Greco-Roman Prosopographies
The beginnings of a collation of prosopographies of greco-roman persons/names, both digital and in print.
| Title | Online? | URIs? | RDF? | Alignments | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datenbank der demotisch und griechisch bezeugten Personen aus Soknopaiu Nesos | Y | ||||
| Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (Smith) | Y | Y | (e.g. Alexander 3) | ||
| Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH) (DC wiki) | Y | (Y) | |||
| Hellenistic Babylonia: Texts, Images and Names | Y | ||||
| Laterculi Praesidium | Y | (Thomasson) | |||
| Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN) (DC wiki) | Y | (Y) | Y | ||
| Magistrates of the Roman Republic (MRR) | (Broughton) | ||||
| Persons of Ancient Athens (PAA) | Y | ||||
| Prêtres Civiques | Y | ||||
| Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) | (Y) | ||||
| Prosopographia Ptolemaica / Trismegistos | Y | ||||
| Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit (PMBZ) | Y | ||||
| Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (PBE) | |||||
| Prosopography of the Byzantine World (PBW) | Y | ||||
| Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE) | |||||
| Roman Emperors | Y | Y | Y | viaf, dbpedia, nomisma | |
| Roman Government of Britain/Fasti of Roman Britain | (Birley) | ||||
More classical prosopographical resources are listed at Biblioteca Classical Selecta. Some of these are old enough to be in the public domain and online (or easily digitized?):
- Kirchner J., Prosopographia Attica, Berlin, 2 vol., 1901-1903: vol. 1 vol.2
- Sundwall J., Nachträge zur Prosopographia Attica, Helsingsfors, 1910: Behind HathiTrust login
- Poralla P., Prosopographie der Lakedämonier bis auf die Zeit Alexanders des Grossen, Breslau, 1913, 172 p.
Klebs E., Dessau H., Von Rohden P., Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR), Berlin, 3 vol., 1897-1898.In list.
Other potential sources of URIs for ancient persons:
- Wikipedia/DBpedia
- VIAF
Now defunct, but worth noting for the record: