Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Organization
Biography
The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, generally known as the Roman Society, was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Leading society in the United Kingdom for those interested in the study of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire.
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Roman Society Collection
Collection
Roman Society Collection
Reference number: SPRS
Abstract
A photographic reference library and teaching collection assembled in the late 19th to the mid 20th century by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (SPRS) that includes photographs, lantern slides, and lectures documenting early archaeological excavations and aiding in the study of ancient Roman culture.
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 00529-00746
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 00529-00746
Reference number: SPRS/LS/3
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.00529 to B.00746. Subjects include building structures and Roman roads (Via Prenestina), and excavations in Malta and in the Roman Forum. The Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, the Amalfi coast in the Campania region and Tébessa (Algeria) are also documented. The archaeological site of Ostia, Rimini and Ravenna (Emilia-Romagna) with mosaics from Sant'Apollinare in Classe and Siena (Tuscany) are also comprised in this set.
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 00757-02631
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 00757-02631
Reference number: SPRS/LS/4
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.00757 to B.02631. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in Malta and North Africa - Tébessa (Algeria), Timgad or Thamugadi (Algeria), Subaytilah (Tunisia), Carthage (Tunisia) - and excavations in the Roman Forum. The archaeological site of Ostia, ancient monuments in Verona (Veneto), relief sculpture of the Trajan's Column, and the Paedagogium on the Palatine Hill are also comprised in this set.
Lantern slides...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 02632-04096
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 02632-04096
Reference number: SPRS/LS/5
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.02632 to B.04096. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Tébessa and Timgad or Thamugadi (Algeria) -, excavations in the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from the Forum of Nerva, Forum of Caesar and Forum of Trajan. The archaeological site of Pompeii, the whereabouts of Virgil's farm near Mantua (Lombardy) and other building structures and monuments in Verona and Rome are also...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 04097-04345
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 04097-04345
Reference number: SPRS/LS/6
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.04097 to B.04345. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Batna (Algeria), Djemila (Algeria), Carthage (Tunisia), Thugga (Tunisia) and Lepcis Magna (Libya) -, the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from the Fora and other locations in Rome. The archaeological sites of Pompeii and Ostia, various landscape photographs of places in Sicily (Mount Etna, Erice, Palermo, Cefalù) and...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 05011-05434
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 05011-05434
Reference number: SPRS/LS/8
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.05011 to B.05434. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Djemila, Tébessa and Tipasa (Algeria), Volubilis (Morocco), Subaytilah and Thugga (Tunisia), Tripoli, Sabratha and Lepcis Magna (Libya) - the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from other locations in Rome, including the Palatine Hill and the Colosseum. The archaeological sites of Ostia, Cumae, Herculaneum and Pompeii, as...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 05435-07026
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 05435-07026
Reference number: SPRS/LS/9
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.05435 to B.07026. Subjects include building structures, roman roads in the Campagna di Roma and archaeological sites in North Africa - Thamugadi (Algeria), Carthage and Thugga (Tunisia), - the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from other locations in Rome, including the Palatine Hill, the Colosseum, the Trajan's Column, the Ara Pacis and the Mausoleum of Augustus. The archaeological sites of Ostia and Herculaneum,...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 07027-08003
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 07027-08003
Reference number: SPRS/LS/10
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.07027 to B.08003. Subjects include building structures, roman roads in the Campagna di Roma and archaeological sites in North Africa - Thamugadi (Algeria), El Jem (Tunisia) and Libya (Lepcis Magna, Bu Njem along the Limes Tripolitanus), - the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from other locations in Rome. The archaeological sites of Ostia and Pompeii, as well as various photographs of places in Italy (Albano Lake,...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 08004-08514
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 08004-08514
Reference number: SPRS/LS/11
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.08004 to B.08514. Subjects include building structures, Etruscan tombs, archaeological sites in Sicily (Valle dei Templi, Agrigento and Taormina) and Campania (Paestum and Cumae), excavations in Malta, views of the Campagna di Roma and photographs of monuments and sites in Sardinia. The Roman Forum and the Fora in Rome, the archaeological site of Ostia, as well as various photographs of places in Lazio (Falerii Novi, Fano,...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 08515-08852
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 08515-08852
Reference number: SPRS/LS/12
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.08515 to B.08852. Subjects include building structures, Roman roads, monuments in the Roman Forum and in Rome, as well as images of archaeological remains in Verona and Narni (Ponte di Augusto). The archaeological sites of Ostia and Portus, and various photographs of places in Lazio (Alatri, Alban Hills, Aniene River, Blera, Bolsena, Cori, Falerii Novi, Nemi, Norma, Palestrina, Subiaco, Terracina, Vicovaro) and in Italy (Assisi,...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
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- Balkan Peninsula 1
- Card catalogs 1
- Italy 1
- Lantern slides 1
- Lectures and lecturing 1
- Magic lantern shows 1
- Malta 1
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