Livius

Cushite Relief

It can be difficult to find good resources for history online. There is a lot of misinformation and history is such a large subject that no site is ever fully exhaustive enough to satisfy all questions. Livius.org is a superb site that gives an in-depth treatment of many aspects of the ancient world (focusing mainly on the Classical Era but with much beyond it). They are in the process of updating their site so if you're interested, do knock over and check them out.

Livius.org

Enjoy!

Original Sources

 Both writer and readers are probably a little sick of writing/reading blog posts that are extremely long. So this is a short post: Like, really short. When studying history it is vital to look at the source material. You can learn an awful lot by watching documentaries, reading encyclopaedias or summaries (or blogs) but nothing beats reading the source material in its full form.

So I’m posting a link to one of my favourite sites, which you can view by clicking here. It is one of the nicest collections of translations of rare primary documents that I have ever come across and it has material from remotest antiquity to modern documents. There are entire genres of literature that I didn’t even know existed until I spent time on this site. Some content is more useful than others and there are a few dead links, as it is an old site. But no matter what your area of historical interest it should have something for you. If you were to spend your time reading original historical writings and never looked at my blog again I would be delighted (although maybe you can do both?) so off you go now to check it out! Go on now! Shoo! Hope you enjoy it and maybe see you back here some stage in the future!