Digital Classicist London 2017: 9. Rada Varga
Channel: Digital Classicist London Seminars
Date: 2017-07-28

Rada Varga (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Romans 1by1: Transferring information from ancient people to modern users 

Abstract and details: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2017-09rv.html

Full programme: http://www.digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2017.html

The proposed paper explores the methodological and practical aspects of transforming a “working” database, created to respond to the needs of a restricted group of scientists, into a user-focused resource, useful for the large-scale scientific community. Romans1by1 is a population database for persons attested in ancient epigraphy, designed to facilitate research (mainly) pertaining to prosopography and SNA. The on-line samples are now available at epdb.romans1by1.com. The presentation documents our transition from “personal” tool, employed by a small group of scientists, to an open-access resource, meant to be useful to a large and complex community.