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The MySQL version and website was built by <strong>Cliff Beeckman</strong>, <strong>Pieterjan De Potter</strong>, and <strong>Hans Blomme</strong> of the Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities.</p> <p><strong>Acknowledgments </strong>are due to:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Pleiades.org</strong></a>, from where the CSV files with geographic information were downloaded. (Erroneous co-ordinates were corrected where necessary. Places not in the Pleiades CSV files were added.)</li> <li><strong><a href="http://awmc.unc.edu" target="_blank">Ancient World Mapping Centre</a>, </strong>which provided us with the basemap and shapefiles of provincial boundaries, roads and rivers. (here too: the shapefiles were corrected where necessary).</li> </ul> <p>The copyright status of this resource is CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 International <img alt="Creative Commons-Licentie" src="data:image/png;base64,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" /></p> <p>More information regarding the aims and the contents of the database is available on the <a href="https://www.gdrg.ugent.be/pages/about">About</a> section of this site.</p> <p><u><strong>Version history</strong></u></p> <ul> <li><strong>v 1.0: 2019, April</strong>: launch of the website; contains information only on the <em>tria collegia principalia</em>, the <em>fabri, </em>the <em>centonarii</em>, and the <em>dendrophori</em>. <strong>Person records</strong> are largely limited to the <em>fabri</em>. <strong>Place records</strong> (non searchable) are still largely empty. The quality-level is to be considered as 'aspiring-beta'. Technical errors should be minimal, but <u>content quality control is still ongoing</u>. </li> <li><strong>v1.1: 2020, April</strong>: error in the date filters has been resolved. A permalink (URI) is added to the records. Translation are still being added. The <em>fabri </em>have all been finished.</li> </ul> </article> </div> </div> <footer class="page-footer fluid-container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="bg-primary padding-20"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4 pbottom-small branding-container footer_title faculty"> <h2> <a href="https://www.ugent.be/lw/en"> <img class="svg" alt="Logo Faculty of Arts and Philosophy" src="/build/static/images/logo_lw_en.svg" /> </a> </h2> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8"> <ul class="list-inline list-unstyled pull-right"> <li> <a href="mailto:gdrg@ugent.be">Feedback</a> </li> <li> © 2025 Ghent University </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script type="text/javascript" src="/build/main.63267dfd.js"></script> </body> </html>