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Archaeology & Antiquity
(prehistory to 500 A.D.)

archaeology & antiquity
(prehistory to 500 A.D.)


This page covers the period in history that stretches from the time of the neolithic revolution, the earliest dawn of human civilisation, until the 5th century A.D., the time of the collapse of the western Roman empire. This is the most eventful and exciting period in history, the time when the very concept of recording history for posterity originated. Even in preliterate civilisations, an effort was made to tell the story of contemporary life and events, recording it in cave-paintings and carvings. The emergence of literate and numerate cultures ensured the preservation of increasing amounts of doumentation and physical evidence, all of which became grist for the mill of the historians of later times.

In this period, my interest lies chiefly with the imperial adventures of Alexander and with the Roman empire, particularly during the periods of the Punic wars and the early imperial period, from C. Julius Caesar to the Emperor Hadrian.


original material at this site

My own list of Roman emperors and consules ordinarii from Augustus to Hadrian [27 BC to AD 138].

A Danish-language text by yours truly, concerning the Roman emperor Domitian as he is portrayed in the works of Tacitus and Suetonius. With a brief summary in English.

general links

At Tufts University, an ambitious and exciting project called the Perseus Project is under way. If you only visit one site from this page - go here!

At M.I.T., an award-winning project: The Internet Classics Archive provides access to hundreds of classical Greek and Roman works, with a searchable index. Excellent.

The Ancient Source, an excellent collection of essays, tests, maps, etc.

Rowan Fairgrove's Past Studies page.

Rune Rysstad of Norway maintains Rune's Ancient Coins, a useful site on this subject.

Women's Life in Greece and Rome. A well-designed page on this subject.

The Ancient World Web.

egypt

Guardian's Egypt

Andrew's Cool Egyptology

greece

Materials for the study of ancient Sparta, by Prof. J.P. Adams

The Ancient Greek World, images and text provided by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

A pictorial reference archive of the ancient city of Athens.

rome

Forum Romanum

Aeneas' Story, a page devoted to Virgil's Aeneid

The ROMARCH List page.

Imperium Romanorum

The Classroom: Rome. An excellent overview, including a fine narrative of the Punic Wars.

De Imperatoribus Romanis : An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

Emperor Trajan (98-117 A.D.) - A biography and various material concerning Trajan's coinage


documents available on-line

Note: For additional documents, see my page on Historians and Philosophers of the Classical Period.


Book recommendations:

The Roman Empire
by Paul Veyne (Arthur Goldhammer, transl.)

Rome : An Oxford Archaeological Guide
by Amanda Claridge

Art and Society in Roman Britain
by Jennifer Laing

Greek and Roman Historians: Information and Misinformation
by Michael Grant

...in association with Amazon.com


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