The Roman Bastards Database
The Roman Bastards database holds all the papyrological, epigraphic and legal evidence concerning illegitimate children
in the Roman Empire up to the reign of Constantine the Great. You can find tips on searching the database
here.
This database is still under construction. Please be patient and check by frequently to see additions we may have added
since.
‘The Legal and Social Status of Extramarital Children in the Roman
Empire Up to the Reign of Constantine the Great” is
a three-year project, which will investigate papyrological,
epigraphic and jurisprudential evidence concerning illegitimate
children, dated from Augustus to Constantine. Our dataset shall
fasciliate examining frequency of occurance and distribution
of the above-mentioned attestations in time and space. The data
used in our research will be collected and arranged
into a form of a searchable database comprising individuals from
all over the Roman Empire who are directly or indirectly
described as illegitimate. Each person has his or her own record
containing name, terms used to characterized him or
her, attestations, role in particular document, occupation,
provenance, date, status civitatis, sex and the names of
the mother, father, siblings and his or her children.
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