Welcome

Welcome to the Nihil Alienum platform for my books and research into the history of ideas and events. The north African playwright, Terence, who flourished in the second century before the Common Era, coined the famous expression, Ego homo: humani nil a me alienum puto ('I am a human and I regard nothing that is human to be outside of my interest'). In the context of the original play (Heauton Timoroumenos 77) these are the words of an old man who has a habit of sticking his nose into other people's business. I apply this expression to the unlimited range of topics pertaining to humans that I am prepared to explore in my historical novels. That is not to deny that there is an element of the original intent too :)

David Gormley-O'Brien