This portal offers links to PROJECTS, RESOURCES, TOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS that are related to the Roman Legacy.
4D Research Lab Amsterdam
Digitizing Visual Memories in Architecture and Cityscapes
American Academy of Rome – Resources
Links to useful research databases, maps & GIS and other online resources with regard to Rome
Interdisciplinary Research Center promoting cartography, historical geography, and geographic information science within the field of ancient studies
Aquae Urbis Romae
Interactive cartographic history of the waters of the city of Rome
Arachne
Central Object database of the German Archaeological Institute and the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne
Arethusa
A framework for linguistic annotation and curation
Ariadne
Integrates existing archaeological research data infrastructures
Arkyves
Database, treasure trove and toolbox for those interested in the History of Culture
The Art of Making
An innovative digital project designed for the study of Roman stoneworking
Basilicas and Papal Chapels
Brings together practical and historical information on the Papal churches in Rome
Census of Antique Works Known in the Renaissance
Database of antique monuments known in the Renaissance, together with related texts and images
Challenging Testaccio
Research and Valorisation Project on the Roman neighbourhood of Testaccio
Clotho
Software to enable distant reading of a text corpus and platform to enable a team to annotate
CroALa
A digital collection of texts by Croatian Latin authors, and by authors somehow connected with people and region of today’s Croatia.
DARE
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire
Descriptio Romae WebGIS
WebGIS of Rome based on maps in the Catasto Gregoriano, etchings by Piranesi and Vasi and archival documents
De vereeuwigde stad
Consulting (classical) texts, information and works of art concerning monuments of ancient Rome on your desktop, phone or tablet.
DigiLIbLT
Digital Library of Late-antique Latin texts annotated according to TEI-XML standards
Digital Augustan Rome
Digital successor to the published book and maps of Mapping Augustan Rome
Digital Classicist Wiki
A hub for scholars and students interested in the application of humanities computing to research in the ancient and Byzantine worlds
Research and teaching project of the Winckelmann-Institut of the Humboldt-Universität of Berlin in cooperation with the Excellence Cluster TOPOI
Digital forma urbis
Digital Reconstruction of the Severan Marble plan of Rome
Digital Latin library
A resource for scholars and readers of Latin texts of all eras and genres
Digital Roman forum
Digital model of the Roman Forum as it appeared in late antiquity
Digital Sculpture Project
3D technologies applied to the capture, representation and interpretation of (ancient) sculpture
Digitale Topographie der Stadt Rom
Website of the AIS ROMA-project (Archaeological Information System Roma)
Eagle
The Europeana Network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy
Early Modern Typography
80.000+ examples of Type, Decoration, Layout and Bindings 1450-1800, among which various series about Rome
Forma Urbis Romae
Project devoted to digitizing the entire 46 plates of the Forma Urbis Romae by Rodolfo Lanciani
(GAP) Google Ancient Places
Discovery and usability of textual references to ancient world places
Gapvis
An interface for exploring and reading texts that reference ancient places
Geolat
A digital geography for Latin literature
Geonames
Geographical database of over eight million placenames
Giuseppe Vasi’s Grand Tour of Rome
Presents an innovative geo-database (geographic database) and website that references the work of two 18th century masters of Roman topography: Giambattista Nolli (1701-1756) = and his contemporary Giuseppe Vasi (1710-1782).
Hadrianus
Database of the History of Dutch art and culture in Rome
Hellespont
Integrating Arachne and Perseus
Hestia
Geospatial analysis of Herodotus’ Histories
Homer Multitext
Presents the textual transmission of the Iliad and the Odyssey in a historical framework
IBAM ITlab
Information Technology Laboratory of the Italian ‘i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali’
Iconclass
A multilingual classification system for cultural content
Images of Rome
This website offers virtual access to a premier collection of historic depictions amassed by Rodolfo Lanciani (1845–1929)
Keys 2 Rome
A unique international exhibition that has launched simultaneously in Rome, Sarajevo, Alexandria and Amsterdam
Lacus Curtius
Website on Roman Antiquity, with many photos, texts, and resources
Lasciva Roma
Crowdsourcing Project to lemmatize and annotate the Latin semantic field of sexuality
Lateran Project
Research project into the scavi beneath the S. Giovanni in Laterano
Latin OCR
Training data and tools to optimize OCR process of Latin texts
Latin wordnet
Lexical database of Latin language
Linking Evidence
Interactive database of written and visual evidence concerning medieval and early Renaissance Rome
Lupa
Interactive database of digitized books from the Bibliotheca Herziana, with a focus on the city of Rome
Mapping Notes and Nodes in Networks
Exploring potential relationships in biographical data and cultural networks between early modern Amsterdam and Rome, by linking various datasets
Mapping Rome
A site that showcases the work of the MappingRome Team
Mapping the Via Appia
Analysis and reconstruction of the 5th and 6th miles of the Via Appia by means of a 3D Geographic Information System
Mapping Visions of Rome
Annotates, connects and visualizes (humanist) Latin poetry about the city and symbol of Rome
A search engine which is both lexical and multilingual, semantic and thematic.
Monumenta Rariora
The reception of antique statuary in collections of engravings
Musisque Deoque
Digital Archive of Latin Poetry
Nodegoat
A web-based data management, network analysis & visualisation environment
Nolli App
An iPhone and iPad app with the “Nuova Topografia” by Giambattista Nolli.
Nolli Map
A digitized version of the map of Rome by Giambattista Nolli (ca. 1692-1756)
The Nolli Map Website
A seamless digital remastering of the Nolli Map serves to geo-reference a vast body of information to better understand the Eternal City and its key role in shaping Western Civilization.
OmnesViae: Roman Routeplanner
A reconstruction of the Tabula Peutingeriana with internet technology
Open Street Map
Community driven open licence map of the world
Orbis
The Stanford Geospatial network Model of the Roman world
Orbis Latinus online
A digitized version of the Orbis Latinus by Graesse (1909) (Lexicon of medieval and early modern Latin geographical names)
Ostia Antica
Website dedicated to Ostia, the harbour city of ancient Rome
Pede certo
Digital Latin metre: program for the automatic analysingof Latin verses
Pelagios
Enables linked Ancient Geodata in Open Systems
PeriodO
A gazetteer of period definitions for linking and visualizing data
Perseus (Tufts)
Digital Library of Classical and Renaissance Texts
Perseus (Chicago)
Perseus Projects Texts loaded under PhiloLogic
Piranesi in Rome
Site dedicated to describing the ancient monuments that inspired Piranesi, and mapping his etchings on the map of Rome
Plan de Rome
Virtual reconstruction of Rome based on the scaele model by Paul Bigot (1870-1942)
Pleiades
A community-built gazetteer and graph of ancient places
Poeti d’Italia in lingua latina
Digital archive of Latin poetry by Italian poets from the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Harvard University Research Guide for Digital Renaissance studies and Digital Humanities projects concerning the Renaissance
Roma aeterna
Consulting articles on Rome (in Dutch) via the map of the city
Roma Caput Mundi
Monuments, Artists and Patrons in Renaissance Rome
Roma Interactive
Website dedicated to the history and sites of Rome
Rome 320 AD
An application that blends graphics, narratives, videos and breathtaking 3D animations
Rome Reborn
3D models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome
SAWS
Interactive database of collections of the ancient genre of Wisdom Literature
Speculum Magnificentiae Romanae
Digital collection of Antonio Lafreris’ Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
SPINlab
Spatial Information Laboratory of VU University Amsterdam
Stylo
Tool for stylometric analysis of texts in different languages
Tesserae
Tool for intertextual analysis of Greek and Latin texts
A huge library of ancient texts married to a detailed gazetteer, also including numerous places in and around Rome
Trismegistos
Interdiscplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphical resources
UCLA RomeLab
Multidisciplinary research group using the physical and virtual city of Rome as point of departure
Vatican Exhibit
Virtual exhibition of material from the Vatican Library, dedicated to Renaissance Rome
Vero
Vedute di Roma online
Vici.org
Community-driven archaeological atlas of classical antiquity, inspired by and modelled after Wikipedia
Views of Rome
Interactive digital tool based on Pirro Ligorio’s 1561 map of ancient Rome
Virtual Rome
Digital model of Rome as it appeared c. AD 315
Virtual World Heritage Laboratory
Bringing 3D technologies to humanities research
V-must
Virtual Museum Transnational Network
Zuccaro
Interactive information system for the humanities, with a focus on Rome
Digital Roman Heritage 