Virunum – Julia's home town

Julia Bacausa’s home city of Virunum, or more formally, Municipium Claudium Virunum, was founded under Emperor Claudius (AD 41–54) as the capital of the province of Noricum which covered more or less today’s Austria and northern Slovenia. It’s gone, but there are some fascinating ruins you can visit today.

Virunum lay […]

August 15th, 2022 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: History, JULIA PRIMA, Pre-launch snippets, Research, Roman life, Romans, Settings | Leave a comment

Roma Nova trip was cancelled but now rebooked!

View from the Magdelensberg

(This post dates originally from 2020 – rinsed and repeated for 2021 and 2022, but the good news is that I AM going there in May/June 2023!)

At last! I was going to Roma Nova for my holiday in June; from 8-23 June 2020 to be precise.

Okay, I […]

May 8th, 2020 | Tags: , , , | Category: Alternative history, Interruptions, Photos, Research, Roma Nova, Romans, Travel | 3 comments