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Ancient History

• The Ancient World Web: Main Index
  Warning to purists: Contains a lot of "alternative" stuff!
• Ancient/Classical History - Home Page
• Topics in Ancient/ClassicalHistory - Ancient/Classical History
• Classical History - Professional Resources at About.com
• Classics Technology Center
• Internet Ancient History Resource Guide
• Welcome to Attalus, Greek and Roman history 320 - 61 B.C.
  Over 16,000 links to Greek & Latin authors on the web
  • Index of names
• Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Classical Association of New England
• HISTOS THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORIOGRAPHY
• Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
  free images for non-commercial use!
• Perseus at Tufts
  • Perseus Digital Library 4.0
• Archaeology on the Net
• Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (Ancient Library)
• Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Ancient Library)
• Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (A Selection at LacusCurtius)
• SOCIETAS VIA ROMANA
• Theatrum Pompey Project
• The VRoma Project: A Virtual Community for Teaching and Learning Classics
• rogueclassicism
• Worlds of Late Antiquity

Roman / Italian History

• Ancient Celts - Ancient/Classical History - Net Links
• Simon James's ANCIENT CELTS PAGE
• The Etruscan Library
• Chronology of Roman History at Forum Romanum
• Bill Thayer's Web Site Lacus Curtius
• Encyclopaedia Romana Homepage
• Roman History at About.com
• Dr. J's Classics
• Welcome to the Museum of Antiquities
• Who was Who in Roman Times

Geography, City Names & Maps

• World Atlas of Archaeology on the Web: Index
• Some Maps of the Roman Empire - Lacus Curtius
• Peutinger Table (Tabula Peutingeriana)
  • Bibliotheca Augustana: complete scan of Tabula Peutingeriana 1887-1888
  • Tabula Peutingeriana (high-resolution JPEGs & Alphabetical index)
  • Tabula Peutingeriana: real-size reproduction with permission of the National Austrian Library
• Pausanias: Description of Greece
• Ptolemy's Geography - LacusCurtius
• Strabo
  • The Geography (Books 1-5 and 15‑17) at Lacus Curtius
  • Geography (Book 6 through 14) at Perseus
• Graesse, Orbis Latinus
• RBMS/BSC Latin Place Names File
• Ancient Italy and Greeece Images can be enlarged by clicking on them
  • Italy North
  • Italy South
  • Greece North
  • Greece South
• DIR and ORB Ancient and Medieval Atlas
• Maps of the Roman Empire at About.com
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Historical Maps of Europe
• The UCLA Cultural VR Lab

Mainly Eastern Mediterranean

• ETANA Electronic Tools: Ancient Near Eastern Archives
• ETANA Core Texts
• ETANA/ABZU Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East
• The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
• The House of Ptolemy

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