Mos maiorum (Mos maiorum)
Mos maiorum means the customs of the ancestors. Romans treated old ways of family, worship, and public life as a guide. The customs are many. They are not one new law.
Grades 7–8. Roman values.
How it connects
Ennius says the Roman state stands on those old customs and on its people.
A line to remember
Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque.
The Roman state stands on ancient customs and on its people.
Ennius, quoted by Cicero
Latin words that go with this card: pater, lex.