Silent Sunday – Porticus Octaviae, Rome

 

Alison Morton is the author of Roma Nova thrillers – INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS, SUCCESSIO, AURELIA, INSURRECTIO and RETALIO. CARINA, a novella, and ROMA NOVA EXTRA, a collection of short stories, are now available. Audiobooks are available for four of the series. NEXUS, an Aurelia Mitela novella, will be out on 12 September 2019.

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June 16th, 2019 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Photos, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans, Women's history | Leave a comment

A tale of another Aurelia – the mother of Julius Caesar

(Possibly) Aurelia Cotta, unattributed

Many of you will be familiar with Aurelia Mitela, the elder stateswoman of INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS and SUCCESSIO and the heroine in her own trilogy set in her younger days – AURELIA, INSURRECTIO and RETALIO. Although an honourable name in Roma Nova, it was one with a long history in […]

May 29th, 2018 | Tags: , , , | Category: AURELIA, Research, Roman life, Romans, Women's history | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Sex and marriage in Roma Nova

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 […]

July 4th, 2017 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Alternate history, Alternative history, AURELIA, INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS, RETALIO, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans, Women warriors, Women's history | Comments are closed
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