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Latin Epigraphy: Major Web Resources

	BCS Bibliotheca Classica Selecta - Latin Epigraphy A thorough, clear, systematic approach to Latin epigraphical resources, both print and Web. Not just a hotlist and bibliography, but the place to start.
	The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (ASGLE)
	Dr. Manfred Clauss's Seminar für Alte Geschichte
	Gnomon Online A large portion of the CIL (about 100,000 inscriptions), set up as a searchable database.
	The Absolute Beginners' Guide to Greek and Roman Epigraphy: a combined bibliography and weblist of the subject, laid out by topics. Useful.
	Pyrrha's Roman Pages: A good beginner's guide to inscriptions of all kinds, with many examples, a key to the basic formulas and abbreviations. Some inscriptions explained, the others for you to practice on.
	If you've landed here from a search engine, you should probably also check the homepage of this site which includes photographs, often good, of about 200 inscriptions; and samples of how to read them.
	Tombstone of Longinus Sdapeze A minor and fairly obscure page, but with one remarkable feature: probably the best place on the Web to see what a Roman tombstone and its inscription must have looked like in Antiquity. Recommended.

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