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The Roman Law Articles of Smith's Dictionary - This site has about 250 articles on Roman law of varying length originally published in 1875. These cover topics such as civil rights, codes and procedures, contracts and torts, officers and magistrates, and specific laws.
The actual title of the work is A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. It was compiled by William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.. The site notes, "This single volume, of 1294 pages in rather fine print set in two columns and amounting to well over a million words, is a treasure trove of information on the ancient world, and was for many years a standard reference work, carried thru several British and American editions from the first in 1842 to the last in 1890?91 with relatively few alterations. It shares one of its selling points with the Web: many illustrations. They are woodcuts, but often rather good ones, and sometimes clearer than photographs could be."
This section of the work I am highlighting is a subpage that indexes the Roman Law articles in the work separately. The creator of the site notes, "In inputting the various articles in the Dictionary, I gradually realized that the Roman Law information in Smith's is qualitatively different from the other material: it's as if there were a second 'concealed' dictionary within the first. The law articles, almost all of them written by one man, George Long, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, while constituting no more than a very basic primer of the subject, are considerably better and more scholarly than the average article on other topics; a fact that William Smith more or less acknowledges in his preface, where Mr. Long's contributions are specially mentioned at some length."
This is a great treasure trove of public domain information about Ancient Roman. It is nice that a scanner and someone with free time can make it available to the whole world.
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The Roman Law Articles of Smith's Dictionary
The Roman Law Articles of Smith's Dictionary - This site has about 250 articles on Roman law of varying length originally published in 1875. These cover topics such as civil rights, codes and procedures, contracts and torts, officers and magistrates, and specific laws.The actual title of the work is A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. It was compiled by William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.. The site notes, "This single volume, of 1294 pages in rather fine print set in two columns and amounting to well over a million words, is a treasure trove of information on the ancient world, and was for many years a standard reference work, carried thru several British and American editions from the first in 1842 to the last in 1890?91 with relatively few alterations. It shares one of its selling points with the Web: many illustrations. They are woodcuts, but often rather good ones, and sometimes clearer than photographs could be."
This section of the work I am highlighting is a subpage that indexes the Roman Law articles in the work separately. The creator of the site notes, "In inputting the various articles in the Dictionary, I gradually realized that the Roman Law information in Smith's is qualitatively different from the other material: it's as if there were a second 'concealed' dictionary within the first. The law articles, almost all of them written by one man, George Long, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, while constituting no more than a very basic primer of the subject, are considerably better and more scholarly than the average article on other topics; a fact that William Smith more or less acknowledges in his preface, where Mr. Long's contributions are specially mentioned at some length."
This is a great treasure trove of public domain information about Ancient Roman. It is nice that a scanner and someone with free time can make it available to the whole world.
- Was Cleopatra Ugly?
I have heard or read this question asked many times. Was Cleopatra ugly? Joan Smith of the Hamilton Spectator writes about this in A myth that proves men prefer beauty to brains. She wrote, "Even Sarah Bernhardt, gamely playing Cleopatra on stage into...
- Seven Wonders Of The Medieval World
Did you know that Wikipedia deletes articles? It is true. It appears as though many contributed articles are vanity, silly, or just plain weird. These get deleted at a special place of Wikipedia called Wikipedia: Articles for Deletion. There, editors...
- Eyewitness To History
EyeWitness to History. This site has profiles of historical characters and events, from ancient times to today, told with the images and words of those who lived it. The site notes that it is, "Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to...
- Ancient World Battles
Ancient World Battles - This site has short accounts of ancient Greek and Roman battles, starting with Marathon in 490BC. This site has not been updated in some time (since 2001) and it is biased towards Greek and Roman battles, but it is still a nice...
- The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. The definitive source of information regarding the history of Cleveland, Ohio. This is a very well constructed site with lots of good information. From the site: When the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland...