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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‘Betrayal and collaboration used to lead automatically to a death sentence. You should be grateful this is the 1980s.’
She refused to look at me and instead jabbed her spoon into the coffee cup, almost scraping the glaze off as she rattled it round the tiny amount of liquid at the […]
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Reading – Funerary relief, Museum of Roman Civilisation, Rome (Author photo)
The recent release of four Roma Nova audiobooks prompted me to look into ancient Roman oral storytelling traditions. Here’s what I found…
Storytelling in Roman societies covered stories (fabulae) from the classics through philosophy, politics, religion and travel to sheer entertainment. Professional […]
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