International Women’s Day and the Roma Nova way

Golden statue of winged Victory

International Women’s Day is a moment to celebrate women’s achievements, recognise the struggles that shaped them and look ahead to the work still to be done.

Across the world, some women have stepped into leadership, challenged expectations and reshaped societies.

Stories remain one of the most powerful ways to explore what courage, resilience and ambition […]

When an amoral populist takes power

Man's face and covers of INSURRECTIO and RETALIO

Caius Tellus

The morning after the power grab by Caius Tellus on the night of fires in INSURRECTIO, people woke to find the proclamation below. The new regime had pinned it on noticeboards, on the doors of public buildings and in the forum in Roma Nova city.

By order of First Consul Caius […]

Speaking Latin in Roma Nova

Salvete!

Fear not, I’m not going to write this post all in Latin, but I thought I’d make a glossary of words used in the Roma Nova novels. Some are Latin, some derived from Roman customs or functions.

You’ll only find them sprinkled here and there in the books, something novelists do to add […]