Samuel Ball Platner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4016400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Ball Platner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel Ball |
| FAMILY NAME | Platner |
| SIGNATURE | PLATNER S B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1888 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
This useful topographical dictionary was compiled by Samuel Ball Platner (1863–1921) of Western Reserve University in collaboration with Thomas Ashby (1874–1931), the third director of the British School of Archaeology at Rome. Sadly, Platner died before the work was completed, and Ashby eventually published it in 1929. The bulk of the work is an alphabetical list of the buildings, streets and geographical features in ancient Rome mentioned by an…
Ancient Legends of Roman History
With the exception of a few pages which have already appeared in Italy, this volume was written in America. The majority of the chapters were prepared as lectures for the Lowell Institute of Boston. The others were read before Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Chicago."--Preface
The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome
The Substructures of the Clivus Capitolinus
The Credibility of Early Roman History
A REPROACH frequently cast at those who are engaged in the study of classical antiquity, is that their subject-matter has been worked over so long anid so often that no further results can be obtained that have any value for men of the present. When new fields of research are so widely spread around us, it is worse than foolish to spend the time and effort on the old. Be this as it may, there is still one phase of the study of classical antiquity…
Gerunds and Gerundives in the Annals of Tacitus
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
This useful topographical dictionary was compiled by Samuel Ball Platner (1863–1921) of Western Reserve University in collaboration with Thomas Ashby (1874–1931), the third director of the British School of Archaeology at Rome. Sadly, Platner died before the work was completed, and Ashby eventually published it in 1929. The bulk of the work is an alphabetical list of the buildings, streets and geographical features in ancient Rome mentioned by an…
The Credibility of Early Roman History
A REPROACH frequently cast at those who are engaged in the study of classical antiquity, is that their subject-matter has been worked over so long anid so often that no further results can be obtained that have any value for men of the present. When new fields of research are so widely spread around us, it is worse than foolish to spend the time and effort on the old. Be this as it may, there is still one phase of the study of classical antiquity…
Gerunds and Gerundives in the Annals of Tacitus
The Credibility of Early Roman History
A REPROACH frequently cast at those who are engaged in the study of classical antiquity, is that their subject-matter has been worked over so long anid so often that no further results can be obtained that have any value for men of the present. When new fields of research are so widely spread around us, it is worse than foolish to spend the time and effort on the old. Be this as it may, there is still one phase of the study of classical antiquity…
The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome
The Substructures of the Clivus Capitolinus
Ancient Legends of Roman History
With the exception of a few pages which have already appeared in Italy, this volume was written in America. The majority of the chapters were prepared as lectures for the Lowell Institute of Boston. The others were read before Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Chicago."--Preface
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
This useful topographical dictionary was compiled by Samuel Ball Platner (1863–1921) of Western Reserve University in collaboration with Thomas Ashby (1874–1931), the third director of the British School of Archaeology at Rome. Sadly, Platner died before the work was completed, and Ashby eventually published it in 1929. The bulk of the work is an alphabetical list of the buildings, streets and geographical features in ancient Rome mentioned by an…
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