Giselle Aguiar+ | July 14, 2009
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Ancient RomeThey are the current symbol of government, banking and finance, but did you know that there are 3 distinct styles of columns? The earliest and simplest of the columns are the Doric. They lack any decoration. Next are the Ionic columns, more slender than [...]
Category: Ancient Rome, Architecture, history, Italy, Roman Empire |
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Tags: Ancient Rome, Architecture, Corinthian, doric, ionic, Italy, roman architecture, roman columns, Roman Empire
Giselle Aguiar+ | July 3, 2009
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Ancient RomeI needed a villa in Pompeii to be the “Metellus” family vineyards and after some research, I found the “Villa de la Misteria” Click here to view it on Bing Maps It’s located northwest of Pompeii, just outside the city walls, in the foothills [...]
Category: Ancient Rome, history, Italy, Novel, Pompeii, Roman Empire, Vesuvius |
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Tags: Ancient Rome, Bacchus, Dionysus, Italy, novel, novel inspirations, paganism, Pompeii, Roman Empire, Roman mythology, Vesuvius, Villa of the mysteries
Giselle Aguiar+ | June 6, 2009
Ever wonder who started all these wedding traditions that most brides and grooms go through? And for what? What does it mean? It’s good luck. Yeah, if they only knew that it all started in pagan Greece and Rome.
Category: Ancient Rome, Italy, Novel, Roman Empire, Weddings |
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Tags: Ancient Rome, ancient traditions, bridal traditions, brides, Greco-Roman, Greece, Greek, history of wedding traditions, Italy, marriage ceremonies, myths, novel inspirations, Roman, Roman Empire, Roman mythology, traditional wedding, traditions, wedding ceremonies, wedding rings, wedding traditions, Weddings
Giselle Aguiar+ | May 28, 2009
What did Vesuvius look like before it erupted in 79 AD?
Category: Ancient Rome, history, Italy, Roman Empire, Vesuvius |
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Tags: Ancient Rome, creative inspiration, eruptions, Italy, natural disasters, novel inspirations, Pompeii, Roman Empire, travel, Vesuvius, Volcanos
Giselle Aguiar+ | May 20, 2009
I didn’t study history in college. I’m not a teacher or professor. Why am I such a history buff?
Category: history, Italy, Writing |
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Tags: history, Italy
Giselle Aguiar+ | May 19, 2009
This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series Writing Christian Historical FictionI’m a naturally curious person. I read something and start asking questions. My stories stem from the possible answers to those questions. In the book of Acts, after the Apostle Paul’s shipwreck he arrives in Italy: After three months we put out [...]
Category: Early Christian Church, history, Italy, Novel, Roman Empire |
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Bible, Christian church, creative inspiration, Early Christian Church, history, Italy, St. Paul
Giselle Aguiar+ | May 14, 2009
Topics that will be covered: Early Christian Church and Roman Empire.
Category: Early Christian Church, history, Italy, Novel, Publishing |
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Tags: Ancient Rome, Christian church, Christian fiction, Christianity, Early Christian Church, fund raiser, historical fiction, new writer, novel, Roman Empire, Streetlight Phoenix
