The Roman Trees Database
I began work on the Roman Trees Database in 2014, at the start of my PhD, and first published it online in 2018, shortly before my PhD was submitted. It collects and catalogues all instances in Latin literature of a particular species term, when applied to trees.
To date, the Roman Trees Database has catalogued almost 2000 references to 45 different species terms, and is beginning to demonstrate just how prevalent trees, and arboreal knowledge, was in ancient Rome. Each reference in the database comes with at least one topic, assigned by myself, and my brief notes on the entry.
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The database itself can be searched by author, topic, text, and tree type (using both Latin and English terms). It is currently freely available, and I intend to maintain it as an open access resource as I expand it over time. It is an ongoing task - there are thousands of terms for trees in Latin, and the more generic terms such as arbor and lucus, for tree or grove respectively. Please feel free to browse the most up to date online version by following the link below: