In this episode we cover a number of resources that tell us so much about Rome. Here are a few interesting links that can help you learn more about these aspects of Rome's history. Although so many of the original texts are not preserved from antiquity, they were copied over the centuries by monks, with varying levels of accuracy and competency. Therefore we have a rich, varied manuscript tradition. The Perseus Digital Library is a great resource to access many of those texts, in the original languages (Latin and Greek) as well as English. Inscriptions are present throughout the Roman empire, on stone, metal, and (rarely preserved) paper. The CIL (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum) is a comprehensive publication of Latin inscriptions, some 180,000 from antiquity. Not all of the collection is online. One great, searchable collection is the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Roman coins and their iconography constitute a fascinating resource for understanding Roman monuments. An important source of information, they are somewhat problematic in that they can range from total accuracy to complete fabrication, though sometimes they are the only information preserved about a structure. Platner and Ashby's topographical dictionary of ancient Rome is found in its entirety in Perseus and Lacus Curtius, two fundamental online resources providing links to individual monuments in Rome. Though out of date, Platner and Ashby is an indispensable starting point for learning about the monuments of ancient Rome. The Forma Urbis marble plan has been extensively documented and studied by scholars at Stanford University. Richardson (1992)'s introduction outlines many of the great protagonists that captured Rome through careful (and sometimes careless) study. Images from artists like Dupérac, Piranesi, Palladio, mentioned in this episode, are abundantly available online through a simple image search. Roma Sparita is a rich resource for images of what Rome looked like between the end of the 19th and the mid-20th century. This content is brought to you by The American Institute for Roman Culture (AIRC), a 501(C)3 US Non-Profit Organization. Please support our mission to aid learning and understanding of ancient Rome through free-to-access content by donating today via the following link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=T44AE774MKBJE&source=url Don't forget also to subscribe, comment and like! You can also support us by following and engaging across our social media channels: Twitter: https://twitter.com/saverome Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIRCSaveRome/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/saverome/