How to look like a Roma Novan Praetorian

Egged on (albeit genteely) by fellow authors going to the 2019 Eboracum Roman Festival, I decided to try and put together the kind of uniform worn by Carina and Aurelia during their service in the Praetorian Guard Special Forces in Roma Nova. Others were wearing Roman dress of the period of their books so for […]

June 20th, 2019 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Alternate history, Alternative history, AURELIA, Characters, Research, Roma Nova, Roman military, Women warriors | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Our friends(?) the Praetorians

Inventing a military unit like the 21st century Praetorian Guard Special Forces in my Roma Nova books was an interesting challenge!

I chose to use the old Roman name because, although later corrupt and power broking, they were the courageous, battle-hardened elite who guarded the Ancient Roman emperor’s life with theirs. And service to the […]

January 8th, 2018 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Alternate history, Alternative history, Latin, Research, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman military, Roman traditions, Women warriors | Comments are closed