Unwritten codes of behaviour, maintaining standards, behaving ‘properly’ are as old as the hills, at least as old as the Seven Hills of Rome.
The mos maiorum, loosely translated as ‘ancestral custom’ was the unwritten code of ancient Rome. It included time-honoured principles, behavioural models and social practices that affected every aspect of life in […]
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The most fearsome reviewers of your book are readers.
They are the ones who shell out their money and, more importantly, devote their precious reading hours to consuming your writing. And if they like your offering and give it a review, they have connected with and appreciated the random thoughts and wierdnesses that inhabit […]
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Author photo, Venus and Mars, House of Mars And Venus, Pompeii, Naples Museum
Well, yes to sex – they are Romans – but not so much marriage, more informal family arrangements.
Marriage in the majority of cultures has meant one man and one woman, with the woman leaving her father’s family and joining […]
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