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This page offers you links to:

Literary and legal sources
   At these sites you will be able to access and search ancient literary and legal sources online.

Documentary sources and related web-based resources
   Most of these links lead you to web sites where you can view and search documentary evidence online, such as inscriptions, papyri and coins. Other links lead you to related web-based resources.

Arms. armour, equipment and archaeological sources
   Information on arms, armour and equipment of Roman soldiers, as well as web-based archaeological resources.

Sites and Museums
   These links lead you to the home pages of some archaeological sites and museums of the Roman Army.

Bibliographies, research tools and book shops
   This is where you can find a wealth of references to books and articles on the Roman army.

 

 
 

Literary and legal sources

Corpus scriptorum latinorum
This collaborative project aims to create a digital library of the entire body of Latin literature, spanning from the earliest epigraphic remains to the Neo-Latinists of the eighteenth century. The site currently contains an up-to-date catalogue of all Latin texts that are currently available online, making CSL a single, centralized resource for locating Latin literature on the internet.

Labyrinth Library: Latin Texts
A online library of Latin Texts

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
An extensive collection of online sources for many periods, states and regions of the Ancient World.

Vegetius, De Re Militari
The Military Institutions of the Romans, by Flavius Vegetius Renatus. Translated from the Latin by Lieutenant John Clarke. Text written in 390 A.D. English translation published in 1767. Copyright expired. E-text version by Mads Brevik (2001)

The Flavius Josephus Home Page
Introductions, summaries and extracts.

Documents in Military History
Selected battle and siege descriptions

De re militari
The society for Medieval Military History. With a section and sources on ancient warfare.


The Roman Law Library

Roman Law

Roman Law Resources

Römisches Recht - Legal thinking at its best

                               

 

 

Documentary sources and related web-based resources

Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg


Inscriptiones Latinae Eystettenses

Inscriptiones Graecae Eystettenses

Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby

Ubi erat Lupa 

CIL-Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum

Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum vol. II

Die Inschriften von Bithynia & Pontus

Vindolanda Tablets online

A Corpus of Writing-Tablets from Roman Britain

T.E.NOR - Testimonia Epigraphica Norica

F.E.R.C.AN - Fontes Epigraphici Religionis Celticae Antiquae


Abbreviations in Latin Inscriptions

Numerals and Epigraphy: A rough and ready guide


Roman Numismatic Gallery

Roman Sites: Coins & Artifacts

Ancient Numismatics

Ancient Greek & Roman Coins

Römische Maße, Gewichte und Münzen


Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri

Checklist of Greek, Latin, Demotic and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets


The Papyrology Homepage

Center for the Study of Ancient Documents

Fonti epigrafiche

Links to web-based epigraphic resources

Bibliotheca Classica Selecta: Epigraphie

L'Année épigraphique

                               


 
 

Arms. armour, equipment and archaeological sources

ROMEC
The Roman Military Equipment Conference's home page, including information on ROMEC's newsletter Arma and on the Journal of Roman Military Equipment.

Armamentarium
A web site on Roman arms and armour. Very much remains under construction.

Vicesima quarta
Information and reconstructions of Roman arms, armour and other equipment

Late Roman Shield Patterns (taken from the Notitia Dignitatum)

Archaeology online
An Official Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America

Ernst Künzl – Archäologe und Sachbuchautor

The Archaeological Institute of America

Current Archaeology and Current World Archaeology
This is the home page of a leading British archaeological magazine, and of its new sister magazine, Archaeoworld. The sites aim to help you find out about digs, discoveries, and the latest news in archaeology in Britain and in the rest of the world.

Archaeology
This site aims to lead you to sites and projects of specific geographic regions and specific disciplines such as underwater and marine archaeology. There are pages which can lead you to reference material, academic departments, libraries, museums, publications, organizations, and other endeavors.

Wissenschaft online
This site features a news page which includes a list of recent archaeological discoveries and research results.

                               

 

Sites and Museums

Limesmuseum Aalen

Carnuntum 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon

Chester (Deva)

The Hunterian Museum

Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site

Housesteads fort (c. 3rd c. AD)

Inchtuthill

Neuss (Novaesium)

Castrum Novaesium

Roman Forts of Kharga Oasis (Egypt)

Roman Forts on the Arabian Frontier

Roman Aqaba Project, Jordan

El Lejjun Roman Legionary Fortress

Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln

Vindolanda

The Antique Maritime Museum at Mainz

The ancient ships of Pisa

Archaeologischer Park Xanten

Der Limes – Ein römischer Grenzwall

Der Limes

Der römische Limes in Deutschland

Die Römer in Südwest-Deutschland

Der Taunus-Wetterau-Limes

Waldgirmes

Kalkriese – Die Oertlichkeit der Varusschlacht


                               

 

Bibliographies, research tools and book shops

The Roman Army: A bibliography

Roman army bibliography

Bibliography of the Roman Army as an Institution

Bibliotheca Classica Selecta: Armée - Marine - Guerre - Paix

Legio XX: Bibliography

The Roman Limes bibliography

The development of the Roman Navy: A bibliography

Virtuelle Bibliothek Klassische Archäologie

Electronic Resources for Classicists

Research tools for Classics

Gnomon online

The Simonides Site - Military History and Archaeology – The Roman Empire

Bulletin Analytique d'Histoire Romaine, bibliographie

Oxbow Books: Roman Military


Strong forces of the East
Military developments in the Parthian and Sasanian periods and the impact of Eurasian nomadic war techniques. A guide through the literature