Research Guides: *Classical Studies: Finding background information

Annotated bibliographies

Oxford Bibliographies: Classics
Get connected to key scholarship and useful primary sources to support your research.

Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by Richard J. A. Talbert
Call Number: Main Library Stacks + G1033 .B3 2000
Publication Date: 2000-10-08
Atlas of Classical History by Richard J. A. Talbert
Call Number: Main Library Stacks G3201.S2 A8 1985
Publication Date: 1985

A Gazetteer of the Roman World
created by Bill Thayer
Pleiades
"Pleiades is a community-built gazetteer and graph of ancient places."

she/her/hers

Contact:

lzeidenb@brandeis.edu

781-736-4697

Subjects: Art, Architecture and Photography, Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies, Film Studies, Music, Theater and Dance

Brill's New Pauly This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman antiquity, from the second millenium BCE to early medieval Europe. Also covers the aftermath of antiquity & the process of continuous reinterpretation of the classical heritage.
Oxford Reference: Classical Studies This link opens in a new window
Consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization, Who's Who in the Classical World, Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, and more.

Prosopographia imperii romani saec I. II. III.-- Edita consilio et avctoritate Academiae scientiarvm regiae borvssicae (PIR) (HathiTrust) by Rohden, Paul von; Klebs, Elimar; Dessau, Hermann
Publication Date: 1897-8
The Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) is a dictionary of names containing the biographical data of Roman officials.
The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire A. D. 260-395 (PLRE), 3 volumes (Internet Archive) by A. H. M. Jones; J. R. Martindale; J. Morris
Publication Date: 1971/1980/1992
Provides a complete secular biographical dictionary of the period AD 527 (the beginning of the reign of Justinian) to 641 (the death of Heraclius). Also available in print.
Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens: A New Epigraphy and Prosopography (e-book) by Geoffrey Schmalz
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Reference work for the study of Roman Athens: the Epigraphical Catalogue (Part I) represents a supplement to the Inscriptiones Graecae as it pertains to Athens in the Augustan and Julio-Claudian periods; the Prosopographical Catalogue (Part II) offers a prosopography of the period, as it relates to the material of Part I.