Thank you, 'Romans' Ruth Downie and Russell Whitfield

I love being a Roman writer and being seen as one. Imagine how delighted I was to be included in a list that my writing friend Ben Kane gave to a reader seeking Roman fiction authors. Last year at the Historical Novel Society conference, I had the privilege of taking part in a workshop with […]

April 27th, 2015 | Tags: , , , | Category: AURELIA, Authors, Guests, Other people's websites/blogs, Pre-launch snippets, Roman life | Comments are closed

Roman forearm handshake - true gesture or Hollywood codswallop?

Welcome to the home of the Roma Nova thrillers. Please look around while you are here.

When two people meet formally for the first time, it’s customary to shake hands. Similarly, it’s something you do on parting, offering congratulations, expressing gratitude, or completing an agreement. In sports or other competitive activities, it’s also done as […]

April 22nd, 2015 | Tags: , , | Category: Alternate history, Provocations, Research, Roman life, Roman military, Roman traditions, Women warriors | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

Governing Britain the Roman way

Ever since Julius Caesar had a pop at the northern isles in 55/54BC as part of his Gallic Wars campaign (and didn’t get very far), Britain has been difficult to govern. Whether wars of succession or civil wars, barons or peasants v. kings, Saxons v. post-Romans, constitutional government v. chartists, Fenians, suffragists, unions or agitators, […]

April 6th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Insights, Roman life, Roman military, Roman traditions, Romans | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
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