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Classics and ancient history

Ancient Mediterranean and Near East, especially classical Greece and Rome including primary sources

About the resources on this page

Videos on this page were created by a Student-Staff Partnership project with the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, and supported by the Digital Uplift project. These videos provide resources for Ancient History students that build on the Study and Referencing Guide.

The form and function of footnotes

'The function and format of footnotes' includes a screenshot from Plutarch (trans. B. Perrin). 1919. Life of Alexander, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, p. 224-225 at 02:09-02:38. This screenshot is used for teaching students how to create citations from ancient sources. Used with permission.

Building a bibliography

Preparing to write an essay

Writing your essay

Formatting your essay

Ancient literary evidence

Ancient material evidence

Image attributions

Modern scholarship

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