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List of Abbreviationsa

An appendix on pp. xix‑xxiii of

Samuel Ball Platner (as completed and revised by Thomas Ashby):
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
London: Oxford University Press, 1929.

AA	p. xix Archäologische Anzeiger, Berlin 1889‑ . (Appendix to Jahrbuch des Instituts.)
AJA	American Journal of Archaeology. 1st series 1885‑1896; 2nd series 1897‑ .
AJP	American Journal of Philology. 1880‑ .
AL	Anthologia Latina (Bücheler and Riese). Leipzig 1894‑1906.
Altm.	W. Altmann, Italische Rundbauten. Berlin 1906.
Ann. d. Inst.	Annali dell' Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica. Rome 1829‑1885.
Ant. Denk.	Antike Denkmäler herausg. vom Deutschen Archäologischen Institut. Berlin 1887‑ .
Arm.	M. Armellini, Chiese di Roma (ed. 2). Rome 1891.
AR	Archiv für Religionswissenschaft. Leipzig 1898‑ .
ASA	Anderson, Spiers, and Ashby. The Architecture of Ancient Rome. London 1927.
ASRSP	Archivio della Società Romana di Storia Patria. Rome 1879‑ .
Atti	Atti del Congresso di Scienze Storiche (1903). Vol. V. Rome 1904 (Boni).
BA	Bollettino d'Arte (Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione). Ser. I. Rome 1907‑1920; Ser. II. Rome 1921‑ (Cr. Cronaca delle Belle Arti.)
Babelon.	E. Babelon, Monnaies de la République Romaine (ed. 2). 2 vols. Paris 1885‑6.
BC	Bullettino della Commissione Archeologica Comunale di Roma. Rome 1872‑ .1
BCr	Bullettino di Archeologia Cristiana. Rome 1863‑1923. See Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana.
Besnier	M. Besnier, L'Ile Tiberine (Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, fasc. 87). Paris 1902.
BM Rep.	British Museum. Catalogue of Coins of the Roman Republic. 3 vols. London 1910.
BM. Aug., etc.	British Museum. Catalogue of Coins of the Roman Empire. Vol. I. London 1924.
Boyd	Boyd, Public Libraries in Rome. Chicago 1915.
BPW	Berliner Philologische Wochenschrift. Berlin 1881- (now called Philologische Wochenschrift).
Bull. d. Inst.	Bullettino dell' Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica. Rome 1829‑1885.
Cap.	British School at Rome. Catalogue of the Museo Capitolino. Oxford 1912. (Quoted by page number.)
CGL	Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum. Leipzig 1888‑1923.
Chron.	Chronographus anni 354 in Monumenta Germaniae Historica Auctorum Antiquissimorum. Vol. IX (ed. 2, Mommsen; Chronica Minora, I.) 143‑148. Berlin 1892.
p. xx CIL	Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.2 Berlin 1863‑ .
CJ	Classical Journal. Chicago 1905‑ .
Cohen	H. Cohen, Monnaies frappées sous l'Empire. 2nd ed. 8 vols. Paris 1880‑1892.
Cons.	British School of Rome. Catalogue of the Museo dei Conservatori. Oxford 1926. (Quoted by page number.)
CP	Classical Philology. Chicago 1906‑ .
CQ	Classical Quarterly. London 1907‑ .
CR	Classical Review. London 1887‑ .
CRA	Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. Paris 1857‑ .
Cur.	Curiosum Urbis Romae Regionum XIV cum Breviariis suis; one form of the so‑called Regionary Catalogue (the 'Notitia' being the other). See Preller, Regionen; Jord. II.1‑178, 546‑582; Richter, 371‑391. Online: a complete transcription of Jordan's parallel edition of the Curiosum and the Notitia.
DAP	Dissertazioni dell' Accademia Pontificia. Ser. 1, vols. I‑XV, Rome 1821‑1880; Ser. 2, vols. I‑XV, Rome 1881‑1923.
DE	Dizionario Epigrafico, pubblicato da E. De Ruggiero. Rome 1895‑ .
D'Esp. Fr.	H. D'Espouy, Fragments de l'Architecture Antique. 2 vols. Paris 1896‑1905.
D'Esp. Mon.	H. D'Espouy, Monuments Antiques. 3 vols. Paris 1906. And Supplement 1923.
DMH	Descriptio Murorum Honoriana (the description of the walls of Rome appended to the Einsiedeln Itinerary (see Eins.), published by Jord. II. 578‑582, which is generally attributed to the time of Honorius).
DR	E. de Ruggiero, Il Foro Romano. Rome 1913.
DS	Daremberg et Saglio, Dictionnaire des Antiquités. 6 vols. Paris 1887‑1919.
DuP	Topographical Study in Rome in 1581; a series of views by Étienne Du Pérac (edited by T. Ashby for the Roxburghe Club, London 1916).
Durm	J. Durm, Baukunst der Römer. ed. 2. Stuttgart 1905.
EE	Ephemeris Epigraphica. Berlin 1872‑ .
Eins.	Itinerarium Einsidlense (the Einsiedeln Itinerary); see Jord. II. 329‑356, 646‑663; Lanciani in Mon. L. I. 437‑552; Hülsen, La Pianta di Roma dell' Anonimo Einsidlense, in DAP 2. IX. 379‑420 (whose text is followed).
Fest.	Festus (ed. Muller). Leipzig 1839.
FUR	Forma Urbis Romae Regionum XIV. ed. Jordan. Berlin 1874.
GA	Gazette Archéologique. Paris 1875‑1889.
Gilb.	O. Gilbert, Geschichte und Topographie der Stadt Rom in Altertum. 3 vols. Leipzig 1883‑1890.
GMR	Guilielmus Malmsburiensis (William of Malmesbury), De numero portarum et sanctis Romae in Rolls Series, Vol. II, 406‑408.
GMU	Id. ed. Urlichs, Codex Topographicus Urbis Romae, 87‑88.
Heemskerck	Die römische Skizzenbücher Marten van Heemskercks (ed. Hülsen and Egger). 2 vols. Berlin 1913‑1916.
HC	Ch. Hülsen, The Roman Forum. Translated by Jesse Benedict Carter. ed. 2. Rome 1909. Online: a complete transcription of the 1st edition of this same work, in its 1906 Italian translation. If I continue to be unable to procure any version of the 2d edition (which has added text and images), I'm projecting the addition onsite of the English translation of the same 1st edition.
HCh	Ch. Hülsen, Le Chiese di Roma. Florence 1927.
p. xxi HF	W. Helbig, Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen Roms, ed. 3 (revised by Amelung). 2 vols. Leipzig 1913. (Cited by numbers.)
HFP	Ch. Hülsen, The Forum and the Palatine (translated by H. H. Tanzer). New York 1928.
HJ	H. Jordan, Topographie der Stadt Rom in Altertum. Vol. I, Part 3 (by Ch. Hülsen). Berlin 1906.
IG	Inscriptiones Graecae. Berlin. 1873‑ .
ILS	Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae. ed. Dessau. 3 vols. Berlin 1892‑1916.
Jahrb. d. Inst.	Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Berlin 1886‑ .
JHS	Journal of Hellenic Studies. London 1886‑ .
JP	Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie. Leipzig 1826‑ .
Jord.	H. Jordan, Topographie der Stadt Rom in Altertum. Vol. I, Parts I, 2; Vol. II. Berlin 1871‑1885.
JRS	Journal of Roman Studies. London 1911‑ .
Kehr	Kehr, Italia Pontificia. Berlin 1905‑ .
KH	Kiepert and Hülsen, Formae Urbis Romae Antiquae. ed. 2. Berlin 1912.
LA	R. Lanciani, I commentari di Frontino intorno agli acquedotti (in Mem. L. 3. IV. 213 sqq.).
LD	R. Lanciani, The Destruction of Ancient Rome. London 1906.
LF	R. Lanciani, Forma Urbis Romae. Milan 1893‑1901.
LP	Liber Pontificalis in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Gesta Pont. Rom. vol. I (ed. Mommsen). Part I (all published). Berlin 1898.
LPD	Liber Pontificalis. ed. Duchesne. 2 vols. Paris 1886.
LR	R. Lanciani, The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome. London and New York 1898.
LS	R. Lanciani, Storia degli Scavi di Roma. vols. I-IV. Rome 1902‑12.
MD	F. Matz and F. von Duhn, Antike Bildwerke in Rom. 3 vols. 1881‑2.
Mél.	Mélanges d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'École Française de Rome. Rome 1881‑ . Online: 1881‑1999 at Persée.
Mem. A.P.	Memorie dell' Accademia Pontificia, Rome 1924‑ .
Mem. Am. Acad.	Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Rome 1917- (Cited by volume numbers, as not being annual.)
Mem. L.	Memorie della Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologicheº della R. Accademia dei Lincei. Ser. 3. 1877‑84; Ser. 4. 1884‑93; Ser. 5. 1893‑1924; Ser. 6. 1925‑ .
Merlin	A. Merlin, L'Aventin (Bibliotheque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, fasc. 97. Paris 1906).
Middleton	J. H. Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome. 2 vols. London 1892.
Mirab.	Mirabilia Romae, in Jordan, Topographie der Stadt Rom. II.604 sqq.
Mitt.	Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung. Rome 1886‑ .
Mon. L.	Monumenti Antichi pubblicati per cura della R. Accademia dei Lincei, Milan 1890- (cited by volume numbers, as not a regular annual).
Mon. d. Inst.	Monumenti Antichi Inediti, pubblicati dall' Istituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica. 12 vols. Rome 1829‑1885.
NA	Nuova Antologia. Florence and Rome 1866‑ .
Not.	Notitia (see Curiosum).
Not A.	Notitia, Appendix.
p. xxii NS	Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità comunicate alla R. Accademia dei Lincei. Rome 1876‑ . (N.B. The paging is always that of the separate publication, not as found with the Memorie dei Lincei.)
Ob. E,	O. Marucchi, Gli Obelischi Egiziani di Roma. ed. 2. Rome 1898.
OJ	Jahreshefte des Oesterreichischen Archäologischenº Instituts. Vienna 1898‑ .
Pais, Storia	Pais, Storia Critica di Roma durante i primi cinque secoli. 3 vols. Rome 1913‑18.
PAS	Supplementary Papers of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome. vols. I, II. 1903‑1905.
PBS	Papers of the British School at Rome. London 1902-.(Cited by volume numbers, as not being annual.)
Pl	S. B. Platner, The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome. ed. 2. Boston 1911 (reprinted 1918).
Pol. Silv.	Polemius Silvius, ed. Mommsen in Mon. Germ. Hist. Auct. Ant. IX (Chronica Minora, I.) 545. Berlin 1892. Online: a complete transcription, although of this section only.
Pros.	Prosopographia Imperii Romani. 3 vols. Berlin 1897‑98.
Pr. Myth.	L. Preller, Römische Mythologie. ed. 3. 2 vols. 1881‑83. Online: Vol. I, Vol. II
Pr. Reg.	L. Preller, Die Regionen der Stadt Rom. Jena, 1846.
PT	R. Paribeni, Le Terme di Diocleziano e il Museo Nazionale Romano. ed. 4. Rome 1922. (Cited by pages.)
RA	G. T. Rivoira, Roman Architecture, translated by G. M'N. Rushforth. Oxford 1925.
RAP	Rendiconti dell' Accademia Pontificia. Rome 1923‑ .
Reber	Reber, Die Ruinen Roms. ed. 2. Leipzig 1879.
RE	Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopädie des klassischen Altertums. Stuttgart 1894‑ .
Reg.	Regionary Catalogue (Curiosum and (or) Notitia).
Reg. app.	Appendix to above.
RhM	Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, Neue Folge. Frankfurt-am‑Main 1842‑ .
Richter	O. Richter, Topographie der Stadt Rom. ed. 2. Munich 1901.
Richter, BRT	O. Richter, Beiträge zur römischen Topographie, I‑IV. Berlin 1903‑1910.
RL	Rendiconti della R. Accademia dei Lincei. Ser. 4. 1884‑91; Ser. 5. 1892‑1924; Ser. 6. 1925‑ .
Rodocanachi, Capitole.	E. Rodocanachi, Le Capitole Romain antique et moderne. Rome 1904.
Rosch.	Roscher, Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. Leipzig 1884‑ .
Riv. Arch. Crist.	Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana. Rome 1924‑ .
Rostowzew	M. Rostowzew, Tesserarum Plumbearum Sylloge. St. Petersburg 1903‑05.
Sangallo, Barb.	Il Codice Barberiniano Latino 4424 di Giuliano da Sangallo, Leipzig 1910. (Edited by Hülsen. Codices e Vaticanis selecti, vol. XI.)
SHA	Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie (1918, 13. A, 10 = 1918, 13' Abhandlung, p10, and so forth).
SJ	H. Stuart Jones, Companion to Roman History. Oxford 1912.
SR	Studi Romani. Rome 1913‑ .
SScR	Eugenia Strong, Scultura Romana da Augusto a Costantino. Florence 1924‑6. (2 vols.: paging continuous.)
S. Sculpt.	Mrs. S. Arthur Strong, Roman Sculpture from Augustus to Constantine. London 1907.
p. xxiii T	G. Tomassetti, I. La Campagna Romana nel Medio Evo. Via Appia, etc. Rome 1885. II. ———— Via Latina. id. 1886. III. ———— Vie Nomentana e Salaria. id. 1892. IV. ———— Vie Ostiense e Laurentina. id. 1897. V. ———— Via Portuense. id. 1900. VI. ———— Vie Labicana e Prenestina. id. 1907. VII. ———— Via Tiburtina. id. 1907. VIII‑XI. La Campagna Romana Antica Medioevale e Moderna, vols. I-IV. Roma 1910‑26 (Vols. III, IV. published by F. Tomassetti).
TF	Tenney Frank, Roman Buildings of the Republic. Rome 1924. (Papers of the American Academy, No. III.)
Théd.	H. Thédenat, Le Forum Romain. ed. 4. Paris 1908. Online: a complete copy of the 1898 edition of this same work. I've been unable so far to find the 1908 edition online.
Toeb.	F. Toebelmann, Römische Gebälke. Vol. I (with text by E. Fiechter and Ch. Hülsen). Heidelberg 1923.
Urlichs C.	Urlichs, Codex Topographicus Urbis Romae. Wurzburg 1871.
Wissowa, Ges. Abh.	G. Wissowa, Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Munich 1904.
WR	G. Wissowa, Religion und Kultus der Römer, ed. 2. Munich 1912. (Handbuch der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, vol. V. part 4.)
WS	Wiener Studien. Vienna 1879‑ .
YW	The Year's Work in Classical Studies. London 1908‑ .
ZA	G. Lugli, La Zona Archeologica di Roma. Rome 1925.3

The Authors' Notes:

1 The first vol. began in Nov. 1872 and continued to the end of 1873.

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2 CIL I2 p. refers to vol. I. part I. (the Fasti); CIL I2 refers to vol. I. part II (the inscriptions).

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3 An enlarged and revised translation by Dr. G. Bagnani under the title The Classical Monuments of Rome and its Vicinity, Vol. 1, The "Zona Archeologica" has recently appeared.

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List of Abbreviations​a

An appendix on pp. xix‑xxiii of

Samuel Ball Platner (as completed and revised by Thomas Ashby): A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press, 1929.

The Authors' Notes:

Thayer's Note:

List of Abbreviationsa

Samuel Ball Platner (as completed and revised by Thomas Ashby):
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
London: Oxford University Press, 1929.