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Homo sapiens consulting a vademecum Latin isn’t dead; it’s everywhere, perhaps more than we realise – alibi, agenda, consensus, versus, homo sapiens, veto, alias, via, affidavit, vademecum, an item carried around, especially a handbook, and those indispensables i.e. (id est) ‘that is’, and etc. (et cetera) ‘and the rest’. Maths lovers and problem […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 6th, 2016 | Tags: English language, Latin sayings, lingua latina, Romans | Category: Insights, Latin, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans | 15 comments - (Comments are closed) 
I’m often asked this when I do interviews, talks or simply chatting to readers, but I don’t think I’ve ever put it all in one place on this my own blog. Well, three things! Ampurias mosaic The first was when I was on holiday in north-east Spain one summer. Here’s the story… A […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!October 11th, 2015 | Tags: Ancient Rome, historical, inspirations, mosaics, Robert Harris, Roma Nova, Romans | Category: Alternate history, History, INCEPTIO, Insights, Roma Nova, Roman life, Romans, Travel, Women's history | 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Historical fiction is a broad church; a re-telling real events, quasi-biographical fiction, romantic, adventure, fantastical and detective stories, tales from the cave to the 1960s and set in every country and social situation you can imagine. And within that mix are counter-factual, alternative history stories, the ‘what ifs’ which project a possible different timeline from […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!September 16th, 2015 | Tags: alternate history, Characters, historical, historical fiction, Rome | Category: Alternate history, Alternative history, History, INCEPTIO, Insights, Latin, Research, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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