The pileus (Ancient Greek: πῖλος, pîlos; also pilleus or pilleum in Latin) was a brimless, felt cap worn in Ancient Greece and surrounding regions, later also introduced in Ancient Rome. In the 5th century BC, a bronze version began to appear in Ancient Greece, and it became a popular infantry helmet. It occasionally had a horsehair crest.

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In Ancient Rome, a slave was freed in a ceremony in which a praetor touched the slave with a rod called a vindicta and pronounced him to be free. The slave's head was shaved, and a pileus was placed upon it. Both the vindicta and the cap were considered symbols of Libertas, the goddess representing liberty. Hence the phrase servos ad pileum vocare is a summons to liberty, by which slaves were frequently called upon to take up arms with a promise of liberty. Later, a distinctive type of round, brimless hat known as the Pannonian cap (pileus pannonicus) was worn as part of a Roman soldier's costume.

 

The term "wealth management" occurs at least as early as 1933. It came into more general use in the elite retail (or "Private Client") divisions to distinguish those divisions' services from mass-market offerings. Family offices that had formerly served just one family opened their doors to other families, and the term Multi-family office was coined. Increasingly, the industry recognized wealth management was more than an investment advisory discipline, using the term "financial life management".

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As it is the case for any honest and valuable life advise, independence is paramount. Independence means “free from outside control”.

 

Sound Wealth Management requires Freedom, the same freedom Odysseus embrace to resist internal and external temptations through his long journey, the same freedom romans fought for, against Julius Caesar’s tyranny attempt.