SW 53: Research Guide for The Fall of the Roman Empire

The beating heart of online medieval studies is also a useful Headquarters for Late Antiquity. Great Latin dictionary database if you're into that sort of thing. Also excellent bibliographical tools and access to a few useful Encyclopedias. Try out some of its many features.

By extending the commonly accepted chronological and territorial boundaries of the period--to encompass Roman, Byzantine, Sassanian, and early Islamic cultures, from the middle of the third century to the end of the eighth--this guide makes new connections and permits revealing comparisons. Consult the article on "Angels" and discover their meaning in Islamic as well as classical and Judeo-Christian traditions. Refer to "Children," "Concubinage," and "Divorce" for a fascinating interweaving of information on the family. Read the essay on "Barbarians and Ethnicity" and see how a topic as current as the construction of identity played out in earlier times, from the Greeks and Romans to the Turks, Huns, and Saxons. Turn to "Empire Building" to learn how the empire of Constantine was supported by architecture and ceremony.

A rich and detailed depository of information about the ancient world, from administrative history to mythology. A good place to look up mystery words (with the caveat that the focus is often on a slightly earlier period than our own).

The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church offers authoritative information about all aspects of the vast and complex subject of the history of Christianity, including theology, churches and denominations, patristic scholarship, the bible, the church calendar and its organization, popes, archbishops, saints, mystics, and heretics. Good, trustworthy information in English, along with reliable bibliographical information.

A set of three volumes collectively describing many of the people attested or claimed to have lived in the Roman world from AD 260, the date of the beginning of Gallienus' sole rule, to 641, the date of the death of Heraclius, which is commonly held to mark the end of Late Antiquity. Sources cited include histories, literary texts, inscriptions, and miscellaneous written sources. Individuals who are known only from dubious sources (e.g., the Historia Augusta), as well as identifiable people whose names have been lost, are included with signs indicating the reliability.

Another stunning bibliographical tool. Very fast, very impressive. This is a German production, but you can navigate it in English. Excellent place to find articles and books, especially recent ones.