Many Uses of Olive Oil

Una Baylin

Description

This book is a 3D perspective on the glory of Ancient Rome which is seldom seen underneath the stories of gladiators, wars, marching armies and the might and power of the Caesars. It is a story about the need to bring order in a complex social matrix. In essence, a great social experiment where different cultures collided on a land mass and which produced a blueprint for some of the social and environmental infrastructures we enjoy today. The author wanted to share some of the trials, successes and failures of early Romans and how they coped with managing to raise their standards of living. The Rome of the period laid out in this book is indeed a whisper of a dream which, as we know, ripened to fruition and eventually withered. Some might say Imperial Rome became too big for its britches; the author says, it merely lost its purpose.

Sujets

• Histoire
• History of Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Date de parution: 31 mars 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528957182
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The Many Uses of Olive Oil
The Tale and Legacy of Remus and Romulus of Rome
Una Baylin
Austin Macauley Publishers
2020-03-31
The Many Uses of Olive Oil About the Author Dedication Copyright Information © Word Translations The Seven Kings of Ancient Rome Introduction 1. Of Oil and Sanctus Ignis 2. Of Oil and Officium 3. Of Oil and Atramentum Librarium Legibus 4. Of Oil and Opes 5. Of Oil and Livor 6. Of Oil and Cupiditas 7. Of Oil and Socialem Ordinem 8. Of Oil and Caries 9. Of Oil and Parricidium 10. Of Oil and Interitus Ultima Verba
About the Author
The author is a university graduate from UK in a clinical specialism in which she currently works. Anthropology is a hobby and second love. She likes toying with making impossible ideas plausible. She has lived in a few countries and is well travelled and has even spent a part of her life in Holy Orders. There are many stories she has collected and is waiting to tell them.
Dedication
For those who have gone before and whose genes I’ve
inherited.
Copyright Information ©
Una Baylin (2020)
The right of Una Baylin to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
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Word Translations Greek English Αθήνα (Athí̱na) Athens Λόφο πρώτη Aves (Lófo Proto Aves) Aventine Hill Λόφο του Καπιτωλίου (Lófo tou Kapito̱líou) Capitoline Hill Παλατίνο λόφο (Palitino Lófo) Palatine Hill Quirinal λόφο (Quirinal lófo) Quirinal Hill λόφο του Juno (lófo tou Uni) The Janiculum Καίλιος Λόφος (Kaílios Lófos ) Caelian Hill Άλμπα(Álmpa) Alba Longa πεδίο του Άρη (Pedío tou Ári) Field of Mars Ρωμύλος (Ro̱mýlos) Romulus δρομαίους (Dromaíous) Remus Ετρουσκική (Etrouskikí̱) Etruscan Σαβίνοι (Savínoi) Sabine
ναό του Δία υπέρτατη (Naó tou Día
ypértati̱) Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Ρώμη (Rómi) Rome Álmpa Italy Κύμη (Kými̱) Cumae Σικελία (Sikelía) Sicily Ψίχα (Psícha,Pithecusa) Ischia Νεάπολις, (Neápolis) Naples Aígyptos Egypt Μεταφορικά (Metaforiká) Carthage Δωρικός (Do̱rikas) Doris Εστία (Estia) Vesta Θάλασσα (thálassa) Sea άλογα (áloga) Horses
The Seven Kings of Ancient Rome RULING YEARS KING 753–717 BC Romulus (Ro̱mýlos) 716–673 BC Numa 673–642 BC Tullus Hostillius 640–616 BC Ancus Marcius 616–579 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus 578–535 BC Servius Tullius 535–509 BC Tarquinius Superbus


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“And she of Zeus, the lightening-bearer, gave birth to two sons, one was Magnes and the other Macedon, who loved horses, these two who lived in the region of Pieria and Olympus…”
Hesiod Theogony 7
Introduction
Before Rome became a republic mainland, Italy was called Alba Longa (Álmpa in Greek) and was inhabited by native tribes; Capeni, Faliscans, Sabines (Savínoi in this book), Albani, Latins (Latini in this book), Etruscans (Etrouskikí̱ in this book), then came Greek settlers first arriving from the city of Troy as they fled Athenian dominance. These first settlers conquered the Sabines. However, the most dominant tribe were the Eutruscans who were well organised both on land and at sea. Before Romans spoke Latin as the official language, they spoke native languages and Greek. This story outlines how and when Greek culture met native Italians which served to lay the foundations for the creation of a Roman Republic, which eventually led to the rise of Rome to superpower status.
To understand the events which took place from the 8 th to 4 th century BC, it is important to understand the psyche of human civilisation at that time. This was a period when ordinary citizens lived in the shadow of the gods and feared their wrath. The march of civilisation only progressed by divine decree.
The history books almost always try to equate the behaviours of people living on the Italian peninsula during this period with the behaviours of Republican Rome, with all of its grandeur and splendour, this is a mistake. People living in the BC period on the Italian peninsula had a different mind-set. Words such as the Roman Senate, patricians, republic and plebeian were applied to this period long after the period itself. The inhabitants during the 8 th to 4 th century BC were tribal in nature and suspicious of each other but not always warlike towards each other. There were extended periods of peace between tribes and they were generally good-natured and deeply religious. This began to change from the 8 th century BC onwards. To understand this story, put aside the concept of what you already know about the modern view of the Roman Empire.
This story describes the origins of Roman royalty and how, despite divine intervention, human ambition, deceit and treachery destroyed a royal family, but not their legacy.
1. Of Oil and Sanctus Ignis
The world that we live in is not as unknown as we believe. There are many things which shape our lives, come from places we have never seen and by people we have never met. Yet the blood and life of those unknown flow through us like an unforeseen stream of long water, flowing on till the end of time, if such a time is to come. As the dark of night chases the daylight away, I must now lift myself from this comfortable seat to pour the oil into the lamps, my heart heavy with despair. The darkness never truly recedes, it lingers just beyond reach for a short while then returns without bidding to claim its victories.
This age-old rite of filling the lamps before the dying hours of daylight, ‘Why do it at all,’ I say to myself. My enemies are gathering and they may come for me, this very night or sometime soon. I expect they will show me no mercy, as I have shown them none.
We are the last of the House of Juno and Jupiter but I am the eldest of three women remaining, high priestess in the temple of Jupiter, here on the edge of the known world. I have a brother whose allegiance lies elsewhere. My two remaining cousins live in the distant lands of my father’s line which lay to the east. I, being half-native of this land and half-native of those distant lands, am very much alone in my knowledge and solitude of things in the past and when I look into the sacred flame, my future is in mist through which I cannot see. I have been told that such a vision means the choosing of the path of life is mine but I believe otherwise. I believe the purpose must be fulfilled regardless of the price to be paid. It is more grave that my family line continues for an unforeseeable time to come.
As the oil I now pour eases out of the vessel in my left hand and gently streams its way into the lamp, I recall how this delicate liquid came to hold such importance in daily life.
It is told by elders and story tellers that when great father Zeus spoke to his daughter Nineveh Athena, known to us now by the name Minerva, and asked of her, “My daughter, what would you give to humankind to help progress the development of a better way of living. I have spoken to your older sister Nineveh to gain her view of the progress of mankind apart from what has been done so far. She says you are their best hope to take everything humankind has learnt so far and make better on it. She says that some wild tribes have made good progress whilst others make none at all. I have given dominion over all other creatures to mankind to see what they can make of themselves but I am tired and weary of seeing suffering and fighting amongst some of them.”
Blessed Athena replied, “My father, it is my understanding that those tribes which are placed far from the wiser tribes progress slow in making a better way of life. Their struggle is difficult as they battle with the cruelty of the physical world they live in. They lack the skills and wisdom to progress themselves.”
And great father Zeus replied, “I wish to see how far the progress of man can go and what they will do with this freedom of life I have given them.”
In reply, Athena held a small plant in her hand and raised it to her father, “I show you this plant which I have created, it will live amongst them and grow to tree that, when is full grown and brought to bear fruit, the plant and its fruit will have many uses. I foresee that tree can be used to fuel fires to keep humans warm on cold nights, they can also use it to make simple things to ease their daily life. The leaves of the tree and its bark can be used to make compounds to ease sickness and the fruit can be eaten to ease hunger.”
“Truly, my daughter,” replied Zeus, “When humankind was created, I brought together all of the wisdom and features from the heart of my very being and bade them to create life themselves and give order to it. I gave them freedom to rule and dominion over all of creation, but I fear that, left to their own will, they forget their purpose. I wish to steer them in the right direction. Even more, my heart grieves to see them suffer so in trying to live in the mortal world. When life becomes mortal and physical something happens during the change and mortal life no longer remember