Ancient Names

Bailey, D. R. Shackleton. Two Studies in Roman Nomenclature. The American Philological Association, 1976. A scholarly work on Roman names. Until the SCA has an official start date, books on Roman names will be needed. Recommended for the completist.(JA)

Barker, William. Everyone in the Bible. Fleming H. Revell Company: Old Tappan, NJ, 1966. Basically what it says it is: a list of everyone in the Bible. Under the documentation rules of the SCA, the Bible can be used as a source for names, but a name which can be found in the Bible but not in a book of medieval names is not likely to be reasonably period. (AF)

Calvocoressi, Peter. Who's Who in the Bible. Viking; New York, 1987. Another collection of Biblical names. (AF)

Lempri re's Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978.

An excellent source for early-period names, and for Roman and Greek names. It includes divine names and place names, which are not generally acceptable for SCA use, but the source of each name is given.(JA)



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