Subject: [Nova-Roma] Get-together in LA area?
From: "Gallant Katheryn"
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 17:12:54 -0700
Salvete omnes,

I am cross-posting this message to the main list and the California Provincia list.

I joined Nova Roma after the last get-together in San Gabriel in May. Would it be OK with you if there were another get-together (a lunch or dinner?) of the Nova Romans in greater Angelopolis this summer, perhaps in late July or August?

On a related note, how many Nova Romans of Provincia California are affiliated with UCLA (students, faculty, staff)? I am a grad student at UCLA and would like to know who are the Nova Roman Bruins out there :-)

Have a happy, peaceful -- and safe! -- 4th of July!
---
Bene Valete in Pace Deo!

Eudocia Bianchia Catilina
Angelopolitana
Civis Provinciæ Novaromanæ Californiæ




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Subject: [Nova-Roma] Changing Gens
From: "Greg Guy" <warhammerpriest@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 20:23:08 -0400
Ave,

I am wondering if anyone has any knowledge of what one would have to do to
change Gens?

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Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Changing Gens
From: "pompeia_cornelia" <trog99@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 01:05:10 -0000
--- In Nova-Roma@y..., "Greg Guy" <warhammerpriest@h...> wrote:
> Ave,
>
> I am wondering if anyone has any knowledge of what one would have
to do to
> change Gens?

Salve:

Please contact the Censors@novaroma.org

Perhaps you could enlighten them a bit about the situation, and they
could advise you further.

Bene vale,
Pompeia Cornelia
Praetor
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Subject: [Nova-Roma] Venationes - last oppotunity!!!!
From: "mcserapio" <mcserapio@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 07:18:10 -0000
AVETE QVIRITES

This is your last opportunity!!!
Only other 8 people will still have the opportunity of buying a
Venator who will fight during the Venationes of next Ludi Apollinares
(august 6th-13th).
Should we think that you are afraid of several little animals?

Buy a fighter in the Forum Boarium! He will cover your name with
glory defeating lions, tigers, bulls, rhinoceroses and other beasts!
If you join the Venationes Programme you will be considered as
possessing 10,000 Sestertii. Use them to buy the strongest Venator on
sale and to make him/her train in the right Ludus!

Visit the website of the Ludi Apollinares and enter the Venationes
section at:
http://www.geocities.com/mcserapio/aediliscicatrix

If you want the glory, you have to conquer it!!!

Today is the last day!

DII VOS BENE AMENT
MANIVS-CONSTANTINVS-SERAPIO
Legatus Externis Rebus Provincia Italia
Dominus Praefectus - Sodalitas Egressus
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Gens Constantinia: http://www.geocities.com/mcserapio/constantinia-en


Subject: [Nova-Roma] sorry...
From: "mcserapio" <mcserapio@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 07:20:22 -0000
AVETE OMNES

Sorry, I wrote that Ludi Apollinares take place in august instead
of july: I apologize.
The Ludi Apollinares will start... tomorrow!

VALETE BENE
MANIVS-CONSTANTINVS-SERAPIO


Subject: [Nova-Roma] Apollonia Acta
From: Sextus Apollonius Scipio <scipio_apollonius@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 01:53:51 -0700 (PDT)
Salvete Omnes,

The archeological news for this week:

http://www.fr-novaroma.com/Archeology/

Valete,

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Propraetor Provinciae Galliae
Sodalitas Egressus, Acting Praefectus for France

Terrarum dea gentiumque, Roma
Cui par est nihil et nihil secundum.

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Subject: [Nova-Roma] corrected Edicta from Provincia Italia
From: "Franciscus Apulus Caesar" <sacro_barese_impero@libero.it>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 11:58:19 +0200
Franciscus Apulus Caesar Omnibus S.P.D.

I have founded several faults in the chronological numeration of my Edicta
Propraetoricium. I have sended the correct list to Illustrus Senator Marcus
Arminius Maior and updated the section TABVLARIVM in the website of
Provincia Italia http://italia.novaroma.org
This is the correct list of Edicta:

March 13, 2002: EDICTUM PROPRAETORICIUM I - REGULA PROVINCIAE ITALIAE
March 15, 2002: EDICTUM PROPRAETORICIUM II - MUTATIO DE REGULA PROVINCIAE
ITALIAE
March 15, 2002: EDICTUM PROPRAETORICIUM III - CONSILIUM PROPRAETORIS
PROVINCIAE ITALIAE
March 24, 2002: EDICTUM PROPRAETORICIUM IV - DESIGNATIO CONSILIO
PROPRAETORIS PROVINCIAE ITALIAE
May 7, 2002: EDICTVM PROPRAETORICIVM V - REFECTIO TEMPLI MAGNAE MATRIS
May 9, 2002: EDICTUM PROPRAETORICIUM VI - PACTA MARTIA
June 25, 2002: EDICTUM PROPRAETORICIUM VII - COMITIA PROVINCIAE ITALIAE DE
ELECTIONE SYMBOLORVM PROVINCIAE

Valete
Franciscus Apulus Caesar
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Propraetor Provinciae Italiae
Quaestor Aedilis C. Fabius Quintilianus
Scriba Curatoris Araneum
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Provincia Italia - http://italia.novaroma.org
Paterfamilias Gens Apula - www.gensapula.too.it
Cohors Aedilis C. Fabius Quintilianus -
http://italia.novaroma.org/cohorsaedilis
Web Nova Roman Experiments - http://lab.novaroma.org/wnre


Subject: [Nova-Roma] VENATIONES CALENDAR
From: "mcserapio" <mcserapio@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 11:21:22 -0000
AVETE QVIRITES

Tomorrow the Ludi Apollinares will start, and so the first
Venationes of Nova Roma too!
Here is the calendar of the Venationes:

6th july: publication of the combats calendar (venatores-animals-day
of the combats)
7th july: 3 combats
8th july: 2 combats
9th july: 2 combats
10th july: 2 combats
11th july: 2 combats
12th july: 2 combats
13th july: all other combats and prize-giving

All the narrations of the combats will be magisterially written by
Praetrix Pompeia Cornelia Strabo.

If you want, 5 of you can still join the Venationes: be quick!!!

http://www.geocities.com/mcserapio/aediliscicatrix.html

BENE VALETE
MANIVS-CONSTANTINVS-SERAPIO
***LVDI APOLLINARES***
http://www.geocities.com/mcserapio/aediliscicatrix.html
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http://italia.novaroma.org
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Gens Constantinia
http://www.geocities.com/mcserapio/constantinia-en.html


Subject: RE: [Nova-Roma] Measures
From: tiberius.ann@bluemail.ch
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:32:20 +0200
Salve,

I am not sure, but I believe, that 1000 steps are the equivalent of 1 mile.
The roman step was always made up of two steps, so it is actually a doublestep.
The first step being made by the left foot and the second by the right foot.

1000 such doublesteps = 1 mile = 1607 meters

1 doublestep = 1,6 meters

one step = 80 centimeters

When Caesar writes of steps, he almost always means the doublesteps!!!

mille passuum = 1 mile = 1000 doublesteps!!!!

Hope I could help, Tiberius Annaeus Otho



Subject: [Nova-Roma] New Roman E-cards
From: Sextus Apollonius Scipio <scipio_apollonius@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 06:27:14 -0700 (PDT)
Salvete,

I added some new E-cards. You can enjoy them at:

http://www.fr-novaroma.com/E_cards/

Valete

Sextus Apollonius Scipio

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Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: NR Civ2 Game Scenario
From: "gcassiusnerva" <gcassiusnerva@cs.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 07:52:43 -0000
Salvete,

The Nova Roma Civ 2 scenario should be ready sometime next week
since I am going for a weekend trip. To play it, you will need either
Civ 2 with the Fantastic Worlds add-on, OR Civ 2 Multiplayer Gold
Edition. It will not work with just the original Civ 2.

I'm uploading to the file library a screenshot of a small part of
the game map for the scenario. The screen shot is from the first test
version of the scenario, so the finished game will look somewhat
different, but pretty similar.

While I like the idea of historical scenarios, I chose deliberately
not to make this Nova Roma scenario too historically based.

One reason is that the game Civilization 2 does not really allow for
much historical accuracy. Only seven civilizations can play at a
time; one human player and six AI civs, or 7 people in multiplayer.
Sadly it is not possible to have many independent barbarian tribes.

Secondly, the diplomacy, while much better than the original
Civilization game, is too limited. You can't trade cities or
territory for example.

Third, it is a wholly city-based game. You can't have massive
population movements and village level societies like real life
barbarian tribes. Only the game Barbarians do that, but you can't
talk to or negotiate with them.

So since the game itself has these limitations, I opted instead to
make a semi-historical scenario. The game map is a modified Europe
map that comes with the game itself. The Roman Empire is at about
it's second largest extent, from Brittania to Syria. All of the
various Roman and Parthian cities are placed in the appropriate
locations {as well as they can be for a game map}. The "Barbarian
Union" are the Mongols re-named. {The real game Barbarians, those
annoying Red guys, are turned off and will not appear in this
scenario} The "Barbarian" cities are named for real Barbarian tribes,
even though there was no Barbarian Union in real life. And lastly,
the city of Rome is called Nova Roma in the game.

There were several Gens I could have picked as the default 'Roman
Factions', but I chose Cassia for Nova Roma just because Cassius is
the founder of NR. But any player can customize the game. You can
open the Cheat Menu and re-name all the leaders and the names of their
factions. So you could have a 'Fortunatas' runnion the 'Labeinian
Romans' if you like. Then, just save the new game as a scenario, and
that is all there is to it.

As for the Parthians being scientific, well...they have to be in this
scenario just so they can pose a threat, even at easier game levels.
Otherwise it is too easy to conquer them and that makes for a boring game!

Also, the science research rate has been slowed down to keep the game
"ancient" longer. When I tried it I was developing gunpowder and
musketeers way too quickly!

I am told that Civlization 3 is great. Maybe they will come out with
a scenario builder and we can produce some really good historical and
imaginiary scenarios for Nova Roma sometime.

G. Cassius Nerva




Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Measures
From: "quintuscassiuscalvus" <richmal@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 14:53:07 -0000
--- In Nova-Roma@y..., "Marcelus Arminius Faustus Mariliensis"
<mafmariliensis@h...> wrote:
> Salve,
>
> How many centimeters are a Roman military Step? In the Bello
Gallico all
> measures are in steps and I haven't found its conversion to SI.
>
>
> M. A. Faustus Mariliensis
>

Salve,

Hard to say, not sure the exact distance covered in a military step
(which was 2 paces left foot then right foot). When I was in my
macronation's military a marching pace was 30 inches. Based on that
I would hazard a guess that a Roman military step would not have
exceeded 60 inches (5ft) or aprox. 180 centimeters.

Hope this helps you somewhat.

Pax,

Quintus Cassius Calvus



Subject: [Nova-Roma] Call for Candidates
From: Marcus Octavius Germanicus <haase@konoko.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:09:25 -0500 (CDT)

Salvete Quirites,

Qualified candidates are needed to fill the following positions:

Rogator (election judge)

Curator Differium (newsletter editor-in-chief)

Candidates must have six months as a citizen and be at least 21 years old.
Curator Differium candidates should also have experience in writing,
page layout, and putting out a publication at regular intervals.

We will have an election later this month. If you are intersted in
either of these positions, please write to consuls@novaroma.org.

Valete,
M. Octavius Germanicus, Consul.

--
Marcus Octavius Germanicus
Consul of Nova Roma, MMDCCLV a.u.c.
Curator Araneum et Senator


Subject: [Nova-Roma] ATTN [Religio Romana]: ante diem III Nonas Quinctilias (July 5th)
From: "Antonio Grilo" <antonio.grilo@inov.pt>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 20:12:45 +0100
PONTIFEX ANTONIVS GRYLLVS GRAECVS OMNIBVS CIVIBVS SALVTEM

This is a dies nefastus publicus (NP), a day for special religious
observance on which no legal action can take place.

Today is the Poplifugia ("The Flight of the People"). The meaning of the
rite was already forgotten in the Republican period. It may celebrate the
flight of the people during the tempest that blew when Romulus ascended to
Heaven as Qvirinvs... Or it can remind of when the Fidenii attacked after
the Gauls sacked the city... Or it can mean a completely different thing.
Anyway, the rite may be linked to the Regifugium ('Flight of the King')
celebrated in February, and its observance may have consisted of some ritual
flight of the croud throughout the streets of Rome.

The month of Quinctilis was renamed Iulius in 44 BCE in honour of the
deified C. Iulius Caesar. This month is sacred to Iuppiter.


Di vos bene ament


Subject: [Nova-Roma] Results from the Comitia Populi
From: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix <alexious@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 14:37:05 -0700
Avete Omnes,

I have just been given the results from the Comitia Populi, and without
further delay here are the results:

Quaestor - 34 Tribes voting: (need 18)
Ianus Minicius Sparsus: 21 tribes
Gaius Geminius Germanus: 13 tribes

Congratulations to Ianus Minicius on your appointment!

Lex Cornelia Vedia de Ratione Comitiorum Populi Tributorum - 34 Tribes
voting: (need 18)
YES: 25 tribes
NO: 09 tribes

The Lex Cornelia Vedia de Ratione Comitiorum Populi Tributorum has
successfully been approved and is now law.

107 valid votes were cast in this election.

Thank you Rogators for your work and your timely results.

Respectfully,

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
Consul of Nova Roma



Subject: [Nova-Roma] new Quaestor
From: "mcserapio" <mcserapio@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 21:41:39 -0000
AVE IANE MINICI SPARSE

My congratulations on your appointment!!! I am sure that you will
do an excellent job as Quaestor assigned to Aedilis Plaebis Tiberius
Apollonius Cicatrix! :)

VALE BENE
MANIVS-CONSTANTINVS-SERAPIO





Subject: [Nova-Roma] Results from the Comitia Centuriata
From: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix <alexious@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 14:43:19 -0700
Avete Omnes,

I have just been given the results from the Rogators in regards to the
outcome of the Comitia Centuriata and without further delay here are the
results:

Lex Cornelia Octavia de Ratione Comitiorum Centuriatorum

Yes - 58 Centuries
No - 19 Centuries

The Lex Cornelia Octavia de Ratione Comitiorum Centuriatorum is
successfully approved and is now law.

A total of 114 vvalid votes were cast in this election.

Thank you Rogators for your work and your timely results.

Respectfully,

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
Consul of Nova Roma



Subject: [Nova-Roma] Help with name change
From: "autumnmoon9" <elzerwn@netscape.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 20:07:10 -0000
Salve,
This is a copy of the letter I have sent to the censors. I have
asked several times for help with this matter. Anyone out there have
any idea where the censors are? I have yet to hear a response back.
Should I just re-join anew?


Salve,
I have sent at least three messages asking for help with my name
change. My materfamilias has apparently left Nova Roma and the email
she has listed no longer works.
I am now the only member of my gens and wish to change my name and
form a new gens.
Please I need an answer.
My name is currently Caecilia Livia and I now wish to be known as
Majora Libria Livia.
Do the Censors no longer serve Nova Romans?
Does the Senate stand for nothing?

Valete,
Majora Libria Livia
aka Liz Erwin




Subject: RE: [Nova-Roma] Re: Changing Gens
From: "Christopher L. Wood" <xwood@usa.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 17:34:16 -0400
The traditional Roman way would have been to be adopted by a member of that
gens...
Would that work in Nova Roma?

Ti. Ambrosius Silvus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pompeia_cornelia [mailto:trog99@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 04 July, 2002 21:05
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Changing Gens
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@y..., "Greg Guy" <warhammerpriest@h...> wrote:
> > Ave,
> >
> > I am wondering if anyone has any knowledge of what one would have
> to do to



Subject: [Nova-Roma] Upcoming event in California Inferior
From: "Gallant Katheryn"
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 14:49:50 -0700
Eudocia Bianchia Catilina Omnibus S.P.D.

For those of you available in Provincia California Inferior (SoCal), especially those of Angelopolis (LA), there will be an opportunity to meet and eat with Nova Romans on Saturday, July 13, at 2 PM at:

Bella Italia Restaurant
7232 Rosemead Blvd. (just south of Huntington Blvd., near Trader Joe's)
San Gabriel, CA 91775
(626) 287-5674

We'll be chatting about Nova Roma, and Roma Antiqua. I'm sure there's some flexibility in the agenda for other divers topics as well. Our honored Consul, the very illustrious Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, will be in attendance. I hope all can make it. I look forward to meeting the other members of the Nova Roman community of greater Angelopolis and California Inferior!
---
Bene Vale in Pace Deo!

Eudocia Bianchia Catilina
Angelopolitana
Civis Provinciæ Novaromanæ Californiæ




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