Arts - Classical Studies

Arts - Classical Studies - Roman

Forum Romanum - Latin Texts - An outstanding listing of online texts from Augustine to Vergil, sorted by author and including links to Latin, English, and foreign language translations.
Tibullus and Sulpicia : The Poems - A 2001 A.S. Kline English translation of the poems of Albius Tibullus, and those of and about Sulpicia, from the Messalla Collection. Provides index of first lines.
Texts in Perseus for Browsing: Latin - Primary Text Index: Latin Texts
De Re Militari by Flavius Vegetius Renatus - Preface to the 390 AD work on the military institutions of Rome; translation by Lt. John Clarke (1767). Etext by Mads Brevik, divided by book.
Latin Home Page at About.com - Huge list of links to Latin language and literature. Very user-friendly and updated regularly.
Lacus Curtius - Extensive ancient Rome resource. Includes numerous photographs of Roman monuments, several classical texts, secondary sources in the public domain, and catalogues of parts of the Roman Empire.
Cassiodorus - E-text biography by James J. O'Donnell, sorted by chapter and including author's preface, appendices, and notes.
Catullus XLII - English translation of the text side-by-side with the original Latin.
Catullus' Page - A Javascript-based interactive set of pages using texts in the original Latin.
Academy of American Poets: Gaius Valerius Catullus - Short biography, selection of poems, and links.
Catullus: The Poems - Complete collection of transated poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus in a single web page, with hyperlinks to glossary. By A.S. Kline.
Poetry Archive: Caius Valerius Catullus - Unannotated 19th century translations of six short poems.
The Reforms of Augustus - An essay about the government and social reforms instituted by Augustus Caesar after the collapse of the Roman Republic.
Augustus: Images of Power - Pictures and descriptions of monuments and artwork featuring Augustus Caesar.
The Mausoleum of Augustus - Description, illustrations of The Mausoleum of Augustus, the funerary complex in which he was buried. Quotations, descriptions from contemporary historians.
Augustus [DIR] - Comprehensive biography of Augustus' life and reforms during the Principate. Bibliography and footnotes. From "De Imperatoribus Romanis" mega-site.
Caesar Augustus -- virgil.org - An annotated guide to online resources on the life and works of Augustus Caesar.
The Time of Augustus - Student-prepared biography of Augustus and outline of Roman history during his rule; part of ThinkQuest Library.
Augustus and the Early Roman Empire - Photographs, discussion of art and architecture from Augustus Caesar's reign.
Leges Sine Moribus: The Laws of Augustus - Discussion of Augustus' legal reforms, particularly regarding marriage and morality. Part of "Ancient History Bulletin" series, 1994.
Cassius Dio - Index to online works of Greek historian Cassius Dio: ancient biography of Augustus is contained in Books 45-56 (see index). From Lacus Curtius site.
Forum Antiquum: Augustan Studies - Resources for studies of Emperor Augustus Caesar and contemporaries in ancient Rome; reference source for all Augustan resources on the Web.
The Deeds of the Divine Augustus - Summary of Augustus' achievements in his own words from document known as "Res Gestae Divi Augusti." From Ancient History Sourcebook.
An Augustus Primer - Resources including articles and links concerning the life of Augustus Caesar. From Roman History Reading Group.
Nicolaus of Damascus: AUGUSTUS - Translation of Nicolaus of Damascus' ancient, original "Life of Augustus."
Augustus Caesar and the Pax Romana - Study of Augustus' reforms after his victory at Actium in 31 B.C. and their impact on creating the "Pax Romana." From "The History Guide" site.
Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus - Study of Augustus' rise to power following the murder of Caesar and the defeat of Antony in 31 BC. Copyright John Porter.
The Age of Augustus: The Rise to Power - Comprehensive lectures in slide format on Augustus' rise to power from 44-23 BC, including detailed biographical information, discussion of contemporaries, political and military battles, bibliography and links. Dr. David Gill.
Building Projects in Rome in Augustus' Time - Timeline showing the architectural contributions made to Rome by the Emperor Augustus. Some plans and drawings.
Augustus Caesar [About.com] - Links to articles and further information on biography, political life, and legacy of Caesar Augustus.
Cicero: Select Letters - Selection of letters from Cicero on the Civil War, including assassination of Julius Caesar and the early career of Octavian, later Augustus. In English [U. Saskatchewan].
De Vita Caesarum: The Divine Augustus - Suetonius' near-contemporary history of Octavian, later Augustus Caesar. In English; from Ancient History Sourcebook.
The Internet Classics Archive The Annals by Tacitus - Near contemporary historical source for last years of Augustus' reign by Tacitus.
Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus - A comprehensive analysis of the contest between Antony and Octavian and Augustus' actions during the early Principate. From U. of Saskatchewan
Livia - Wife of Augustus - Succinct biography of Livia, wife of Augustus and first Empress of Rome. From DIR.
Livia Drusilla, Augusta: 58 BC - 29 AD - Biography of the Empress Livia, wife of Caesar Augustus. From Feminae Romanae.
Octavian to Augustus: Images Illustrating His Rise to Power - Coin images and other objets d'art reflecting Roman history from Julius Caesar through the Triumvirates to Augustus Caesar. Images, scant text.
Octavian/Augustus - Brief slide-show history of Augustus' reign through coins, reconstructed buildings.
Clades Variana - Home of the Varus Film Project - Site devoted to multiple aspects of the disaster of Augustus' general, Varus, in the Teutoberg Forest. Information concerning Augustus' legions in Germany, battle, background, bibliography.
Bible History Online: Augustus - General overview of the life and history of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. Provides biographical timeline, maps and images, text of dictionary and encyclopedia entries, and selected translations from the Res Gestae and De Vita Caesarum.
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest, 9 AD - Velleius Paterculus' contemporary history of the loss of three legions in Germany during Augustus' reign.
Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) - Succinct biography of Augustus illustrated with Imperial coins from his reign.
Acts of the Divine Augustus [Internet Classics Archive] - English translation by Thomas Bushnell of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti.
Res Gestae Divi Augusti (Latin) - The Latin text of Augustus' autobiography, describing the events surrounding his rise to power.
Res Gestae Divi Augusti: "The Achievements of the Divine Augustus" - English translation by P.A. Brunt and J.M. Moore.
Plutarch's Lives - The complete online HTML text of A. H. Clough's English-language translation, extensively annotated, with references cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self.
Plutarch's Lives with annotations to the Encyclopedia of the Self - The Dryden edition, as revised by A.H. Clough, extensively annotated, with references cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self.
15 Ancient Greek Heroes from Plutarch's Lives - Abridged modern English version of the classic biographies. The most heroic of the Greek lives, in an easy-to-read style, with clickable vocabulary for the student, and an extensive Ancient Greece Links page. Start here if you've never read Plutarch before.
Shakespeare's Sources in Plutarch's Parallel Lives - A few biographies of ancient Roman and Greek heroes from J. W. Skeat's 19th century edition of Sir Thomas North's 1579 English edition. The North edition was a Renaissance best-seller in England, and Shakespeare borrowed heavily from it for his plays. Provided by the Perseus Project at Tufts University.
International Plutarch Society - Fans of Plutarch rally here.
Plutarch - His Life and Legacy - Who he was, what he wrote, and how he influenced Europe, especially during the Renaissance.
CHAIRONEIA: Plutarch's Home on the Web - Kenneth Mayer's collection of links and Plutarchian lore.
Plutarch's Lives - All of the classic biographies of heroes and villains from ancient Greece and Rome. The English text is awkward and antiquated, but it's the complete Dryden edition (1683), as revised by A.H. Clough (1864).
Plutarch sources in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra - Specific cites from Shakespeare's play to Plutarch's life of Antony.
Plutarch's Alexander - Translated by John Dryden.
4Literature.net: Plutarch - Unnannotated e-texts of John Dryden's translation of the Lives.
Biography of Plutarch - With bibliography, from the Perseus Project.
Horace - Odes [Perseus Proect] - Conington translation of Horace's Odes.
Horace - Epodes 2, 3, 8, 11, 12, 14, and 15 - Provided by John Quinn of Diotima.
Theatre Database: Horace (65-8 B.C.) - A brief biography of the Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
Poetry Archive: Poems by Horace - Seven poems from various translations.
The History of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita - Translated text from the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library.
Concordances of Livy, History of Rome - Text of The History of Rome can be browsed through chapters and sections.
Tacitus - The Life of Gnaeus Julius Agricola [Iowa State University] - An English translation of the Life of G. Julius Agricola, the Roman general who campaigned in Britain on behalf of emperor Vespasian.
Tacitus - The Histories [MIT] - A history of the Roman Empire by Tacitus, written 109 AD and translated into English by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb. Part of the Internet Classics Archive at MIT
Tacitus - The Annals [MIT] - English translation by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb of The Annals of Ancient Rome, part of the Internet Classics Archive
Tacitus - Germany [Medieval Sourcebook] - English translation by Thomas Gordon of Germania by Tacitus
The Tacitus Home Page - A vita, summary of works, and basic bibliography of Cornelius Tacitus.
The Annals - An unattributed English translation.
The Histories - Translation by Kenneth Wellesley, annotated with maps, modern place names, and a glossary explaining the meaning of some of the ancient Roman titles.
Cicero - To Laelius On Friendship [Ancient History Sourcebook] - English translation of De Amicitia by W. Melmoth. Maintained by the Ancient History Sourcebook at Fordham University.
Cicero - Against Catiline [Perseus Project] - English translation by Yonge with link to Latin original text, notes and lexica.
Cicero - For Marcus Tullius [Perseus] - English translation by Yonge
Bartleby.com: Cicero - Short biography of the Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher (106 B.C.43 B.C.). Harvard Classics editions of the Treatises on Friendship and on Old Age, and the Letters, as well as selected quotations from Bartlett.
Cicero - On the Consular Provinces [Perseus] - English translation by Yonge
Cicero - The Dream of Scipio [Washington State University] - An excerpt from Cicero's larger work, De re publica. English translation of Somnium Scipionis by Richard Hooker.
Cicero - On His House [Perseus] - English translation by Yonge of De Domo Sua
Marcus Tullius Cicero - A site devoted to Cicero at the University of Texas at Austin, including images, texts, chronology, and bibliography.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC - Biography of the life of Cicero from a site about Julius Caesar.
4Literature.net: Cicero - Unannotated collection of e-text essays and speeches.
Apuleius - The Defense [Internet Classics Archive] - English translation of the Apologia, translated by H. E. Butler
Apuleius Web Page - Links to articles and other resources, including a specialized bibliography.
Apologia - A resource site by James J. O'Donnell on Apuleius' self-defense; provides e-texts of translations, background on related issues, and commentary on the author and his times. Also provides bibliographies and links to other sites.
The Golden Ass - An introduction to The Metamorphoses, with discussions on themes such as desire and labor. Includes numerous illustrations.
The Golden Asse by Lucius Apuleius - Hypertext of Adlington's translation of 1566 in eleven books, with notes about the author and a glossary for some of the archaic English terms.
Livius Andronicus - The Odyssey [Forum Romanum] - English translation of the Odissia (in turn a Latin version of Homer's Odyssey) by David Camden
Lucan - Pharsalia (or Civil War) [Berkeley OMACL] - English translation by Sir Edward Ridley, 1896.
Lucan - Short biography of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus from Thinkquest.
Bartleby.com: Pliny the Younger - Short biography of the orator and statesman, as well as text of the 1909 Collier translation of his letters and a selection of quotations.
Sallust's Republic - A paper highlighting insights into Roman society through Sallust's account of the Catilinian conspiracy.
Polybius - Rome at the End of the Punic Wars [Ancient History Sourcebook] - English translation of Book 6 of Polybius' History
Polybius - The Character of Hannibal [Ancient History Sourcebook] - From the 1889 translation of Polybius' work by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh.
Suetonius - The Deified Julius, The Lives of the Caesars [Ancient History Sourcebook] - English translation by Rolfe of Divus Iulius, part of De Vita Caesarum by Suetonius
Suetonius - The Divine Augustus [Ancient History Sourcebook] - English translation by Worthington of Divus Augustus, part of De Vita Caesarum by Suetonius
Robert Graves and the Twelve Caesars - Gore Vidal's famous essay on Robert Grave's version of Suetonius' writings.
Satire VI, The Ways of Women - Text of Juvenal's work in a single page; Loeb translation by G.G. Ramsay, with notes.
Juvenal - Satires [Ancient History Sourcebook] - English 1918 translation for the Loeb Classical Library by G. G. Ramsay of several satires of Juvenal
Juvenal, Satires - an introductory reading list - Covers Satires 1, 3, 5 and 10, with guidelines for reading from Duff's edition. Includes the Latin text missing from that edition.
The Works of Flavius Josephus - Translated by William Whiston. Provided by Redemption Ground.
A Flavius Josephus Page - Personal site with his biography, works, and extracts with commentary. Includes additional articles about Josephus, Judaism, and Jewish history and practices.
Writings of Flavius Josephus - English translations at Crosswalk.com.
The Complete Works of Flavius Josephus [CCEL] - Full text of English translations by William Whiston, at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
Flavius Josephus - A site dedicated to the scholarly study of Flavius Josephus.
The Testimonium Flavianum - Examines the arguments for and against the authenticity of the two references to Jesus in the Antiquities of Flavius Josephus.
Against Apion - Etext at Project Gutenberg.
Antiquities of the Jews - Etext at Project Gutenberg.
The Life of Flavius Josephus - Etext at Project Gutenberg.
Josephus' Discourse to the Greeks Concerning Hades - Etext at Project Gutenberg.
The Wars of the Jews - Etext at Project Gutenberg.
Josephus the Eyewitness - Christian site identifying Flavius Josephus as an eyewitness to early Christianity.
The Josephus Desktop - Site devoted to the life and writings of Flavius Josephus; includes biographies, University of Southampton courses and resources, and web directory of related sites.
Cato's Monostichs - Scanned and translated by James Marchand from Leopold Zatocil. Reedited and marked up by Martin Irvine and provided online by the University of Pennsylvania.
Autobiographical Information: CATO THE ELDER - A concise account of Cato the Elder's life and works, with bibliography.
The Natural History - Complete Latin text, occasionally commented; linked when possible to translations.
Ovid Project: Metamorphosing the Metamorphoses - Annotated online reproductions of illustrated works of Ovid as published in book form, in the University of Vermont's collection.
Literary Traveloer: Ovid in Exile - An article about Ovid's life as a poet and his exile to the Black Sea.
Ovid im WWW - Thorough web bibliography, in German but with many links in English
Ovid's Metamorphoses - Introduction, commentary, and discussion of myths, background information, and influence on art and literature, with links to sources and illustrations
Ovid's Daphne - Includes links to various complete online texts, images, as well as quotes, and haikus.
BookRags Notes: Metamorphoses - Study guide. Includes character and object descriptions, author information, quotes, and plot summary. Sorted by book and chapter; translation not indicated.
An Analytical Onomasticon to the Metamorphoses of Ovid - Database search for references to characters in the Metamorphoses and the Latin words Ovid uses to describe them.
Recent Ovidian Bibliography - A fully searchable and frequently updated database of publications relating to Ovid from 1990-present.
Ovid and Others - A complete English translation of the Metamorphoses and other works by Ovid, with a mythological index. By A. S. Kline.
Metamorhoses by Ovid - Unannotated English translation of the entire work in one indexed page hosted by Windsor Castle.
Hannibal - Translated by J. Thomas, Iowa State University, 1995.
Quintilian - A short but valuable assessment of the man and his teachings.
The Quintilian Page - Interesting essays on Quintilian and the beginnings of a hypertext project. The site is difficult to navigate, but worth the trouble.
Virgil Books Online - Includes "The Bucolics and Ecloges", "The Aeneid", and "The Georgics".
Virgil's Page - Includes an excerpt from the Georgics and from the Aeneid, the latter heavily annotated.
Virgil.Org - Online search of Vergil's Latin works. Links to translations, bibliography, and books.
Vergil's Home Page - Links to Vergil sources of all sorts from the Classics Department of the University of Pennsylvania.
Bartleby.com: Vergil - Short biography of the Latin literary giant and text of the Aeneid from the 1909 Collier translation.
Virgil: Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid - English translations, downloadable by book or as a whole, by A.S. Kline.
Latin Poetry - Virgil - The web site author writes, "Looking at the poetry and philosophy of the author of the Aeneid and the Georgics. Now includes my complete translations of Aeneid Book 2 (The Fall of Troy) and Book 6 (The Underworld) with hypertext annotation."
Adventures of Aeneas: The Harpies, Dido, Palinurus. - Annotated, hyperlinked text of Bulfinch's Mythology, Chapter 31: The Adventures of Aeneas - The Harpies, Dido, Palinurius (courtesy of Medea, the Musical).
The Aeneid - Complete text of Dryden's translation of Virgil's epic, at Wiretap Online Library.
The Internet Classics Archive: The Aeneid by Virgil - Hypertext of Dryden's translation, sorted by book.
Literature Network: The Aeneid by Virgil - Searchable HTML, indexed by chapter. No attribution given for the translation.
Aeneas' Story - Cumberland Vally High School notes on translation of the Aeneid from Latin to conventional American English.
Aeneid Outline - Outline summary of the Books of Vergil's Aeneid
BookRags Notes: The Aeneid - Brief plot summary, character information, quotes, and profile of Vergil and his times.
Aeneid, Legends of Early Rome - Review questions with a self-scoring test.
SparkNotes: The Aeneid - Plot summary and analysis. Also includes a discussion forum.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
The Meditations - Full text of the twelve books, from the MIT Internet Classics Archive.
The Reign of Marcus Aurelius - The Ancient History Sourcebook presents a 4th century profile written by Eutropius.
Marcus Aurelius - Short biography at Encarta Online.
The Emperor Marcus Aurelius - A brief biography.
Forum Romanum: Ammianus Marcellinus - Latin text of Res Gestae a Fine Corneli Taciti, as well as a list of related sites.
Ancient History Sourcebook: The Luxury of the Rich in Rome - An excerpt from the Roman History XIV.16, from the Davis translation, in which Ammianus criticizes Rome as shallow and culturally empty.
Ancient History Bulletin: Ammianus on Valens - A paper by Lawrence A. Tritle of Loyola Marymount University discussing Valens' depiction in Ammianus' history, particularly his relationship with Valentinian and his part in the Arian controversy.
Histos: Ammianus Marcellinus on the Geography of the Pontus Euxinus - Paper by Jan Willem Drijvers of the University of Groningen considering Marcellinus' digression on the Black Sea in the Res Gestae as a literary rather than reference piece.
Ancient History Bulletin: Ammianus Marcellinus and Osroën - A paper discussing Ammianus' omission of the Osroëne province from book XIV of the Res Gestae. By R.M. Frakes of Clarion University.
The Battle of Adrianople - Excerpt from the Yonge 1862 translation (History, XXXI.12-14), on the Roman defeat.

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