Roman Organisations and Resource Links

A list of organisations and resources for Romans in Scotland.

Also, see “doing your own research“

• Historic Environment Scotland – the government body responsible for all historical sites with the excellent Canmore database.
• The National Museum of Scotland hold the majority of Scotland’s Roman artefacts
• The Hunterian, part of Glasgow University holds many Antonine Wall artefacts
• The Antonine Wall – Frontiers of the Roman Empire has lots of resources focused on the Antonine Wall and is a collaboration between six local authorities
• Society of Antiquaries of Scotland – Founded in 1780 to investigate both antiquities and natural and civil history in general.
• Scottish Archaeological Research Framework – ScARF is managed by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a grant funded by Historic Environment Scotland as a key part of its commitment to Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy.
• Scotland’s Archaeological Strategy – Overarching strategy which celebrates each year what has been achieved.
• Digit – Dig It! is a hub for Scottish archaeology which includes articles on the Romans.
• The Scottish Archeological Forum (SAF). Its main purpose is organising conferences and workshops furthering and promoting archaeological research in Scotland.  
• Scottish Archaeology – a website dedicated to all things archaeology.

Local History and Archaeological Groups

• Biggar Archaeology Group
• Clutha Archaeology Group
• Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society
• Falkirk Local History Society
• Peeblesshire Archaeological Society
• Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
• Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee

More general UK-based resources

• Roman Inscriptions of Britain – great resource – use the search term “Scotland”
• Heritage Gateway – access over 60 resources in England and Wales
• Archaeology Data Service – The digital repository for archaeology and heritage
• Association for Roman Archaeology – membership allows free access to many sites and well worth having
• Tynedale Hadrian’s Wall Group – comprehensive website
• The Oxford Roman Economy Project – analyses all major economic activities including agriculture, trade, commerce, and extraction
• The Romans in Britain – a really good comprehensive site
• The Roads of Roman Britain
• Roman Forts – Behavioral Archaeology site looking at objects found in forts
• Following Hadrian – a site dedicated to Hadrian and documents his journey to Britain
• Roman Britain – site has lost its security status – was great

European and other resources

• Archaeological Atlas of Antiquity: all Europe searchable – this link is focused on Scotland
• OmnesViae: Roman Routeplanner (does not include Scotland)
• ORBIS The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World (does not include Scotland)
• Database of Military Inscriptions and Papyri of Early Roman Palestine – includes translations of payslips to soldiers
• Europiana Eagle Project – EAGLE, The Europeana network of Ancient Greek and Latin Epigraphy
• Epigraphik-Datenbank  Clauss / Slaby Zurich and other university list of latin inscriptions across Europe
• Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL)  comprehensive collection of Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire
• Epigraphic Database Heidelberg
• LatinNow – sociolinguistics, epigraphy and archaeology study from Nottingham University
• The Roman Trees Database – identifies the usage of species names in Latin literature, with a primary focus on those up to 200 CE
• Topos Text – over 800 ancients texts with databases of people and places