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Find brief scholarly entries/description on topics on Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art, and archaeology. Covers additional topics in Near Eastern studies and Late Antiquity. 5th edition continuously updated.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece & Rome
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Offers a comprehensive overview of the literature, history, archaeology, art, philosophy, science, and religion of the Greek and Roman world from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries.
Oxford Bibliographies in Classics
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Provides bibilographies of and encyclopedic articles about over 50 topics in the classics. Includes introductions to each topic area, guides to introductory works, textbooks, guidebooks, journals, reference works etc., and links to useful websites. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
Cambridge Histories Online
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Searchable collection of e-books; useful starting point for exploring topics in history
Encyclopedia of Ancient History
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A comprehensive collection of twenty-first century scholarship available on the entire ancient Mediterranean world. The board of internationally diverse editors has collected over 5,000 original entries spanning the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE. Entries extend to all Mediterranean civilizations, including the Near East and Egypt.
Brill's New Pauly and Supplements
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Includes bibliographical references and subject and keyword indexes for late antiquity and classical periods. Online version of Der neue Pauly--which includes 13 volumes on Antiquity, 5 on the Classical Tradition, and one index volume--and Brill's New Pauly. Screen displays are primarily in English, with some also available in German. The encyclopedia itself includes the original German work and its English translation.
Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic
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Overview Chapter on Rome and Carthage
The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
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Chapter about Carthage
Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies
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International Medieval Bibliography Online
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Provides abstracts and citations to articles on medieval subjects in journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, and collected essays. Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the period 450 to 1500 for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Ancient Texts
Loeb Classical Library
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The Loeb Classical Library provides access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Each book offers original text and English translation. The contents of the print books are mirrored in the digital library.
Database of Greek and Latin texts and translations, images (coins, vases, sculpture) and resources for textual studies. Searchable in English, Latin, and Greek.