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Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World

Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World (Brill's New Pauly) by Hubert Cancik; Helmuth Schneider; Manfred Landfester (Editor); Christine F. Salazar
Call Number: REF 938 B76
The antiquity series of BRILL'S NEW PAULY is devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and covers more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand. Some hints to using this resource are provided below:

HINT 1: The Index volume provides alternative ways to search the encyclopedia, including:

Subject Index (p. 1-87) - find the appropriate thematic group (below), choose a subsidiary group from the table of contents for the thematic group, and search for your topic of interest.
1. Political history
2. Social and economic history
3. Cultural history and everyday culture
4. Law
5. Military
6. Archeology
7. History of art, material culture
8. Pre- and protohistory
9. Linguistics
10. Oriental literatures
11. Greek and Latin literatures
12. Rhetoric
13. History of texts
14. Philosophy
15. Music
16. Mythology
17. Religion
18. Christianity
19. Judaism (see 28)
20. Islam (see 29)
21. Historical geography
22. Sciences
23. Medicine
24. Chronography and calendar
25. Metrology and numismatics
26. Near East and Egypt
27. Byzantine culture, Hellenized Near East
28. Judaism
29. Islam
Index of Persons (p. 89-174) - find the appropriate grouping (below), sub-grouping at the beginning of the grouping, and select the person of interest.
1. Greek and Latin language and literature
2. Rhetoric
3. Historiography
4. Philosophy
5. Music
6. Greek and Roman religion and mythology
7. Christianity
8. Judaism
9. Law
10. Architecture and art history
11. Science and technology
12. Medicine
13. Geography
14. Byzantium
15. Ancient Near East
Geographic Concordance (p. 175-233) - table comparing modern with ancient locations
Index of Maps (p. 235-277) - index to all of the maps in the fifteen volumes.
List of Illustrations (p. 278-286) - index to all illustrations in the fifteen volumes.
List of Authors (p. 287-296) - table of article author initials (used in entries) and their full names
Lists and Tables (p. 299-592)
- A. Laws and Law Codes
- B. International Treaties
- C. Weights and Measures, coinage systems
- D. Papyri, ostraka, and manuscripts
- E. Data on chronology and computation of time

HINT 2: Whenever you see an abbreviation you are unfamiliar with, refer to the List of Abbreviations at the start of each volume.

HINT 3: If searching entries alphabetically, note that Roman names are ordered by family name (gentilicium/nomen), additional name (cognomen), and fore-name (praenomen).

HINT 4: --> indicates an entry on this topic is available elsewhere in this encyclopedia.

Other Reference Resources

Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe by Michael Frassetto
Call Number: REF 936 F86E
Publication Date: 2003-05-23
Contains nearly 200 entries covering the people, places, and events during the fall of the Roman Empire and the birth of early medieval Europe. Also includes articles on art, culture, religion, and day-to-day issues such as agriculture, farm animals, diet, marriage, and burial
The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 13: The Late Empire, AD 337–425 by Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey (Editors)
Call Number: 930 C14
Publication Date: 1997
Broken into parts, including chronological overview, government & institutions, the empire: economy & society, foreign relations and the barbarian world, religion, and arts & culture. The title link above provides a table of contents for all of the articles within the volume.
The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 14: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425–600 by Averil Cameron, Bryan Ward-Perkins, Michael Whitby (Editors)
Call Number: 930 C14
Publication Date: 2001
Broken into parts, including chronological overview, government & institutions, east & west: economy & society, the provinces and the non-roman world, and religion & culture. The title link above provides a table of contents for all of the articles within the volume.
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by Richard J. A. Talbert (Editor)
Call Number: REF OVERSIZE 912.38 B27
ISBN: 9780691031699
Publication Date: 2000-10-08
In 102 full-color maps spread over 175 pages, the Barrington Atlas re-creates the entire world of the Greeks and Romans from the British Isles to the Indian subcontinent and deep into North Africa. Over 70 experts, aided by an equal number of consultants, have worked from satellite-generated aeronautical charts to return the modern landscape to its ancient appearance, and to mark ancient names and features in accordance with the most up-to-date historical scholarship and archaeological discoveries. Chronologically, the Barrington Atlas spans archaic Greece to the Late Roman Empire, and no more than two standard scales (1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000) are used to represent most regions.
Encyclopedia Iranica by Ehsan Yarshater (Editor)
"The Encyclopædia Iranica is concerned with all aspects of Iranian history and culture as well as all Iranian languages and literatures. The geographical focus is on Iran and Afghanistan, as well as parts of the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent; however, relations between these societies, their direct neighbors, and other parts of the world are included. The time span covered extends from the dawn of prehistory to the present, but biographies of living persons are not included."

OmnesViae: Roman Routeplanner
"a reconstruction of an antique Roman map with internet technology"

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