Material Culture

Material Culture

Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC):

This is a searchable database of ancient monuments.

 

LIMCFrance:

This is a resource pertaining to ancient iconography. Its database includes ancient documents which include religious representations and bibliographical information from the LIMC.

 

Vindolanda Tablets Online:

This online edition of the Vindolanda writing tablets includes an exhibition of the tablets themselves and a reference section to help in understanding the tablets’ contents.

 

Center for the study of ancient documents: curse tablets of roman Britain:

This website is a collection of curse tablets of Roman Britain.

 

Ancient Greek and Roman Culture

 

Lacus Curtius

This site is devoted to the study of Roman culture. It contains original source texts and a collections of secondary resources, including Platner’s A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome.

 

De Imperatoribus Romanis

An online resource of information on the Roman rulers and their families, ranging from Augustus to Constantine XI Palaeologus.

 

Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations

The DARMC is a project undergone by Harvard to analyze the spatial and temporal aspects of Eurasia from the first century to the 1500s. This resource offers maps and geographical tools which are relevant to the study of Rome and Medieval culture.