Attalus: a site filled with source materials for the period 322-30 BCE
(This has an excellent search function and you can also browse by year. It’s incredibly helpful if you’re looking for more information on individuals and want to know what ancient sources talk about them)
Oxford Reference Online (you have to log in with your CWL, if not on campus)
Stanford Orbis A site that allows you to plot movement from any location in the Roman empire to any other location. It gives times, costs, distances, etc. Very useful for working out how long it took slaves transports to cover different routes.
Some links for the Digest, the compendium of Roman law. A brief discussion of Roman law, which will be helpful. And, best of all, a searchable copy of the Digest can be found here.
A link to Gaius’ Institutes.
Modern material:
(Browsable list of slave narratives, listed by year.)
Ask a slave Web series from a former re-enactor at Mount Vernon, home of George Washington, featuring questions she was asked. Some of them are truly mind-boggling.
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