'''Index Astartes''' is a column in the ''[[White Dwarf]]'' magazine and , a series of books that collects collecting those columns, and a fictive document in the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' universe. The Index article series focuses on the [[Space Marines]], describing their background, genetics, and individual [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]]/and [[Chapter]]s, vehicles, etc. While most of the articles have been collected in the four books, there are a few other some can be found only in ''White Dwarf''. The fictive ''Index Astartes articles offered only on '' is a large book cataloguing the "names and honours" of the thousand Space Marines page at Marine Chapters ever since the [[Games WorkshopFirst Founding]] website – such . It is kept in the Great Librarium on Terra and is described as "the most honoured record in the [[Blood Ravens]] Index Astartes articleImperium".¹ 

[[Image:Index_Astartes_I_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of the ''Index Astartes'']] ''Index Astartes'' is the first of four collected volumes. The book starts, logically, with the articles that help one to understand what makes a Space Marine and what their life is like, as well as including articles on the first four (1st to 5th, to be precise, with the 2th Legion being lost) Space Marine Legions and other articles.

[[Image:Index_Astartes_II_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of the ''Index Astartes II'']] ''Index Astartes II'' picks up where the first volume ended, introducing the 6th to 9th Legiones Astartes, several three Chapters, and a few two other articles.

[[Image:Index_Astartes_III_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of the ''Index Astartes III'']]''Index Astartes III'' continues with the 10th to 15th Legions (with the 11th Legion missing, as there are no records according to canon) and two other articles that do not belong to the Index Astartes series.

[[Image:Index_Astartes_IV_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of the ''Index Astartes IV'']];===Contents===

*''Deep Strike'' - Space Marine [[Terminators]]Tactical Dreadnought Armour

<br>;Designers===Details===*'''Published:''' ?* '''Format:''' Paperback, ? pages* '''Authors<br>:''' ?*'''Illustrators<br>:''' ?* '''ISBN:''' 1-84154-580-5

===Other=References==* Index Astartes ISBN ^{1-84154-180-X*}: '''Wise, David & Priestley, Rick.''' "Index Astartes II ISBN 1-84154-345-4* Index Astartes III ISBN 1-84154-443-4* Index Astartes IV ISBN 1-84154-580: Ultra-5Marines." [[WD97|''White Dwarf'' 97]] Jan. 1988: 39–49. Print.