Definition of MAIORUM. Meaning of MAIORUM. Synonyms of MAIORUM

- The mos maiorum (classical Latin: [ˈmoːs majˈjoːrʊ̃]; "ancestral custom" or "way of the ancestors"; pl.: mores, cf. English "mores"; maiorum is the genitive...
- cremations, and burials. They were part of time-hallowed tradition (Latin: mos maiorum), the unwritten code from which Romans derived their social norms. Elite...
- Julius Caesar and a famously stalwart champion of Roman traditionalism (mos maiorum). The Letters are considered a seminal work in the tradition of the Commonwealth...
- "civil law"). This consisted of Mos Maiorum (Latin for "way of the ancestors") and Leges (Latin for "laws"). Mos Maiorum was a set of rules of conduct based...
- to embellish his re****tion as "the foremost representative of the mos maiorum". He and his sister Porcia were orphaned, probably before Cato was four...
- Divorce was socially acceptable if carried out within social norms (mos maiorum). By the time of Cicero and Julius Caesar, divorce was relatively common...
- wax to preserve the features of deceased family members (the imagines maiorum). The wax masks were subsequently reproduced in more durable stone. The...
- been replaced or supplemented by sculptures. Possession of such imagines maiorum ("portraits of the ancestors") was a requirement for belonging to the Equestrian...
- moral and practical. Stories were meant to instil Roman values (mores maiorum). Parents were expected to act as role models, and working parents p****ed...
- directly with the gods. This archaic religion was the foundation of the mos maiorum, "the way of the ancestors" or simply "tradition", viewed as central to...