Classics Resources

The Forma Urbis Romae Project is a database that collects images and information about the Severan Marble Plan of Rome (aka the Forma Urbis Romae), a highly-detailed map of Rome that "depicted the groundplan of every architectural feature in the ancient city, from large public monuments to small shops, rooms, and even staircases."

The Ancient World Mapping Center creates "map content for use both in scholarly publication and in the classroom," including maps of the Aegean region, the Byzantium Empire, and the Roman Empire, among many others.

"Pleiades gives scholars, students, and enthusiasts worldwide the ability to use, create, and share historical geographic information about the ancient world in digital form. At present, Pleiades has extensive coverage for the Greek and Roman world, and is expanding into Ancient Near Eastern, Byzantine, Celtic, and Early Medieval geography."

"The Ancient City of Athens is a photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece)."

Troy is an interactive website that explores the layered cartography and history of the city of Troy.

The David Rumsey Map Collection, housed at Stanford University, is home to over 150,000 historic maps and cartographic materials from around the world, over 121,000 of which have been digitized into this online collection. All the images in this collection are licensed under a Creative Commons License.