Magdalensberg general view
Dateline 27 May 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia Going on a proper holiday for the first time since the Covid 19 pandemic is exhilarating. This city is beautiful, redolent of Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern, Baroque, Austro-Hungarian, Jugendstil/Art Nouveau history with remnants of Communist architecture, plus pure 21st century.
Emona (Roman precursor […]
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Blacksmith tombstone, York Museum Trust (Author photo)
When looking at Julia’s home town of Virunum in an earlier post, I sketched lightly over Roman involvement. Never a good idea… Seriously, it was a long relationship lasting from the 2nd century BC through to the 5th century AD.
Dealing with Rome
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Detail from 2nd century sarcophagus© Trustees of the British Museum
Our heroine Julia Bacausa’s problem in JULIA PRIMA is that she is caught between Roman law and Christian dogma; divorced legally under the first, but bound to her unpleasant (ex-) husband under the second.
The late Roman family inherited […]
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