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Lupercales, Andrea Camassei (1602-1649), Prado Museum Mid February, the time of roses and chocolate when romance is in the air… And isn’t it the quaint descendant of the old Roman festival of Lupercalia? Er, no. ‘Quaint’ is definitely not the word. In AD 495, Christian bishop of Rome, Gelasius, finally managed to […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 16th, 2015 | Tags: historical, Lupercalia, luperci, Romans, Rome, Romulus & Remus, valentine's day, wolf | Category: History, Research, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans, Women warriors | Comments are closed When I first picked up Robert Harris’ Fatherland in my local independent bookshop in 1992, I was fascinated by the concept of ‘what if Nazi Germany had won the war?’ What would have been the alternate path of history? Fatherland was intrinsically a political thriller. In 1992, the whole of Europe was attempting to realign […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 2nd, 2015 | Tags: Books, Fatherland, historical, Nazi Germany, Pompeii, Robert Harris, Romans, Writing skills, Xavier March | Category: Alternate history, Authors, Roma Nova, Romans | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Writing guest posts, emails and tweets about INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS, SUCCESSIO and AURELIA, I’ve been asked why I write the titles in capitals. Some bloggers and respondees have written the book names with title case, e.g. Inceptio, Perfiditas and I’ve gently pointed out that it’s not quite correct. So here’s the reason…I’m not SHOUTING, but following […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!March 31st, 2014 | Tags: Books, historical, Latin, Romans, Rome | Category: Books, INCEPTIO, Insights, Latin, PERFIDITAS, Research, Roma Nova, Roman life, Roman traditions, Romans, SUCCESSIO, Writing skills | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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