{"id":4069,"date":"2023-03-31T02:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T01:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnancientrome.com\/?p=4069"},"modified":"2023-03-31T02:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T01:07:43","slug":"how-many-documents-are-extant-from-ancient-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnancientrome.com\/how-many-documents-are-extant-from-ancient-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"How many documents are extant from ancient rome?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 extant documents from ancient Rome. The vast majority of these are written in Latin, with a small number in Greek. The vast majority of these documents are from the period of the Roman Republic (c. 509-27 BC), with a smaller number from the Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD).<\/p>\n

As of May 2015, the Registry of Open Data on AWS Open Data Registry lists 79,368 datasets from ancient Rome.<\/p>\n

Are there any remnants of the Roman Empire? <\/h2>\n

1. The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
\n2. The Parthenon, Athens, Greece
\n3. The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
\n4. The Mausoleum of Mausolus, Turkey
\n5. The Temple of Artemis, Turkey
\n6. The Pantheon, Rome, Italy
\n7. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece
\n8. Hadrian’s Wall, England, UK
\n9. The aqueducts of Rome, Italy
\n10. The ruins of Pompeii, Italy<\/p>\n

The Acta Diurna was a daily Roman publication that contained official notices and announcements. These notices were carved onto stone or metal and posted in public places, such as the Forum of Rome. The Acta Diurna was also known simply as the Acta.<\/p>\n

How much Roman literature has survived <\/h3>\n