The following texts have been made available via the WWW for students of Ancient History at the University of Calgary. They are divided into groups relevant to the different ancient history courses offered by the Department of Greek, Latin and Ancient History. In general, the texts are either complete or represent large sections of sources, with internal links between different portions in the documents themselves; if segments of the document are assigned in different weeks of the teaching term, this will be noted in the schedule of classes for that course. The links to courses represent the home pages for these courses and will only be active when the course is offered; the texts, however (server space permitting), will always be available. The translations, except where otherwise noted, are available in public electronic text archives; a few that are in some way restricted have been placed on another server available only at the University of Calgary (including dial-in access).

J. Vanderspoel, Department of Greek, Latin and Ancient History, University of Calgary

Avant l'invention de la monnaie, l'homme pratiquait le troc. Il échangeait le produit de ses chasses, de ses cueillettes et de ses récoltes contre des marchandises : coquillages, haches, bijoux.

La monnaie a été inventée vers 650 avant JC en Lydie (Turquie). Le roi Crésus crée un système de pièces semblables. Vers 330 avant JC, les peuples gaulois imitent les Grecs en frappant le statère d'or, le drachme, le denier, l'obole d'argent et des bronzes. Les pièces coulées sont des potins.