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De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families
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Welcome to De Imperatoribus Romanis ("On the Rulers of Rome")!
WHAT IS DIR?
DIR is an on-line encyclopedia on the rulers of the Roman empire from Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) to Constantine XI Palaeologus (1449-1453). The encyclopedia consists of (1) an index of all the emperors who ruled during the empire's 1500 years, (2) a growing number of biographical essays on the individual emperors, (3) family trees ("stemmata") of important imperial dynasties, (4) an index of significant battles in the empire's history, (5) a growing number of capsule descriptions and maps of these battles, and (6) maps of the empire at different times. Wherever possible, these materials are cross-referenced by live links.These contents are supplemented by an ancient and medieval atlas, a link to a virtual catalog of Roman coins, and other recommended links to related sites. The contents of DIR have been prepared by scholars but are meant to be accessible to non-specialists as well. They have been peer- reviewed for quality and accuracy before publication on this site.
WAYS TO USE DIR
Note: Because the Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins
has been reprogramed in a way that makes all its old links invalid, the
DIR can only offer access to this wonderful site via the link here on the
DIR home page. The various links to the VCRC from the individual imperial
essays are no longer functional!!!! We have not removed them because the
manual removal of them would take too long to accomplish.
on the page of each
Go to the Recommended Links Page for other on-line resources relating to the Roman Empire.
Go
to the DIR Historical
Source Index for other on-line primary sources relating to the
Roman Empire and its rulers.
HOW YOU CAN BECOME INVOLVED WITH DIR
The on-going work of building, expanding, and improving DIR is collaborative; the members of the DIR Collegium Editorum are happy to receive suggestions for additions and changes, as well as submissions of biographical essays and battle descriptions for consideration for publication (after peer-review). Instructions for submissions are available. See a list of pending essays for a list of those essays which are currently in process.If you have a special interest, please email us
at Roman Emperor Site or
contact Richard D. Weigel
with your email address and topics of interest to you. We will make every
effort to notify you personally when additions or changes are made to DIR
that might be of interest to you.
Please note that this site is in the initial stages of construction. Facilities are provided by Academic Computer Services of Salve Regina University.
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Note: All line drawings of Roman coins for emperors before the fall of Rome in 476 A.D. are reprinted from H. Cohen, Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire romain, Paris, 1880-1892.
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Note: All photographs of Roman coins and
statuary of emperors before the fall of Rome in 476 A.D., unless otherwise
noted, are reproduced from Justin
Paola's Collection of Roman Emperors.
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