenasadistinctiveliterature,whoseunusualvocabulary,grammarandphrasing(tosaynothingofsubject-matter)madeitintowhathasbeencalled“oneofthemostcuriousandinterestingphenomenaofmedievalphilology”.ThisdatabasecontainsmorethanfivehundredLatinworksbyoverahundredknownandunknownauthors,spanningthefieldsoftheology,liturgy,computistics,grammar,hagiography,poetryandhistoriography,andincludinglegaltexts,charters,inscriptions,etc.
TheChicagoHomerisamultilingualdatabasethatusesthesearchanddisplaycapabilitiesofelectronictextstomakethedistinctivefeaturesofEarlyGreekepicaccessibletoreaderswithandwithoutGreek.Exceptforfragments,itcontainsallthetextsofthesepoemsintheoriginalGreek.Inaddition,theChicagoHomerincludesEnglishandGermantranslations,inparticularLattimore'sIliad,JamesHuddleston'sOdyssey,DarylHine'stranslationsofHesiodandtheHomericHymns,andtheGermantranslationsoftheIliadandOdysseybyJohanHeinrichVoss.ThroughtheassociatedwebsiteEumaiosusersoftheChicagoHomercanalsofromeachlineofthepoemaccesspertinentIliadScholiaandpapyrus
Logeion(literally,aplaceforwords;inparticular,aspeaker'splatform,oranarchive)wasdevelopedaftertheexampleofdvlf.uchicago.edu,toprovidesimultaneouslookupofentriesinthemanyreferenceworksthatmakeupthePerseusClassicalcollection.Asalways,wearegratefulforthePerseusProject'sgenerosityinsharingtheirdata.Noneofthiswouldbepossiblewithouttheircommitmenttoopenaccess.Toenhancethissiteasbotharesearchandapedagogicaltool,weaddinformationbasedoncorpusdataintherightsidebar,aswellasreferencestochaptersinstandardtextbooks.
TheThesaurusLinguaeLatinaeisnotonlythelargestLatindictionaryintheworld,butalsothefirsttocoveralltheLatintextsfromtheclassicalperioduptoabout600A.D.31academies,andscholarlysocietiesfrom23countriessupporttheworkattheBavarianAcademyofScience(Munich).Thedatabasecurrentlycontainslemmatafromatorelinquo(Date:Nov.2021).
TLGrepresentsthefirsteffortintheHumanitiestoproducealargedigitalcorpusofliterarytexts.SinceitsinceptiontheprojecthascollectedanddigitizedmosttextswritteninGreekfromHomer(8c.B.C.)tothefallofByzantiuminAD1453.ItsgoalistocreateacomprehensivedigitallibraryofGreekliteraturefromantiquitytothepresentera.
AuthorspecificlexiconandtextbrowserforPlatoandthucydides,incorporatingcrossreferences,specificdefinitions,bibliographies,illustrations.
ThedatabaseGlossariumGrco-Arabicummakesavailablethefilesofalexicalproject,intendedtoopenupthelexiconofthemedivalArabictranslationsfromtheGreek.Itcontainsimagesofthefilecards(ca.80,000)whichhavenotyetbeenpublishedintheanalyticalreferencedictionaryAGreekandArabicLexicon(Leiden:Brill,1992ff.),andcomprisesArabicrootsfromtheletterjmtotheendoftheArabicalphabet.
Alpheiosbuildsevidence-based,open-sourcesoftwaretosupportstudyoftheworld'sclassicallanguagesandliteratures.Wewillhelppeoplelearnhowtolearnlanguagesasefficientlyandenjoyablyaspossible,andinawaythatbesthelpsthemunderstandtheirownliteraryheritageandculture,andtheliteraryheritageandcultureofotherpeoplesthroughouthistory.Ourinitialfocusisonclassicalliteratureinlanguagesnolongerspoken,suchasLatinandancientGreek.Theinfluenceoftheseclassics,liketheriverAlpheios,stillrunslikeasubterraneanstreamdeepbeneaththecontemporaryworld,asartistsandthinkerscontinuetodrawinspirationfromthem.Nextprioritiesincludesupportingmorelanguages,includingPersian,SyriacandHebrew,andaddingaudioandimageryaswellaslanguagelearningaidsandgames.
ThePerseidsPlatformisaweb-based,fullyaudited,version-controllededitingenvironment.Itenablesthecollaborativeeditingoftextsinaframeworkofrigorousandtransparentpeer-reviewandcreditmechanismswithstrongeditorialoversight.Treebanksaremorpho-syntacticcommentariesontexts,madesentencebysentence.ThePerseidsPlatformallowsstudentsandscholarstobuildtreebanksinanintuitivegraphicinterfacewhilecompilingthedatainanXMLdocumentforanalysis.Manyofthesetreebankshavebeengatheredintocollaborativeandinteractivepublications.
TheVergilProjectisaresourceforstudents,teachers,andreadersofVergil'sAeneid.Itoffersanon-linehypertextlinkedtointerpretivematerialsofvariouskinds.Theseincludebasicinformationaboutgrammar,syntax,anddiction;severalcommentaries;anapparatuscriticus;helpwithscansion;andotherresources.
ThisdatabaseinventorisesallhistoriographicalworksofLateAntiquity(300until800AD)inLatin,Greek,Syriac,Armenian,Georgian,Arabic,Copticand,toalesserextent,Hebrew,AramaicandPersian.Namesandtitlesinlanguageswritteninnon-Latinalphabetshavebeenincludedbothintheiroriginalscriptandintransliteration.
TheDatabaseofClassicalScholarsisamulti-faceteddatabasethataimstoprovidebiographicalandbibliographicalinformationonclassicalscholarsfromtheperiodassociatedwithclassicalscholarshipascurrentlyunderstood,fromtheendoftheeighteenthcenturyandthepublicationofF.A.Wolf'sProlegomenazuHomer(1795)tothecurrentday.Eachentryisaccompaniedbyanappreciationofthescholar'scareerbyanexpertandwherepossible,aportrait.ThisisaworkofinternationalcooperationwithanadvisorycommitteecomposedofexpertsinthehistoryofclassicalscholarshipnotonlyinNorthAmerica,butintheUnitedKingdom,Germany,andItaly.TheprojectisendorsedbytheSocietyforClassicalStudies.
ThiswebsiteexploresPiranesi'sRome,aswellastheancientmonumentsthatheportrayedwithsuchpassion.TheendeavorrepresentsacollaborationconnectingtheArtDepartment,theDavisMuseum,SpecialCollections,andWellesley'sMellon-fundedBlendedLearningInitiativeinsupportoftheexhibitReframingthePast:Piranesi'sVedutediRoma.Thisexhibitshowcasesthemuseum'sgrowingcollectionofPiranesi'setchingsandwasorganizedbyMeredithFluke,KemperCuratorofAcademicPrograms,andKimberlyCassibry,AssistantProfessorofArt,withtheparticipationofLizaOliver,AssistantProfessorofArt.
Withtwosourcesfromthemiddleofthe6thcenturyasastartingpoint:the"Synecdemus"ofHierocleus)andthe"PeriKtisma"ofProcopiusandafewlateradditions.ThecompletelistofByzantinecitiesislistedatthebottomofthepage,afterthemap.
ThemapwasinspiredbytheBarringtonAtlasoftheGreekandRomanWorld(Talbert,2000)andwasbuiltupondigitizationeffortscarriedoutbythePleiadesandDARMCprojectseventhoughitbecamenecessarytoreturntotheoriginalmapforadditionaldatainordertoproduceafunctionaldigitalmap.DAREaimsatamuchhigherlevelofaccuracyandtheintegrationofdigitalresourcessuchassatelliteimagery,nationaltopographicmaps,sourcetexts,othersourcematerialandscholarlyliterature.
ToposTextisanindexedcollectionofancienttextsandmappedplacesrelevantthethehistoryandmythologyoftheancientGreeksfromtheNeolithicperiodupthroughthe2ndcenturyCE.ItwasinspiredbytwodecadesofexploringGreecebycar,foot,orbicycle,andbyclumsyeffortstoappreciateεπτπουtherelevantinformationfromPausaniasorotherprimarysources.
formerly,theDigitalAtlasofRomanandMedievalCivilizations.[COMINGSOON.VERYEXCITING.ARCGISlayoutcoveringENVIRONMENTALHISTORY,ARCHAEOLOGY,MEDIEVALWORLD,ROMANWORLD]
Pleiadesisacommunity-builtgazetteerandgraphofancientplaces.Itgivesscholars,students,andenthusiastsworldwidetheabilitytouse,create,andsharehistoricalgeographicinformationabouttheancientworldindigitalform.Atpresent,PleiadeshasextensivecoveragefortheGreekandRomanworld,andisexpandingintoAncientNearEastern,Byzantine,Celtic,andEarlyMedievalgeography.
POLISallowsscholarsandstudentsofclassicalGreek(andtosomeextentRoman)historytovisualizedataaboutPlaces(especiallyarchaicandclassicalGreekcity-states)andPeople(thosefamousenoughtobeincludedinastandardClassicaldictionary)fromtwolargedata-sets,andtogeneratemapsandsimplestatisticalinformationfromthem.WehopethatthesitewillfacilitateoriginalresearchontheclassicalGreekworld,thatitwillbeusedasateachingtool,andthatitwillbefuntoplaywith.
AdatabaseofthefragmentsoftheFormaUrbisRomae.Thedatabaseinfrastructure,digitalphotographs,and3DmodelsareprimarilythecreationofNatashaGelfand,DavidKoller,andMarcLevoyoftheStanfordComputerScienceDepartment.ThetextisresearchedandwrittenbyTinaNajbjergandJenniferTrimbleoftheStanfordClassicsDepartment.Thissiteisstillunderconstructionandwewelcomeyourcommentsaboutthelayoutandcontent.
TheStanfordGeospatialNetworkModeloftheRomanWorld–ORBISallowsustoexpressRomancommunicationcostsintermsofbothtimeandexpense.BysimulatingmovementalongtheprincipalroutesoftheRomanroadnetwork,themainnavigablerivers,andhundredsofsearoutesintheMediterranean,BlackSeaandcoastalAtlantic,thisinteractivemodelreconstructsthedurationandfinancialcostoftravelinantiquity.
Theso-called"PeutingerMap"istheonlyRomanworldmapknowntohavesurvivedantiquity.Preservedinasingle,medievalcopynowhousedintheAustrianNationalLibraryinVienna,themapstretchesfromBritaininthewesttoIndiaintheeast,coveringaseriesof11parchmentrectanglestotalingover6.7meters(22feet)inlength.Inpreparinghis2010bookonthesubject(Rome'sWorld:ThePeutingerMapReconsidered;CambrigeUP),RichardTalbertcollaboratedwiththestaffoftheAncientWorldMappingCenteratUNCChapelHillandwithISAW'sDigitalProgramsteamtoproducedigitaltoolsthatwereusedtorecordandanalyzethemap.Thesehavebeenpublishedonlinesothatstudentsandscholarscanverifyhisfindingsandformtheirownimpressionsofthemapanditscontent.
TheBodleianholdsoneoftheworld’slargestandmostwide-rangingcollectionsofarchivesandmanuscripts.
adigitallibraryservice.ItprovidesfreeaccesstotheVaticanLibrary’sdigitizedcollections:manuscripts,incunabula,archivalmaterialsandinventoriesaswellasgraphicmaterials,coinsandmedals,printedmaterials(specialprojects).
TheLibraryholdsaround11,000manuscripts,2,500papyri,43ostraka,566incunabula,1,681sixteenthcenturyprintedbooks,592periodicalsonrelatedsubjectsandatotalof126,527booksdatingfromtheseventeenthtothetwentiethcentury.
OneoftheconsequencesoftheThirtyYears'Warwasthatthemostimportantcollectionofbooksinthe17thcenturyHolyRomanEmpire,theBibliothecaPalatina,wasdividedbetweentwoprincipallocations:HeidelbergandtheVatican.Since2001,HeidelbergUniversityLibraryhasbeenworkingonseveralprojectsthataimtodigitizepartsofthisgreatcollection,thefinalgoalbeingacompletevirtualreconstructionofthe'motherofalllibraries'.
Thegoalofe-codicesistoprovidefreeaccesstoallmedievalandaselectionofmodernmanuscriptsofSwitzerlandbymeansofavirtuallibrary.Atthemoment,thevirtuallibrarycontains2653manuscriptsfrom97differentcollections.Thevirtuallibrarywillbecontinuouslyupdatedandextended.
GallicaestlabibliothèquenumériquedelaBibliothèquenationaledeFranceetdesespartenaires.Enlignedepuis1997,elles’enrichitchaquesemainedemilliersdenouveautésetoffreaujourd’huiaccèsàplusieursmillionsdedocuments.Unmarchédenumérisationdédiéauxdocumentsprécieuxetspécialisés(manuscrits,cartesetplans,estampes,photographies,affiches,partitions,documentssonores,documentsdelaRéservedeslivresrares)estlancéen2010.Entre2010et2014,Gallicapassede1à3millionsdedocuments.Lespremièrespageséditorialesfontleurapparitionen2013,autourdescollectionsdepresse.Plusieurscentainesdepagesstructuréespartypesdedocuments,thématiquesouairegéographiquesontdésormaisaccessiblesdésormaisàpartirdubouton"Collections".
Ilprogettoèilfruttodiaccordidicooperazionestipulatitradiverseistituzioniitalianeestraniere:leUniversitàdiBologna,Cassino,Messina,NapoliePadova,l’AccademiaFiorentinadiPapirologia,l’IstitutoPapirologicoVitelli–UniversitàdiFirenze,laBibliotecaMediceaLaurenziana,ilMuseoEgiziodelCairo.LasuarealizzazioneèattualmentecuratadalCentroEditorialeedalLaboratoriodiRicercheStoricheeArcheologichedell’Antichità(DipartimentodiScienzeUmane,SocialiedellaSalute)dell’UniversitàdiCassino.
acomprehensivesearchengineanddatabaseforpapyrologicalsourcesandbibliographies.ItaggregatesmaterialfromtheAdvancedPapyrologicalInformationSystem(APIS),DukeDatabankofDocumentaryPapyri(DDbDP),HeidelbergerGesamtverzeichnisdergriechischenPapyrusurkundengyptens(HGV),BibliographiePapyrologique(BP),anddependsonclosecollaborationwithTrismegistos,forrigorousmaintenanceofrelationshipmappinganduniqueidentifiers.WorkisinprogresstoincorporatecontentfromtheArabicPapyrologicalDatabase(APD)aswell.
imagedatabaseoftheOxyrhynchuspapyri.
einschlielichderOstrakausw.,derlateinischenTexte,sowiederentsprechendenUrkundenausbenachbartenRegionen
Adigitalversionofamostimportantcompilationofpaleographicalabbreviations,byAdrianoCappelli.ThedatabaseisinitiatedbyUniversitaetZuerich,pdfversionsofCappelli(DizionarioDiAbbreviatureinItalian,LexiconAbbreviaturaruminGerman)areavailableonInternetArchive.
anewresourceforthestudyofmedievalhandwriting,particularlythatproducedinEnglandduringtheyears1000–1100,thetimeofthelred,CnutandWilliamtheConqueror.Itisdesignedtoallowyoutoseesamplesofhandwritingfromtheperiodandtocomparethemwitheachotherquicklyandeasily.
Inordertoprovideareliablepointofreferencefortheinvestigationofancientwriting,PapPalcollectsdatedexamplesofhandsfromthe3rdc.BCtothe8thc.ADsurvivingmainlyfromGreco-RomanEgypt.Becausemanyancientdocumentspreservedonpapyrusaredatedtotheverydayonwhichtheywererecorded,viewingthemtogetherbringsoutfeaturesthatweretypicalofatimeand,insomecases,ofaplaceofwriting.Furthermore,asnotwohandsareidentical,comparisonofarangeofcontemporaryscriptsalsoilluminatesthevarietyofwritingstylesthatexisted.
establishedtocollectandpublishallancientGreekpersonalnames,drawingonthefullrangeofwrittensourcesfromthe8thcenturyB.C.downtothelateRomanEmpire.
ThisdatabasesearchcomplementsthepublishedvolumesofPersonsofAncientAthens.DescriptionofEntries,listedinthecellbelow,explainshowdataispresented.Searchesmaybemadeto10,000namesavailableintheATHENIANSdatabasebeta,gamma,anddelta.Thepossiblesearchesrangefromsimplesearchessuchasselectingeverypersonwithaparticularname,orinaparticulardeme,orofaparticulartribe(phyle)orofaspecifiedprofessiontomoresophisticatedsearches,suchastofindallAthenianswholivedbetweenspecifiedyearsand/orarerelatedtoacertainpersonand/orareattestedinaclassofdocument,etc.Eachdatabasecanalsobelistedentirely.
TheprimaryobjectiveoftheprojectistofacilitateprosopographicalresearchintotheeliteoftheRomanRepublic,itsstructure,scaleandchangesincompositionovertime.Tothatendacomprehensive,searchabledatabaseofallknownmembersoftheupperstrataofRomansocietyhasbeenestablished,whichbringstogetherinformationaboutindividualcareers,officeholdings,personalstatus,lifedatesandfamilyrelationships.
DieProsopographiaImperiiRomani(PIR)isteinPersonenlexikon.EssollimwesentlichendieFührungsschichtdesRmischenReichesinderFrühenundHohenKaiserzeiterfassen.DieunterezeitlicheGrenzeistdieSchlachtvonAktium31v.Chr.,seitderdiemonarchischeHerrschaftsstrukturfürRomendgültiggewordenwar;dieobereGrenzebildetdieHerrschaftDiokletians(284-305),mitdereinewesentlichenderungimstaatlichenundgesellschaftlichenAufbaudesReichesdurchgesetztwurde.
apopulationdatabaserecordingpeopleidentifiedinGreekandRomanepigraphy."AninsightintothepopulationofRomanDaciaandMoesia"wasResearchgrantsupportedbyagrantoftheRomanianNationalAuthorityforScientificResearch.
ThemaintargetsforinclusionintotheAPRcollectionareallindividualsoutsideofItalythatweremadefriendsoftheRomanseitherontheofficiallevelorlessformallywithanindividualRomanaristocrat.Somefemaledynastsarealsolisted,eitherbyvirtueoftheirownstatusasamicae,or,moreoften,toclarifygenealogicaluncertaintiesoftheirmoreprominentmalecounterparts.Inthesamevein,othercloserelativeswhoareknowntohaveplayedimportantrolesareincludedaswell.Furtherentriesonsuccessorsorevenrivalsofsuchamiciareincluded,inthehopethatdetailedknowledgeofthemmayhelpusbetterunderstandtheextentbutalsolimitationsofdiplomaticfriendshipwithRome.MostentriesfallintotheperiodstretchingfromtheHannibalicWar(218-201BC)totheFlavianperiod(AD69-96),butthesearenotstricttemporallimits.
TheRomanBastardsdatabaseholdsallthepapyrological,epigraphicandlegalevidenceconcerningillegitimatechildrenintheRomanEmpireuptothereignofConstantinetheGreat.Databasecontains:1831BastardsRecordsasofApril5th,2022.
ThisdatabasecollectsallthepersonalnamesfromRomanBritainwhicharethoughttocontainCelticelements.WhilepersonalnamesfromGaulhavereceivedconsiderableattentionovertheyearsinworkssuchasGPNandKGP,thehugeincreaseinthenumberofnames(fromthefindsinBathandVindolanda,togetherwiththepublicationofRIBII)nowmakesitimperativethatthedataisavailableinaeasilysearchableformat.ItishopedthatthisdatabasewillofferausefulandflexibletoolbywhichtheinformationprovidedbypersonalnamesfromRomanBritaincanbeintegratedintothescholarshipbothofRomanBritainandofname-studiesmoregenerally(foradiscussionbasedontheepigraphicdatapublisheduptoandincluding2005,seeMullen2007a).
Thissite,thePBEIOnlineedition,presentstheresearchoutputoftheProsopographyoftheByzantineEmpireproject,641-867(PBEI)whichwascarriedoutprimarilyatKing'sCollegeLondonfromthe1989to2001.ItcoveredaperiodwhentheadministrativestructureandgoverningeliteofByzantiumwereundergoingcrucialchanges,andwhentheMediterraneanworldofLateAntiquitywasassumingtheformsoftheMiddleAges.
TheByzantineWorldwasnotdefinedbytheempire’sshrinkingborders,butbytheboundariesleftbyBasilIIin1025.Thesourceswerefarmoredisparate,anddistributedamongmanyculturesandlanguages;itwasnolongerpossibletoaimatreliablecompleteness,whenanewseal,orareferenceinanArmeniansource,mightbediscoveredatanymoment.Itwasalsobecomingclearthatitwouldbepossibletopublishthedatabasedirectlyonline,makingitunnecessarytoaimatunattainablecompleteness.TheintellectualstructuredevelopedbyMrJohnBradleywastocreateadatabaseofassertions('factoids')madeaboutindividualsinthesourceswhichwereanalysedbytheteam.Thepublication,therefore,isaprosopographicalreadingofsourcesfortheperiod,limitedtothesourceswhichhavebeenstudiedsofar.
TheTudorgovernmentmaintainedacommunicationnetworkthatcriss-crossedtheglobe.Thisvisualisationbringstogether123,850lettersconnecting20,424peoplefromtheUnitedKingdom’sStatePapersarchive,datingfromtheaccessionofHenryVIIItothedeathofElizabethI(1509-1603).Onthispagewecanseeallpeoplewhosentorreceivedlettersfromtwoormorepeople,arrangedchronologicallyleft-to-right.
Oursearchenginecomplementstraditional,text-basedsearchengines,allowingdifferenttypesofsearchesthatfocusonthespacesoftheancientcityandoncharacteristicsspecifictoancienthandwritteninscriptions.
Youcansearchforgraffitibytheirlocation,clickingdirectlyonamapofthecityorsearchingbycity-block,or
Youcansearchspecificallyforfiguralgraffiti(graffitidrawings),browseallfiguralexamplesorchoosethecategoryofdrawingthatinterestsyou,or
Youcancombinesearcheswithourfilters,selectingfromanumberofsearchoptions(includingLanguage,PropertyType,orWritingStyle).
Inaddition,thesearchbaratthetopofthemainpageconductsaglobalsearchofthewholedatabase.YoucansearchusingLatinterms,Englishtranslations,namesoflocations,orbibliography.
IndenJahren2009und2010wurdenvomSeminarfürAlteGeschichte/InstitutfürEpigraphikderWestflischenWilhelms-UniversittinZusammenarbeitmitderArbeitsstelleInscriptionesGraecaeanderBerlin-BrandenburgischenAkademiederWissenschaftenzweionlineabfragbareKonkordanzenerstellt.DieKonkordanzenwerdenfortlaufendaktualisiert.
TheCenteraims,throughregularandactiveacquisition,tomaintainanepigraphiclibrarythatisbothdeepandcurrentandthatwillservetheneedsofBerkeley'sfacultyandstudentsaswellasthoseofvisitingscholars.Atpresent,theAleshireCenter’slibraryconsistsofca.1,600books,5,000offprints,morethan1,000photos,andsome900squeezes,whicharehousedontheBerkeleyCampusin310DwinelleHall,andavailableforusebyfaculty,students,andvisitors.TheCenter'sholdingsmaybesearchedthroughouronlinedatabase.Inadditiontoseeingthecontentofourcollectionofbooks(cataloguedaccordingtoLibraryofCongressstandards),journals,andoffprints,usersmayviewdigitalimagesofthesqueezesandoffprints.Shouldauserwishtoviewahigh-resolution(1200dpi)versionofanyoftheseimages,s/heshouldcontactthedirectorofthecenter.
DEAisaninterdisciplinaryprojectinitiatedbyscientistsfromtheDigitalWorldsInstituteandtheDepartmentofClassicsattheUniversityofFlorida.Thegoaloftheprojectistodevelopnewopen-accessscientifictoolsfortheHumanitiesandapplyconceptsfromdigitalandinteractivemediaandcomputersciencetoArchaeologyandClassics.Inourweb-siteyoucanviewour3Dcollectionsandinteractwithouron-lineexhibits,readaboutourrecentresults,findinteractivedemosofourprojects,andlearnmoreaboutourfutureresearchdirections.
aninternationalopencommunitypursuingacollaborativeenvironmentfordigitalepigraphy,whichfacilitatesscholarlycommunicationandinteraction.WeapplyFAIRprinciplestoepigraphicinformationinordertoefficientlycreate,useandshareitamongresearchers,studentsandenthusiastsaroundtheglobe.TheEpigraphy.infocommunityworkstogatherandenhancethemanyexistingepigraphicefforts,andservesasalandingpointfordigitaltools,practicesandmethodologiesformanagingcollectionsofinscriptions.
TheInscriptionsSearchEngineisthemaingatewayintotheEAGLE’smassiveepigraphicdatabase,theplacewherethecontentprovidedbytheepigraphers’communityisaggregatedandstoredandwhereitismadeaccessibletotheusers.ThetotalnumberofinscriptionsinEAGLEisaround350.000disambiguatedtextsatthemoment.Therearecurrently455414editionsofinscriptions,butsomehavetwo,somehaveuptofiveeditionsonline.Youcangetthisfigurebysearchingonlyfordocumentalentities.Howevertherearemanyinscriptionswhichwillbedisambiguatedandthusaddedtothecountofindividualinscriptionsintheaggregator.
AtticInscriptionsOnline
RomanTripolitania
HispaniaEpigrafica
UbieratLupa
Brigetio
Dacia
Aphrodisias
Petrae
EpigraphicDatabaseRoma
Bari
LastStatuesofAntiquity
RomanInscriptionsofBritain
ThedatabaseprovidesaccesstothearchivalmaterialoftheCIL,thesqueezes[WITH3563DSQUEEZES!!],photosandrecordsoftheinscriptionseditedintheCIL.TheentriesarelinkedtotheepigraphicdatabaseClauss–SlabyEDCS,sothatthetextoftheinscriptionsisalsoavailable.
ThecoreoftheCentre’sresearcharchiveisacollectionofaround25,000squeezes(paperimpressions)ofGreekinscriptions,overahalffromtheprincipalmuseumsinAthens,butrangingacrosstheGreekworldfromAiKhanouminAfghanistantoUpperEgypt.
thedigitalrepositoryforthecollectionsofepigraphicsqueezesattheInstituteforAdvancedStudy.
CrossreadswillofferthefirstcoherentaccountoftheinterplayoflinguisticandtextualmaterialcultureinancientSicilyoveraperiodof1,500years.
collectallpublishedGreekandLatininscriptionsuptothe7thcenturyA.D.consideringtheirbestexistingeditions,alsoenclosingwhenpossible–afteranecessarycheck–anumberofadditionalimportantdataand/orimages.AspartofEAGLE,inthesamewayEDRaimsatcollectingthewholeepigraphyofRomeandoftheItalianpeninsulaincludingSardiniaandSicily,withtheexceptionofChristianinscriptions(underEDBjurisdiction).
ProjektderHamburgerAltenGeschichtehatdasZiel,dieverstreutpubliziertengriechischenwielateinischenInschriftenausdemGebietderheutigenTürkeiineinerDatenbankzuerfassenundmittelsKommentarundBeschreibungauchinhaltlichzuershclieen.
containsthetextsofLatinandbilingual(i.e.Latin-Greek)inscriptionsoftheRomanEmpire.Theepigraphicmonumentswerecollectedandkeptuptodateonthebasisofmodernresearch.Withthehelpofsearchfunctionsspecificqueriescanbecarriedout-e.g.asearchforwordsininscriptionsand/orparticulardescriptivedata.Thesearchresultsareoftendisplayedtogetherwithphotosanddrawings.Anotherfocusliesonshowingtheexactfindspotsofinscriptions.[AlsoseePARTNERSfordatabasecross-site]
Restoringandattributingancienttextsusingdeepneuralnetworks
agrowingopensourcedatabaseofancientSicilianepigraphicrecords，aimingtoofferfullbibliographyandinformationalongwithtranslationandconcordanceswithotherdatabases.AdoptsEpidoctoshowgeographicdistribution.
Thissitebringstogetheranumberofresourcesthatareavailableforthestudyofepigraphictexts.Thesitewasdesignedformy(OnnovanNijf)owncoursesattheUniversityofGroningenandattheNetherlandsInstituteatAthensThesitewillbebasedontwoearlierdocumentsthatIhavecompiled,'TheAbsoluteBeginners’GuidetoGreekandLatinEpigraphy'and'ElectronicEpigraphy’whichhavefoundsomereadersovertheweb.ThefocusisonGreekinscriptions,butLatininscriptionsarenotexcluded!
theblogofPeterKruschwitz,ProfessorofAncientCulturalHistory(AntikeKulturgeschichte)attheUniversityofViennaandFellowofthePontificalAcademyforLatin(PontificiaAcademiaLatinitatis).MaincontentsconcernRomanCulturalHistory(withanemphasisonpoetryandsongasmanifestationsofculturalpracticeandexpression),Romanepigraphy(withaparticularfocusonLatinverseinscriptions),andthecultureofRomannon-elites.
reportsnewsandeventsin(especiallyGreekandLatin)epigraphy.CEpublishesworkshopandconferenceannouncements,noticesofdiscoveries,publicationsandreviews,projectreports,descriptivelinkstodigitalepigraphicprojects,andoccasionalpre-publicationpreviewsofnewepigraphicmaterialandothershortarticles.
IamanAncientHistoryFellowatStJohn’sCollege,Oxford,whereIteach–mostlyRomanandHellenistichistory–anddomyownresearch.Iworkonlegalandinstitutionalhistory(aboveallintheeasternprovincesoftheRomanEmpire,butalsointhecomparativeperspective),Romanepigraphy(bothinGreekandinLatin),andonregionalhistoryofRomanAsiaMinor.IamalsopartoftheSEGeditorialteam,workingoninscriptionsfromtheBlackSeaandDanubianregions.Someofmypublicationsareonlineattheacademia.edu.Thisblogismeantforsharingsomeofmywork-in-progressanddiscussingthoughtswhichemergefromresearchandteaching.
TheBAPDistheworld'slargestdatabaseofancientGreekpaintedpottery(‘Greekvases’).Itcontainsrecordsofmorethan130,000ancientpotsand250,000images.Nearlyallofthepotsincludedweremadeduringthe6thto4thcenturiesBC,andaboutthreequartersofthemweremadeinAthens.ThisdatabasehasitsoriginsinthephysicalBeazleyArchive,whichiskeptintheClassicalArtResearchCentreinOxford.Thegreatmajorityofitsimageswerecollectedbythegreatpotteryexpert,SirJohnBeazley(1885-1970).However,theArchivegrewfurtherafterhisdeath,andtheBAPDcontainsevenmoreimagesacquiredlaterfromavarietyofsources,includingmajormuseums,auction-houses,digitizedvolumesoftheCorpusVasorumAntiquorumseries,andBeazley’sowndrawings.Wherethesourceofanimageisnotobviouspleasecontactusforinformation.
ThewealthofancientmythsandlegendswhichwecallClassicalMythologyisoneofthemajorelementsofourculturalheritage.AhugeamountofdocumentsandphotographswereassembledinthecourseofthepreparationoftheLexiconIconographicumMythologiaeClassicae(LIMC;1981-1999and2009)andtheThesaurusCultusetRituumAntiquorum(ThesCRA;2004-2014).Thisdatasetisregularlyupdatedandenhancedwithnewdocuments.weblimc.orggivesaccesstothedigitalressources(ca.50'000ancientobjectsandphotographs)providedbythreecomponentsofthelateFoundationfortheLIMC:DigitalLIMC:thearchivesoftheFoundationfortheLIMCthathavebeentransferedtotheUniversityofBasel.LIMCFrance:digitalressourcesonGreek,EtruscanandRomaniconographyandobjects.LIMCGreece:dataonobjectsfromrecentexcavationsinGreece.
CVAOnline,theopenaccessdigitalelementoftheCVAproject,ishostedbytheClassicalArtResearchCentreonbehalfoftheUnionAcadémiqueInternationale(UAI).TheCorpusVasorumAntiquorum('CorpusofAncientVases')istheoldestresearchprojectoftheUAI.Itconsistsofaseriesofhigh-qualitycataloguesofmostlyancientGreekpaintedpotteryincollectionsaroundtheworld.Thefirstfasciculeappearedin1922andsincethenmorethan400haveappeared,illustratingmorethan100,000vasesin24countries.Thethree-yearCVAOnlineprojectoriginatedin2000,whenOxfordUniversity'sBeazleyArchive(latertheClassicalArtResearchCentre)wasinvitedtoundertakethedigitizationofout-of-printfascicules.Somefurtherdigitizationoccurredupto2016andwecontinuetoaddresourceswhenopportunitiesarise.Thedigitizedcataloguescanbeviewedandbrowsedthroughthissite.TheirimagesandselectedcontentarealsointegratedwithinCARC'sBeazleyArchivePotteryDatabase.
ThevictoryoftheRomanemperorTrajanovertheDaciansinback-to-backwarsiscarvedinnumerousscenesthatspiralarounda126-footmarblepillarinRomeknownasTrajan’sColumn.It’satalethatreadslikeanancientcomicstrip.
3DPottery."Sculptyourownhistoricalpot."
ARCHAEOLOGY
SearchCulture.gristheGreekAggregatorforCulturalContentandNationalProviderforEuropeana.AwidevarietyofdigitalresourcesisaccessibleviaSearchCulture.gr:archaeologicalitems,historicaldocumentsandmanuscripts,itemsofmaterialculture,worksofart,cartographicmaterial,booksandintangibleheritageresources.Thedigitalfilesareprimarilyphotographsandotherimages,pdfs,3Dmodelsandaudiovisualmaterial.Sofar,SearchCulture.grhasamassedmorethan430,000itemsfrom67collectionscontributedby53institutionswhichincludemuseums,archives,ephoratesofantiquities,municipalitiesandculturalfoundations.SearchCulture.grhascontributed54collections(morethan562,119items)toEuropeana.
TheAncientMediterraneanDigitalProjectisanopen-accessdatabaseonshiprepresentationsoftheMediterraneanbasinbroadlycoveringtheLateBronzeandEarlyIronAgeperiods.Initiallyconceivedasameanstopublishthecatalogueportionofmydoctoraldissertationcoveringtheeasternpartoftheregion,theprojecthassinceexpandedwithaphotogrammetrycomponent,withfurtherplanstoincludethewesternpartofthebasininordertoprovideaholisticviewoftheentireMediterranean.Drawinginspirationfromexcitingadvancesinthedigitalhumanitiesandanever-growingneedforopen-accessresearchtoolsanddigitalculturalheritagepreservation,theproject’sultimateaimistocreateanup-to-datevirtualmaritimemuseumthatgathersmaterialwhichiswidelydispersedindozensofinstitutionsonmultiplecontinents,asignificantportionofwhichremainspoorlydocumentedorlittleknown.
Inadditiontobasicinformation,entriesareprovidedwithmyannotatedcommentarythatcoversboththetechnicalandcontextualaspectsoftheobjects,supplementedbymyowndrawingsforagoodportionofthecatalogueaswellasphotogrammetrymodels.Theguidingmethodologyhasbeentoapproachshiprepresentationsasculturalartefacts,providingahistoricallysituated,context-basedanalysisthatintegratestheirtechnicalaspectswithsocioeconomicpractices,culturalsignificanceandattitudes.Theadvanceddatabasesearchenginehaslikewisebeentailoredtothespecificnauticalthemeofcorpus,whiletheinteractivemapismeanttosupplementitwithaspatialdistributioncomponent.ItishopedthatAncMedcanprovide,inaconvenientanduser-friendlyformat,theresearchtoolsforscholarsoutsideofthedisciplinetomeaningfullyuseandintegratethisdatasetwhilestimulatingfuturecollaborativeprojectsandcrowdsourcing.
AnindispensibletoolforresearchersinalldisciplineswhowishtolearnaboutthelatestarchaeologicaldiscoveriesinGreeceandCyprus,ArchaeologyinGreeceOnline/Chroniquedesfouillesenligneisarichlyillustratedtopographicaldatabasewithamappingfeaturetolocatefieldprojectswithinsitesandregions.
In1540AntonioLafreri,anativeofBesanontransplantedtoRome,beganpublishingmapsandotherprintedimagesthatdepictedmajormonumentsandantiquitiesinRome.TheseimageswerecalculatedtoappealtothetasteforclassicalantiquitythatfueledtheculturaleventwecalltheRenaissance.AfterLafreripublishedatitlepageinthemid-1570s,collectionsoftheseprintscametobeknownastheSpeculumRomanaeMagnificentiae,the"MirrorofRomanMagnificence."TouristsandothercollectorswhoboughtprintsfromLafrerimadetheirownselectionsandhadthemindividuallybound.Overtime,Lafreri'stitlepageservedasstartingpointforlargeandeclecticcompilations,expandedandrearrangedbygenerationsofcollectors.
TheUniversityofChicago'sHannaHolbornGraySpecialCollectionsResearchCenterholdsthelargestSpeculumcollection.Thisgroupof994prints(engravings,etchings,andafewwoodcuts)wasbroughttogetherbyanineteenth-centurycollector;itisorganizedaroundacoreofprintspublishedbyLafreributalsoincludesmanyotherrelatedprints.Thissiteprovidesscholars,students,andartloverswithaccesstothiscollectionatadistance--muchasprintsthemselvesoriginallyaffordedaviewofRomefromafar.
TheSpeculumandrelatedprintsarepresentedhereaszoomable,high-resolutiondigitalimageswithsearchablecatalogueinformation.Virtualitinerariesprovidepathsthroughselectedprintsfromthecollectionbasedonaparticulartheme,location,orartist'swork.
ThestudyofdrawinglotsintheancientGreekworldrelatestothepracticesofdrawinglots,theircontexts,andtheegalitarianmindsetthatbothenabledandexpressedthem.LongbeforelotsbecameapoliticalinstrumentintheAtheniandemocracy,Greeksweredrawinglotsfordistribution,selection,determiningturnsandprocedure,initiatingsocialandpoliticalmixture,anddivination.Greeksparticipatedinlotteriesonanequalbasis,definingthecontoursofthecommunityintheprocess,andemphasizingthevaluesofequalityandfairness.ThebirthofdemocracyinancientGreececannotbefullyunderstoodwithoutresearchingthewidespectrumofdrawinglotwiththeiremphasisonindividual,equalorequitable“portions,”andtheinterchangeability(henceequality)ofparticipants.ThecenturiesbetweenHomerandCleisthenes(roughly750-500BCE)haveneverbeenstudiedcomprehensivelywiththequestionofdrawinglotsinmind.Drawinglotsexpressedahorizontal,egalitarian“vector”ofsocietythatwasoftenatoddswiththeelitistone.
ThisdatabasewascreatedusinglemmatizedsearchintheTLG(Thesauruslinguaegraecae)andsearchbyallpossibleformsofthemainkey-termsoflotterypracticesinPHI(ThePackardHumanitiesInstitute).Moreepigraphicevidence,absentinSGE(SearchableGreekInscriptions-PHI)wasfoundthroughCGRN(CollectionofGreekRitualNorms)website,usingsearchbyaGreekword.
Theresearchon‘GreeksDrawingLots’wassupportedbytheIsraelScienceFoundationgrantno1033/17.TheworkonthedatabaseandtheinternetsiteissupportedbytheGerdaHenkelFoundation.ThisInternetsitecanbeviewedeitherindependentlyorinconjunctionwiththeforthcomingbookonDrawingLotsinancientGreece:fromegalitarianismtodemocracybytheprincipalinvestigator(IradMalkin)co-authoredwithJosineBlok’spartontheroleofthelotinpolisgovernance.
Vici.orgisthearchaeologicalatlasofclassicalantiquity.Itisacommunitydrivenarchaeologicalmap,inspiredbyandmodelledafterWikipedia.ThefirstversionofVici.orgwentonlineinMay2012.ItwasprecededbyasisterwebsiteOmnesviae.org,aromanrouteplannerbasedonthePeutingermap.Sinceitsstart,Vici.orghasgrownalot.Atthetimetothiswriting,over140contributorshaveaddednearly20,000locations,approximately1,000linetracingsandover3,000images.SimilartoWikipedia,allwrittencontentisavailableforreuseusingtheCreativeCommonsAttribution-ShareAlike-license.MetadataisavailableusingtheCC0/PublicDomaindedication.Imagesorlinetracingsmaybeavailableunderotherlicenses.Vici.orginviteseveryonetoparticipateandsharehisofherknowledgeofclassicalantiquity.Vici.orgdoesprovidevariousservicestoreusethissharedknowledge,throughvariousdataservicesorbyusingtheViciwidget.
GREaimstobringknowledgeofRomangardenarchaeologyoutoflocalarchaeologicaljournalsandprintbooksintoafreeopenaccessresourceinaconsistentformatthatprovidesscholars,students,andprofessionalsglobalaccesstoevidenceofalltypesforancientgardenculture.Theentriesrangefromsitesthathavebeenexcavatedusingcontemporarytechniquestoearlysiteswheregardensaresuspectedbutnotyetproven.Therangeofevidenceassembledincludesup-to-datedescriptions,plans,stratigraphicsections,bibliography,andphotographsofgardensknownarchaeologically.
TheRomanAquaductsprojectaimstolocalizeandcollectallpublicationsonancientaqueductswithinthebordersoftheRomanEmpire,focusingonromanaqueductsbuiltintheperiod400BCto400AD.Bynecessity,weconcentrateourattentiononthelargeaqueductsthatservedcitiesandtowns,althoughwealsoincludeinterestingsmallaqueductsthatservedvillasandsanctuaries.
Theaimofthesiteistoprovideadatabaseofexcavationssince2000,providingarecordinEnglishandinthelocallanguageforeachseason.Eachparticipatingcountryisresponsibleforuploadingthedataitgathers:somecountries’recordsaremorecompletethanothers.Between1946and1987theInternationalAssociationforClassicalArchaeology(AIAC)publishedtheFastiArchaeologici.ItcontainedveryusefulsummarynoticesofexcavationsthroughouttheareaoftheRomanEmpire.However,spiralingcostsandpublicationdelayscombinedtorenderitlessandlessuseful.AIACsboardofdirectorsthusdecidedin1998todiscontinuethepublicationandtoseekanewwayofrecordinganddiffusingnewresults.TheFastiOnlineistheresultofthiseffort.
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Thesitecontainsinformationabouttheplain,unglazed,ceramicstoragecontainerswithtwohandles,mostlypointedatthebottom,thatwereusedtocarrywine,oil,fish,andothercommoditiesaroundtheancientMediterranean.Whilewehaveinformationaboutmanyclassesofamphora(includingRoman,Pamphyllian,Cypriote,Gaza'baggy'jars,Sinpeanetc)ourprimaryfocusisonGreekamphoras,thejarsmadepredominantyinRhodes,Thasos,andKnidostosupplytheneedsofAthensandtheGreekmainlandintheHellenisticperiod.
Dyabolaisadatabaseinterfaceprovidingaccessto(amongotherdatabases)theArchologischeBibliographie,anear-comprehensivebibliographicalstoreofthemonographandperoidicalliteratureofclassicalarchaeologyfrom1956tothepresentdaybasedonthesubjectcatalogueofthelibrarycollectionsoftheDeutschesArchaologischesInstitutinRome.
NestorisaninternationalbibliographyofAegeanstudies,Homericsociety,Indo-Europeanlinguistics,andrelatedfields.ItispublishedmonthlyfromSeptembertoMay(eachvolumecoversonecalendaryear)bytheDepartmentofClassics,UniversityofCincinnati.ItiscurrentlyeditedbyCarolR.Hershenson.TheprimarygeographicnexusofNestoristheAegean,includingallofGreece,Albania,andCyprus,thesouthernareaofBulgaria,andthewesternandsouthernareasofTurkey.NestorincludespublicationsconcerningthecentralandwesternMediterranean,southeasternEurope,theeasternMediterranean,westernAsia,andotherregionsofarchaeologicalresearch,ifthespecificbibliographicitemscontainAegeanartifacts,imitations,orinfluences,ormakereferencetoAegeancomparanda.
Photosofsites,monuments,inscriptionsandobjectsfromRomeandtheRomanworldavailablefromtheRomanSociety'simagebankforteachingandresearch.
AsoneoftheRomanSociety'scentenaryprojectsin2010,aselectionofslidesfromtheRomanSociety'sslidecollectioninJointLibrarywasdigitised.Sincethen,furtherslideshavebeendonatedtothecollection.
Youcansearchthecollectionusingthekeywordsearchfunction.Thereisalsoacompletelistofimageswithdetailsintheexcelspreadsheetwhichyoumaydownload.
TheCoinHoardsoftheRomanEmpireProjectisajointinitiativeoftheAshmoleanMuseumandtheOxfordRomanEconomyProject.ItisthebrainchildofBaronLorneThyssen-BornemiszaandisfundedbytheAugustusFoundation.Itintendstofillamajorlacunainthedigitalcoverageofcoinhoardsfromantiquity.ItaimstocollectinformationabouthoardsofallcoinagesinuseintheRomanEmpirebetweenapproximately30BCandAD400.Imperialcoinageformsthemainfocusoftheproject,butIronAgeandRomanProvincialcoinagesincirculationwithinthisperiodarealsoincludedtogiveacompletepictureofthemonetarysystemsofboththeWestandtheEast.TheProjectalsoincludeshoardsofRomancoinsfromoutsidetheEmpiretodemonstrateRome'seconomicandculturalreach.Thehoardscurrentlydocumentedcontainover8millioncoins.TheintentionoftheProjectistoprovidethefoundationsforasystematicEmpire-widestudyofhoardingandtopromotetheintegrationofnumismaticdataintobroaderresearchontheRomanEconomy.
TheANScollectionsdatabasecontainsinformationonmorethan600,000objectsintheSociety’scollections.Theseincludecoins,papermoney,tokens,‘primitive’money,medalsanddecorations,fromallpartsoftheworld,andallperiodsinwhichsuchobjectshavebeenproduced.
TheRomanProvincialCoinageprojectembodiesanewconceptionofRomancoinage.ItpresentsforthefirsttimeanauthoritativeaccountofthecoinsmintedintheprovincesoftheempireandshowshowtheycanberegardedasanintegralpartofthecoinagemintedundertheRomanemperors.
CoinageoftheRomanRepublicOnline(CRRO)aimstoprovideineffectanonlineversionofMichaelCrawford's1974publicationRomanRepublicanCoinage(RRC),whichisstilltheprimarytypologyusedfortheidentificationofRomanRepublicancointypes.Sinceitspublicationin1974therehavebeensignificantrevisionstothedatingoftheseriesfollowingthediscoveryofnewhoards,butnoattempthasbeenmadetoreflecttheseormakeanyotheramendmentstothepublishedtypologyatthisstage.ThedescriptionsforthesecoinsarebasedonthetypologysetoutinRRC,buthavebeenmodifiedtomeetthestandardsoftheBritishMuseum’scollectionmanagementsystem.AdditionaltypesnotintheBritishMuseum’scollectionwereaddedtothisdatabasebyRichardWitschonkeoftheANS.
Aancientcurrencyconversionwebsiteandmarketplacesimulator.Trapezitestakestheformofastandardonlinecurrencyconverter,butinthiscasetheconversionisfromoneancientcurrencytoanother,accompaniedbyinformationaboutpurchasingpowerinantiquity.CreatedbyGiuseppeCarloCastellano(PhDinClassicalArchaeologyattheUniversityofTexasatAustin,2019).
TheprojectDigitalLibraryNumis(DLN)isaspecializedportalanddepositoryonopenaccessnumismaticbooks,journalsandpapers,currentlyavailableontheinternet.Allentriesarepresentedwithdetailedbibliographicmetadata,oftensupplementedwithabriefsummaryofthecontents.
AspartoftheAHRC-fundedfirstphaseoftheOxfordRomanEconomyProject(2005-2010),anumberoflargedatabaseswerecompiled,includingdatabasesoftheKaranisTaxRolls,ofRomanminesandquarries,ofshipwrecks,andofoliveoilandwinepresses.Keyelementofthesecondphaseoftheproject(2010-2013)wastomakethesedatabasesavailableinonlineformforscholars,bothasaresearchdeviceforscholarsworkingonissuesrelatedtotheRomaneconomy,andasapointofreferenceforpublicationsresultingfromtheproject.
CITIES;KARANISTAXROLLS;MINES;OLIVEOIL/WINEPRESSES;SHIPWRECKS;STONEQUARRIES;WATERTECHNOLOGY
LEPOR(LEgesPOpuliRomani)estunebasededonnéesencoursd’élaborationqui,lorsqu’elleseraachevée,comprendraenviron880notices,dontchacuneseraconsacréeàuneloicomitialedupeupleromain.Nousentendonsparloiscomitialeslesloisetplébiscitesvotésparlepeupleouparlaplèbeetlesrogationesquiontaumoinsétépromulguées.Sontexclueslesloisroyalesetleschartesoctroyéesàdescollectivités(souventappeléeslegesdatae).Lestexteslégislatifsretenusvontde509auxloisattribuéesàNerva,etlesplébiscitesantérieursà287ferontl’objetdenoticesbienqu’ilsn’aientpasencoreeuvaleurnormativepourl’ensembledupeuple.Lebutestderemplacerl’ouvragetoujoursutilisémaisbienvieillimaintenant,deGiovanniRotondi,LegespublicaepopuliRomani,Milan,1912.Ilnes’agitpasseulementd’unemiseàjour,puisquelatotalitédessourcesanciennesetdelabibliographieantérieureoupostérieureàRotondiontétédirectementconsultéespourlarédactiondenoticesentièrementoriginales.
RomanLawbranchoftheLaw-relatedInternetProjectattheUniversityofSaarbrücken.TheessentialpartofthiscollectionofpagesistherepresentationofsomefragmentsoftheCorpusIuris(thecollectionoflawsinitiatedbytheEmperorJustinian)withtheappositepartsoftheglossofAccursius.(Itisalsothemostlaboriouspart).Asofnow,onlytwofragmentsoftheDigestwithglossesareavailable.
AccesstosourcesofRomanlawinoriginallanguage,andsomeintranslation.
papersandmonographsbyGreekscholarsorfundedbyHellenicfoundations.Alotofgoodstuff!!!
Afterfreeregistrationaccesstomany(notall)articlespublishedinChiron.
DigiZeitschriftenisteinServicefürdaswissenschaftlicheArbeiten.übereinenkontrolliertenNutzerzugangknnenStudierendeundWissenschaftleraufKernzeitschriftenderdeutschenForschungzugreifen.
Thisdatabase,updatedonaregularbasisbyateamofprofessionalbibliographers,offersitsownauthorityfilesfornumerousitems:ancientauthors,titlesofancienttexts,andancientormoderneditors/translators.Thedataisalignedand,whenrelevant,linkedtothethesaurusoftheBNF,tothatoftheVIAF,andtonumerousotherreferencetools.ThethesaurusofancientauthorsisalignedandsharedwiththatofthePinakesdatabaseoftheIRHT.
PompeiiinColor:TheLifeofRomanPaintingpresentsfrescoesfromtheNationalArchaeologicalMuseumofNaples.AlloriginallyfromRomanhomes,thesubjectsoftheseworksrangefrommythologicalscenestolandscapes,portraits,stilllifes,andmore,eachrichwithmeaningforhomeownersandtheirguests.
Sub-projectoftheDFHG,ledbytheUniversityofLeipzig.Theaimoftheprojectistoprovideimagesanddrawingsoftheinscription,anddigitaldataaboutnamedentities(geographicalandpersonalnames),chronologicalexpressions,andlinguisticinformationpreservedbythetextoftheParianMarble.
DigitalhumanitieshaverichandlargelyunexploredpotentialforphilologicalresearchinClassics.IhopethatmakingmydatabaseofallthespeechespresentedintheHomericepicsavailableonlinewillofferaspecificexampleofhownewtechnologicaltoolscanenableClassiciststodevelopinnovativeandfruitfulapproachestotheenduringquestionsthatarecentraltoourdiscipline.Mybook,SpeechPresentationinHomericEpic(UniversityofTexasPress,2012),exploreshowvariouswaysofdepictingspeechshapethenarrativesintheHomericpoems;similarly,thisdatabaseandthekindsofquestionsitallowedmetoaskhasshapedthescholarlynarrativeinmybook.Ihopethatmakingitdirectlyavailabletoallwillshapefuturescholarlyinquiries,andthatusersofthedatabasewilltellmehowtheyhaveuseditandwhatkindsofquestionsithashelpedthemtoexplore.(ByProf.Dr.DeborahBeck)