I have received several messages on my Facebook page (@ThierryBontouxNovel) arguing about the status of married women in ancient Rome. It is true that in my two books (The riddle of a Murdered Slave and Massilia (Soon to be published) …
Author: Thierry Bontoux
The cost of living in Rome during the First Century A.D.
What was the Standard of Living of Roman in the first century AD? This article answers this question quickly and concisely.
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About Rome
The Roman world has often been idealized and compared to ours. However, this could not be more wrong. Its moral and social values were utterly different, as I tried to show in this book. Far from me the idea to …
The Riddle of a Murdered Slave
I have finally received the proofread and edited copy of my first novel to be published in English. This is the translation of the first of a series that depict the investigations of Lucius Apex in 69 A.D. “The Riddle …
Wages around the beginning of the first century A.D.
ere are some examples of wages in effect around Nero's reign. I assumed in my book "The Marcus Antonius Primus Conspiracy" that it hadn't changed much a few years later.
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