LibGuides: RELS 233: Households &amp; Early Christianity (Johnson Hodge): Ancient Sources

Archaeological Sources

Images & Maps
Search the Web

Images & Maps
If you plan to use these in a presentation, website, etc. be sure to check the rights / citation recommendations!

Artstor
Now part of JSTOR. Library of images relating to art and architecture, humanities, and social sciences.

Wikimedia Commons
Mapping Past Societies Project: Roman World
Formerly the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization. Interactive mapping of the ancient world. Be sure to try out the different layers!
Pleiades
A crowdsourced gazeteer and map of ancient places and place names.
Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser
Explore buildings, sites and more, with accompanying images.

You can also often find images, maps, etc. in books about a particular place (look for books with a note saying "ill." -- illustrated -- in the catalog. If there is active archaeological work in progress at a site there may also be project website(s) with this kind of information.

Search the Web
The web can be a great place to gather primary sources (while practicing careful source evaluation, of course!). There are many wonderful primary source collections available online through various museums, libraries and other cultural institutions. Here are some suggestions for where and how to look:

Google Site Search is an invaluable tool for locating sources on the web which may be scattered across disparate websites.

site:*.org Ostia will search for references to the Roman city/archaeological site of Ostia on .org (non-profit) websites, which will hit many libraries, museums and other cultural heritage institutions (as well as many other organizations, some suspect, so check carefully!)
site:*.edu Ostia will conduct the search across educational websites.

You can even use this strategy to search websites outside of the United States:

site:*.gov.uk Pompeii will search for references to Pompeii across British government websites
site:*.ac.uk Pompeii will search British academic websites

For websites in languages other than English, note that you can paste the URL into Google Translate for a rough translation (but trust this with caution):

site:*.it: Italian websites
site:*.gr Greek websites

Text Sources

Ancient Texts

Ancient Texts

Early Christian Writings
Has lots of online texts (including the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles) and articles about them.
The Fathers of the Church
Access the writings of the patristic authors.
The Gnostic Society Library
Find all sorts of information about texts related to gnosticism.
Gospel Parallels
See line-up of different versions of the same gospel passages.

Loeb Classical Library
Complete access to the Loeb Classical Library -- Greek and Latin texts with facing English translations.

Perseus Digital Library
A great resource of texts, images and scholarship relating to the ancient world.

in the library...

At Holy Cross, we organize our books using a system called Library of Congress Classification or LCC. LCC is based on the subject of the books. Each letter represents a specific subject. Each subject is broken down into more specific letter sections, each of which is further broken down into number ranges for specific topics. Most call numbers have additional numbers and letters on the end of them, which are used to give each book a unique spot on the library shelves.

Here are the areas where you will find editions and translations of ancient Greek and Latin texts.

Greek authors in translation: PA3601 to PA3681

Latin authors in translation: PA6155 to PA6191