- 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...
- 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...
-
Carthage a
basilica was
erected over the tomb of the martyrs, the
Basilica Maiorum,
where an
ancient inscription bearing the
names of
Perpetua and Felicitas...
-
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...
- "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...
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Divorce was
socially acceptable if
carried out
within social norms (mos
maiorum). By the time of
Cicero and
Julius Caesar,
divorce was
relatively common...
-
demonstrations of the individual's
adherence to
moral expectations (mos
maiorum) or
failures to do so. Rape of the
Sabine women,
explaining the importance...
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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...
