Wikidata:WikiProject Ancient Rome

Purpose edit
This project aims to improve items related to Ancient Rome.
Labels edit
Labels generally used for Romans by language:
- as Latin: en, de, fr, nl, sv
- language specific: ca, es, it, pl, pt
Sample: Q359810 uses the label "Lucius Caecilius Metellus" in la, en, de, fr, nl, sv.
See Wikidata:Database reports/Complex constraint violations/P2358 for checks.
Latin sometimes includes the abbreviated name of the father. This is not(?) included in labels for Latin based labels.
Properties edit
Onomastics edit
Roman names follow a standard pattern. Taking the example Julius Caesar (Q1048), his full identity was C. Iulius C. f. C. n. Fab. Caesar
, with
C.
as Roman praenomen (P2358)Gaius (Q5517401)Iulius
as Roman nomen gentilicium (P2359)Julius (Q29871072), and therefore gens (P5025)Julia gens (Q510193)C. f. C. n.
the praenomina of his father and his grandfather (here C(aii) f(ilius) C(aii) n(epos)), for which we only model the first relation using father (P22)Fab.
as member of Roman tribe (P11491)Fabia (Q3538791)Caesar
as Roman cognomen (P2365)Caesar (Q1025414)
With this in mind, a few caveats:
- Cognomen isn't mandatory ; some figures i.e. families did not had one.
- The use of the praenomen slowly wane and by Late Antiquity we only find it attested for the old aristocratic families of Rome.
- During the Empire, it became common to agregate names as part of heritage. Some figures can boast of several praenomina, nomina and cognomina, like Marcus Calpurnius Longus (Q12286091).
- Julius Caesar (Q1048) is an exceptionnaly well known individual for Antiquity standards. For most other figures, one or more of the above-listed element are unknown to us.
Time period edit
Items related to Ancient Rome would generally have time period (P2348) with value Roman Republic (Q17167) or Roman Empire (Q2277).
Ancient Roman architecture edit
- Identifiers: Amphi-Theatrum ID (P5633); Theatrum ID (P5634)
Showcase items edit
- editions of ancient texts with bitext: see Menander, Volume I (Q105702581) and Menander, Volume II (Q105702691)
Lists edit
WikiProject Ancient Rome edit
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/Ancient Romans Names/1
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/Ancient Romans Names/2
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/Ancient Romans Names/3
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/Ancient Romans Names/4
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/Ancient Romans Names/5
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/DPRR
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/Roman dictators
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/people
- WikiProject Ancient Rome/lists/people/2
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Workings edit
Queries edit
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