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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





 


	

Go to the Imperial

Index There, the emperors are listed in a chronological table in

order of their dates of rule. The name of each emperor for whom a biographical

essay is complete offers a live link to the essay. 	

Go to the Alphabetical

Imperial Index There, the emperors are listed in the alphabetical

order of their names, with dates of rule appended. The name of each emperor

for whom a biographical essay is complete offers a live link to the essay. 
	

Go to the Index of Imperial

Stemmata. There, live links lead to the family trees of important

imperial dynasties. Live links from the family trees will take you to individual

biographies. 	

Go to the Imperial

Battle Index. There, live links lead to the indexes of Battle

Descriptions and Battle

Maps. Individual descriptions and maps are also cross- linked. 
	

Go to the DIR

and ORB Ancient and Medieval Atlas There, view maps of the

Roman Empire and follow live links to selected maps elsewhere. 	

Go to the Virtual

Catalog of Roman Coins (created and maintained by Prof. Robert

W. Cape, Jr. of Austin College). 





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 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


 DIR

is collaborative; the members of the DIR

Collegium Editorum are happy to receive suggestions for additions

and changes. 

If you have a special interest, please email  Richard

D. Weigel with your email address and topics of interest to you.











 Facilities are provided by Academic Computer

Services of Loyola University Chicago.




Direct all queries and suggestions

to Richard D. Weigel with a

subject line of:


attention: DIR







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.




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.