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Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL)

A comprehensive dataset of Roman inscriptions from the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum.

Overview

The Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum is the largest collection of Latin inscriptions, documenting the epigraphic heritage of the Roman world. This repository contains parsed data from over 258,000 inscriptions, including metadata, geographic coordinates, dating information, and references to associated images.

Geographic Distribution

Dated inscriptions only

[Interactive version]

Distribution of inscriptions with dating information

All inscriptions with location data

[Interactive version]

Distribution of all inscriptions with geographic coordinates

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("AncientLanguages/CIL")
texts = dataset['train'].to_pandas()
texts

	publication	dating	edcs_id	province	place	latitude	longitude	inscription	inscription_genus	material
0	CIL 03, 12297	None	EDCS-31400030	Achaia	?	NaN	NaN	Leius	[]	lapis
1	CIL 01, 02650 (p 1097) = IG-05-01, 00741 = ILL...	None	EDCS-24700151	Achaia	Afesou	NaN	NaN	Δέκιος Λείβιος (Ζ)εῦξις // D(ecimi) Leivei D(e...	["praenomen et nomen","tituli sepulcrales","vi...	lapis
2	CIL 01, 00746 (p 944) = D 00867 = ILLRP 00374 ...	[-68,-68]	EDCS-24900077	Achaia	Agia Triada / Merbaka / Midea	37.638113	22.805299	Q(uinto) Caecilio C(ai) f(ilio) Metel(l)o / im...	["officium/professio","ordo senatorius","titul...
3	CIL 01, 02955 = ILLRP 00370 (p 327) = ILGR 000...	[-74,-74]	EDCS-13800065	Achaia	Aigio / Egio / Aiyion / Aegeum	38.250714	22.085822	Italicei / quei Aegei negotiantur / P(ublium) ...	["officium/professio","ordo senatorius","titul...	lapis
4	CIL 03, 07251 = D 00214 = NDIEC-07, p 81 = AE ...	[49,50]	EDCS-28500283	Achaia	Alea / Tegea	37.454501	22.420877	T[(iberius)] Claudius Caesar Aug(ustus) / G[er...	["Augusti/Augustae","leges","viri"]	lapis
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
258346	CIL 05, 08653 = IulCarnicum-01, 00040 = IulCar...	[1,200]	EDCS-05401454	Venetia et Histria / Regio X	Zuglio / Iulium Carnicum	46.461796	13.026040	] / XX libert(is) / libertabus [	["liberti/libertae"]	lapis
258347	CIL 05, 08968,01c	None	EDCS-32400049	Venetia et Histria / Regio X	Zuglio / Iulium Carnicum	46.461796	13.026040	T(itus) Ae(lius?) [Max()]	[]	lapis
258348	CIL 05, 08968,02	None	EDCS-32400048	Venetia et Histria / Regio X	Zuglio / Iulium Carnicum	46.461796	13.026040	C(ai) B() Anti()	[]	lapis
258349	CIL 05, 08968,09b	None	EDCS-32400047	Venetia et Histria / Regio X	Zuglio / Iulium Carnicum	46.461796	13.026040	M(arci) Iul(i) Stallani	[]	lapis
258350	CIL 05, 08968,12	None	EDCS-32400046	Venetia et Histria / Regio X	Zuglio / Iulium Carnicum	46.461796	13.026040	Q() Numeri	[]	lapis

258351 rows × 10 columns

Data Structure

The dataset contains the following fields:

• publication: Citation reference (e.g., "CIL 05, 02392")
• dating: Date range as [from, to] array (e.g., [101, 200] represents 101-200 CE)
  • Negative values indicate BCE dates
  • May be None for undated inscriptions
• edcs_id: EDCS database identifier
• province: Roman province name
• place: Geographic location name
• latitude: Latitude coordinate
• longitude: Longitude coordinate
• inscription: The actual text of the inscription
• inscription_genus: Array of classification tags ("inscription genus / personal status")
• material: Material of inscription (e.g., "lapis" for stone)

Citations

Data retrieved from the EDCS - Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby, courtesy of Universität Zürich. Manfred Clauss, Anne Kolb, Wolfgang A. Slaby, Barbara Woitas. https://db.edcs.eu

License

This dataset is compiled from publicly available epigraphic data. Users should cite both this dataset and the original EDCS database when using this data in research or publications.