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Janus – Roman God of Time and Transitions

by Ed Whelan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom We all know January is the first month of the year. Many may even know the month is named after the Roman god Janus. Yet what do we know about this mysterious, two-headed figure? Janus was the god of entrances, thresholds, and transition. Yet unlike many other Roman

Date and Time in Ancient Rome

Written by Visnja Bojovic, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Time. It’s an abstract concept, but it frames our life possibly more than anything else. We cannot touch time, we cannot feel it or see it, but we know for sure that, as the years pass, we will have (more) grey hair and a lot more stories