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The old clichéd saying that ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ is true, but so was its ‘decline and fall’ equally slow. Going from its traditionally accepted date of foundation the Roman Empire in the West of 753 BC, it lasted 1229 years in the West until the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476 AD. […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 8th, 2017 | Tags: maps, Roman Empire, Roman roads, Romans, Rome, street plans, Trajan | Category: Latin, Research, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman military, Roman traditions, Travel | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Lindsey Davis with Alison at the 2014 Historical Novel Society Conference I was lurking in Waterstone’s Tunbridge Wells one day in the mid 1990s. (It had an apostrophe in the name then so I’ve left it in for authenticity.) My favourite genres were historical fiction, sci-fi, thrillers and crime. Wandering round the tables […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!September 13th, 2017 | Tags: Books, Crime, Falco, Historical Novel Society, Lindsey Davis, Roman fiction, Rome | Category: Authors, Books, Roman life, Romans | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) 
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 […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!August 21st, 2017 | Tags: ancestral customs, Ancient Rome, Books, historical, Research, Roman culture, Romans, Rome | Category: EXSILIUM, History, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans | 5 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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