The DataCons Project: An Open-Access Archive of Late Roman Consular Dates

The DataCons Project offers an open-access dataset of late Roman consular dating formulae from CE 284 to 541. Aimed at aggregating consular materials discovered globally, presently it contains over 4,800 documents penned in three distinct scripts, originating from ten regions of the late Roman world and categorised by material type and textual content.
With its roots in prominent scholarly references, every entry undergoes rigorous verification, including palaeographical assessments and exact transcription of dating formulae. Distinct columns highlight potential dating, the author's selected date, and further specificity, ensuring the dataset's precision. Its evolution promises broader temporal coverage, and its structure facilitates ease of use and extensive potential for interdisciplinary research.
The current version of the dataset (2.0.0) presents the Latin and Greek documentation dated CE 476 to 526, exclusively comprising papyri and inscriptions. It is anticipated that there will be periodic updates and an upcoming release of an online database titled DataCons: The Digital Database of Late Roman Consular Dates. This will enhance and support research utilising the DataCons dataset.

DataCons项目（DataCons Project）提供了一套开放获取的数据集，收录公元284年至541年的晚期罗马执政官纪年公式。本项目旨在汇总全球发现的执政官相关史料，目前已包含逾4800份文献，这些文献以三种不同书写体系撰写，源自晚期罗马世界的十个地区，并按史料载体类型与文本内容完成分类。
该数据集依托权威学术参考文献构建，每一条目均经过严格核验，涵盖古文字学评估与纪年公式的精准转录。数据集设置专属字段，分别展示推定纪年、研究者选定的纪年以及补充细节，以此保障数据集的精准性。该数据集后续将拓展时间覆盖范围，其架构设计兼顾易用性与跨学科研究的广阔应用潜力。
当前数据集版本（2.0.0）收录公元476年至526年的拉丁文与希腊文史料，仅包含纸莎草文献与铭文两类载体。团队预计将定期更新该数据集，并即将推出名为《DataCons：晚期罗马执政官纪年数字数据库》的在线数据库，以强化并支撑基于DataCons数据集的相关研究。