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Subject:	RE: [Nova-Roma] Gens
From:	"jlasalle" <jlasalle@sbcglobal.net>
Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:20:18 -0600

Ave

I made up my gens name "Basilicata" and it was graciously accepted by the
Censors. I am an Italian American and our "hometown" in Italy is a little
town called "Vaglio Basilicata" which is in the province, Basilicata, right
above Calabria. These sites have some pictures of it.

http://www.comunesofitaly.org/images/vaglio1.jpg

http://www.basilicatapress.com/host/laregionecommunication/canali/comune/com
une.htm

Its a great town. I showed up there about ten years ago, and when I tried to
explain who I was, they weren't real sure what to make of me. But once it
was understood, the whole town practically had a parade for me. The last
LaSalas to emigrate from there was about 1900-1915. Two Sevinos (or
Mazzachios?) were adopted by my great Uncle Louie in the 1950's, Rocco and
Maria. I remember my dad showing me pictures of when Rocco and Marie arrived
in America, and my relatives in Italy showed me pictures of them leaving.
TMI, but I thought it was cool. My trip was a sort of ambassadorship which
opened the way for Rocco and Marie to return and see their real father
before he died. Supposedly the Appian Way came through there on the way to
the port of Bari. maybe. I had the best time of my life there. I miss it. It
is my connection, as close as I can be, to ancient Rome. I believe
basilicata means beautiful basil. At the time, no tourists went there unless
they were on their way to somewhere else, but let me tell you something,
there were Greek and Roman ruins EVERYWHERE! We're talking colonial Greek
age towns. I went to one old roman temple and it was just in a field with a
bunch of locals around it collecting snails for cooking . No gates, no
admission fee, no signs saying "chiuso" on a Wednesday at 10 am. It was
Heaven.

So thats my name.

Gaius Basilicatus Agricola.
Scriba Curatoris Differum Lex Iuridicalis
Legate Major for Regio Campus
America Medioccidentalis Superior Province

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs
to our ancestors."
-Plutarch (46-120AD)

-----Original Message-----
From: Hedea Bianchia Dryantilla [mailto:hedeabianchia@unc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:06 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Gens

On the contrary - that was exactly what I was looking for: personal
reasons
for choosing one's name. In a society modeled after the ancients, I think
it appropriate (and neat - I'm a first-year history major, after all) for
people to take on the name of someone they admired historically. Plus,
some
of the answers have been a wonderfull refresher of not-so-recently studied
ancient history (the Gracchi brothers) :)

Dryantilla

> Anyway, not that you cared to know, that's just my response to things.
>
> Valete,
>
> Sp. Postumius L.f. A.n. Tubertus
>
> Retiarius, Scriba, Citizen, Accensus


Subject:	RE: [Nova-Roma] Laserpicium--Could it be related to modern asafoetida?
From:	"jlasalle" <jlasalle@sbcglobal.net>
Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2003 19:28:33 -0600

"Arms of Nemesis mention silphium given to one of his characters in the
novel for a head injury to cause forgetfulness."

Sounds like weed to me.

Thank you for the link!

Gaius Basilicatus Agricola
Scriba Curatoris Differum Lex Iuridicalis
Legate Major for Regio Campus
America Medioccidentalis Superior Province

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs
to our ancestors."
-Plutarch (46-120AD)

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From: biojournalism <biojournalism@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 6:00 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Laserpicium--Could it be related to modern
asafoetida?

Salve,

See the following Websites:
http://www.ucd.ie/~classics/96/Fisher96.html

Here is an excerpt from the site: You can probably find it by asking
your Middle Eastern or Indian grocery about asafoetida, the closest
thing to it today that's not extinct. There's a debate, though,
whether or not the modern asfoetida had any relationship to the
ancient Roman silphion, and whether silphion had any relationship to
laserpicium. I did the search with www.dogpile.com.

Here's an excerpt from the Web site: Quoted below:

"Pliny the Elder provides a long list of uses for the root of the
plant, laserpicium, or for the distilled juice, laser: they could be
used to add taste to food (its nearest modern equivalent appears to
be the asafoetida still widely used in Middle Eastern and Indian
cookery), or to treat inter alia sore windpipes, corns, wounds,
snake bites, scorpion stings, anal growths, chilblains, pleurisy,
alopecia and toothache (though Pliny doesn't advise this last
application, in a mixture of silphion and wax, since one who tried
it jumped off a cliff)."

"[5] Other medical and culinary sources confirm its varied uses. In
the kitchen, for example, it could be used as a spice to add to a
sauce for roast bird (Ar. Birds 534f., 1580ff.) or lamb (Athen.
147d), or cheese, as a sauce for a ray (Archestratus ap. Athen.
284d), and so on; equally wide culinary uses are found in Pseudo-
Apicius' cook-book.[6] Medically, it appears as an element in a
variety of treatments for pleurisy, pneumonia, dropsy and other
fevers in passages from the Hippocratic writers, and in comedy
usually as part of ointments to treat eye-diseases."

"[7] According to Pliny, the plant was so valued that large amounts
of public expenditure were lavished, in the late Republic, to ensure
its importation: he gives two instances, the importing of 30 pounds
at public expense in the consulships of G. Valerius and M. Herennius
(93 BC), and of 1500 lbs during Caesar's dictatorship, at the start
of the civil war (49 BC).[8] In fact, by Pliny's time the variety
grown in Cyrene, allegedly the most potent, was no longer available;
the rather peculiar reason alleged is that publicani would make
greater profit grazing their herds on the pasturage - perhaps
because as Theophrastus, (hist. plant.6.3.1-6) explains, the crop
was thought to be very beneficial to sheep, improving their health,
fattening them and improving the flavour (producing pré silphié
lamb, like the pré salé lamb fed on salty marshes in Normandy)".

"Moorhouse, however, followed by Commager and Ferguson, claimed the
plant was used to treat hysteric and neurotic conditions, while
Catullus confesses he is mad (l.10, vesanus); on this view the
reference ironically suggests that the poet needed treatment for his
condition, and this constitutes another dark and distancing element
in the poem.[11] It is hard to find, however, in the descriptions of
the plant's uses, any indication that it was thought to help
specifically in the treatment of mental disorders; and to suppose
even an ironic hint that in this poem Catullus recognises the need
for a cure for his 'madness' seems unhelpful. A new approach seems
needed, based more securely on what the drug was actually used for;
but reference either to a cooking-spice or an element in the
treatment of illness does not seem to add much point to the poem."

End quoted excerpt.

To find all the sources, use www.dogpile.com as your search engine
and type in Laserpicium. What comes up is a large number of Web
sites. Asafoetida is related to the extinct silphium. The only
problem is that silphium is rumored to be cannabis. Whether it is or
not, I don't know. In any case, as a fan of the novels of Steven
Saylor, his 1994 novel, Arms of Nemesis mention silphium given to
one of his characters in the novel for a head injury to cause
forgetfulness.

Vale,

Octavia


Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Happy 5th Birthday to all Nova Romans
From:	"Stephen Gallagher" <spqr753@msn.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:23:04 -0500

Salve Romans and Happy Birthday

to all Nova Romans on this the 5th Anniversary of the founding of the Nova Roma.
Congratulations to our Founding Fathers and Mothers
Good health and wise rule to our Honored Consuls and our other fine magistrates as we build in the next five years let us remember the words of Marcus Terentius Varro
"Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedifcavit urbes
Godlike nature gave us the fields, human skill built the cities
Let us continue to build Nova Roma and our new city
Vale
Tiberius Galerius Paulinus
Citizen Nova Roma

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Re: Gens
From:	"Diana Moravia Aventina" <diana@pandora.be>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:03:39 +0100

Salve dear Laureatus,

< And you know mater, although our name lacks historical
<flavour we can be grateful to be at the start of a new story; let's make
the
<best of it by adopting your fluffy bunny philosophy as our family official
<religion ;-)

Sounds good to me ! I'll change the entry on the Albium Gentium right now
:-)

Anyway, when I said that if I could do it again I would have chosen an
historical person's name I was thinking from a Religio point of view. In the
Religio, honoring one's ancestors is important. Buuuuut, my recent ancestors
have left a rather bad taste in my mouth and so it would be nice for me to
have 'adopted' ancestors that I could honor.

Vale,
Diana Moravia

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] You have a posty!
From:	scipio_apollonius@yahoo.com
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 06:54:14 -0500 (EST)

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Re-Focusing a bit...
From:	"William Rogers <wlr107@yahoo.com>" <wlr107@yahoo.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:35:15 -0000

This below post is a re-send for more comments. If I do not gain any
more within 1 week, I shall send this Lex on to the Senate for
Approval.

Publius Tarquitius Rufus

========================================================

Last year in November, the idea was tossed around about
creating "Colonies". Well, here is an INITIAL outline for discussion.
Comments on here are requested and desired, but please respond
DIRECTLY to me (Publius Tarquitius Rufus) at wlr107@yahoo.com for
specific additions/suggestion(s) for the Lex.

It is my desire to have this added to our body of Laws later this
year, and this is the initial steps toward that goal.

Lex Tarquitius Colonie

I. Whereas there is a strong need for more Nova Romans to be active
as a group and as individuals, the following is proposed:

1. Within a given Providence as geographical boundaries, A group of
THREE (or more) DUES PAYING members may petition to create a colony.

2. Applications for all Colonies must be submitted to the Consuls and
the Senate AFTER it is approved by the Governor.
1a. ALL applications are required to be voted
approved/disapproved within 60 days of presentation of the
Senate.
1b. All Colonies awaiting approval are considered "Provisional
Colonies" until Gubernitorial, Consular and Senate Approval is
Granted to the colony.

3. Colony Levels: Elected Leader(s) Required on Council
(***NOTE: 1/2 of the COlony members MUST have paid dues to Nova Roma)
Level 1. 3 to 9 members 2 Leaders
Level 2. 10 to 20 members 3 Leaders
Level 3. 20 to 30 members 3 Leaders
Level 4. 30 PLUS members 3 Leaders

4. Elections shall occur for all leadership posts ANNUALLY, in March.

5. Leaders must have paid their dues by March 1st in order to be
eligable for election. (NO wavers on this item permitted)

6. There must be a website created within 15 days of application of
the Colony to the Providence's Governor.

7. Recommended Approval Process: Governor of Providence (if no reply,
send to the Consuls for approval, with notification of Senate
required)

8. After initial opening of Colony, if a person has paid their dues
or just joined Nova Roma, their application to the colony is
automatic. If they have NOT paid dues, Leadership council will
approve or disapprove the application. If dues are then paid to
council, acceptance is automatic.

9. Members are required at all quarterly meetings, and Leadership
council must meet monthly.

10. Colony Dues - Set by colony, but must be reported to Governor and
COnsuls quarterly.

11. Appointed positions within Colony:
a. Leadership may appoint the offices they choose. but here are
some recommendations:

1. Webmaster
2. Quaestor
3. Scribe (P/R man)
4. Priest (with approval from Religio leadership and Governor
approval)


Subject:	[Nova-Roma] testing
From:	"Gaius Galerius Peregrinator" <gaiusgalerius@hotmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:59:08 +0000

testing

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] testing
From:	"Gaius Galerius Peregrinator" <gaiusgalerius@hotmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:12:09 +0000

testing

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] testing
From:	"Gaius Galerius Peregrinator" <gaiusgalerius@hotmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:29:51 +0000

testing

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Subject:	RE: [Nova-Roma] Laserpicium--Could it be related to modern asafoetida?
From:	me-in-@disguise.co.uk
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:44:47 +0000 (GMT)

-----Original Message-----
>From : jlasalle <jlasalle@sbcglobal.net>
>
>Sounds like weed to me.
>
There is a leaf called Khat chewed in the Sudan and Somalia introduced to Britain too recently to be covered by the drug laws. Besides, nobody is entirely sure whether to class it as a drug or not. It is a weaker relative to cocaine and probably accounts for the cocaine-like traces found in an Egyptian mummy's hair a couple of years ago. Users say that it mellows them down but improves their thinking {well of course so do a couple of stiff gins :)}. Might have been that though. It's a fair certainty that anything with druggy overtones, the Ptolemies and half of the Caesars were using and when they weren't, most of the Mystery cults. Though Cannabis is a Greek word, meaning that they knew it and under that name so wouldn't be callong it something else.

Caesariensis.

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Subject:	Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Gens
From:	me-in-@disguise.co.uk
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:26:56 +0000 (GMT)

-----Original Message-----
>From : Diana Moravia Aventina <diana@pandora.be>
>
>Religio, honoring one's ancestors is important. Buuuuut, my recent ancestors
>have left a rather bad taste in my mouth and so it would be nice for me to
>have 'adopted' ancestors that I could honor.
>
It is said that an old French aristocrat ran into coutiers ennobled by one or other of the Napoleons. Looking them over, he sneered "My ancestors go back the ancient Franks. What about your ancestors". With equal arrogance, one of the Novi Homines looked him up and down and replied "*We* are the ancestors".

Caesariensis.

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Re: Gens
From:	"Marcus Iulius Perusianus <m_iulius@virgilio.it>" <m_iulius@virgilio.it>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:39:38 -0000

M IVL PERVSIANVS GAIO BASILICATO AGRICOLAE SPD

>It is my connection, as close as I can be, to ancient Rome. I
>believe basilicata means beautiful basil.

If this can be of any help, what I know (having heard it here in
Italy) that the Region of Basilicata could have taken its name
from "Basileus".
As "Basilici" was the name of the books of law in Byzantium in IX
century, probably the toponym "Basilicata" meant land of Basileus,
that is to say "land of the king of Byzantium".
This was introduced to distinguish that part of the region from the
other part still called with the Latin name "Lucania".

Vale

Marcus Iulius Perusianus
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Subject:	RE: [Nova-Roma] Re: Gens
From:	"jlasalle" <jlasalle@sbcglobal.net>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:17:19 -0600

I was hoping that wasn't the case. I know "basilieus" means "king" in attic
greek, and is the root of the word basilica which originally meant a royal
rectangular building that was round at one end, where the king sat.

Gaius Basilicatus Agricola
Scriba Curatoris Differum Lex Iuridicalis
Legate Major for Regio Campus
America Medioccidentalis Superior Province

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs
to our ancestors."
-Plutarch (46-120AD)

-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Iulius Perusianus <m_iulius@virgilio.it>
[mailto:m_iulius@virgilio.it]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:40 AM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Gens

M IVL PERVSIANVS GAIO BASILICATO AGRICOLAE SPD

>It is my connection, as close as I can be, to ancient Rome. I
>believe basilicata means beautiful basil.

If this can be of any help, what I know (having heard it here in
Italy) that the Region of Basilicata could have taken its name
from "Basileus".
As "Basilici" was the name of the books of law in Byzantium in IX
century, probably the toponym "Basilicata" meant land of Basileus,
that is to say "land of the king of Byzantium".
This was introduced to distinguish that part of the region from the
other part still called with the Latin name "Lucania".

Vale

Marcus Iulius Perusianus
--------------------------------------------------------------
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Scriba Aedilis Historicus Primus
Scriba Curatoris Differum
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http://italia.novaroma.org
http://italia.novaroma.org/fac
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Subject:	RE: [Nova-Roma] Laserpicium--Could it be related to modern asafoetida?
From:	"jlasalle" <jlasalle@sbcglobal.net>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:19:59 -0600

There is weed all over greece. One of my greek history professors, Dionysios
Kounos, showed slides of his trip to Greece, and one was of a donkey falling
over from eating too much cannabis

Gaius Basilicatus Agricola
Scriba Curatoris Differum Lex Iuridicalis
Legate Major for Regio Campus
America Medioccidentalis Superior Province

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs
to our ancestors."
-Plutarch (46-120AD)

-----Original Message-----
From: me-in-@disguise.co.uk [mailto:me-in-@disguise.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:45 AM
To: nova-roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Nova-Roma] Laserpicium--Could it be related to modern
asafoetida?

-----Original Message-----
From : jlasalle <jlasalle@sbcglobal.net>
>
>Sounds like weed to me.
>
There is a leaf called Khat chewed in the Sudan and Somalia introduced to
Britain too recently to be covered by the drug laws. Besides, nobody is
entirely sure whether to class it as a drug or not. It is a weaker relative
to cocaine and probably accounts for the cocaine-like traces found in an
Egyptian mummy's hair a couple of years ago. Users say that it mellows them
down but improves their thinking {well of course so do a couple of stiff
gins :)}. Might have been that though. It's a fair certainty that anything
with druggy overtones, the Ptolemies and half of the Caesars were using and
when they weren't, most of the Mystery cults. Though Cannabis is a Greek
word, meaning that they knew it and under that name so wouldn't be callong
it something else.

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Praesina Races
From:	jmath669642reng@webtv.net
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:47:52 -0500 (EST)

My congratulations to the winner of the Praecina Races Tiberious Anneus
Otho and his winning chariot. I toast him in the Best Falurnian, and
present him in VR with a great jar of the same to be used in his victory
banquet.

I have finished my Praesina Flag (a square of green silk) which I shall
be pleased to fly in front of my tent when in the field, and from a
staff in the courtyard of my VR townhouse in Pompeii. I have also
ordered a staff erected in the garden of my VR villa nearby to the great
city of Rome. The flag of green silk will announce my presence in
whatever abode that I am pleased to reside of the moment, and give
notice of the offering of a cool drink and rest in the shade of the
Attrium for any Praecina Citizen wearing a green scarf.

The first raising of said flag at my VR villa is dedicated to the
Praecina Champion Tiberius Anneus Otho, and offerings of wine and cakes
to the Gods for his continuing success, by the Militarium Sacerdotes /
Senator Graecus.

In closing, I once again honor the Praecina Champion Tiberius Anneus
Otho and his keen talent with a chariot and four!!!!!

Respectfully;

Marcus Minucius Audens
Servant of the GREEN!!!

Fair Winds and Following Seas!!!

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Looking organize Religio group and hold Oublic Rites in Nova Britannia
From:	"Adrian Gunn" <shinjikun@shinjikun.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:53:43 -0500

Salvete,

I am interested in trying to organize regular public rituals and
religious meetings/discussions for followers of the Religio (or those
interested in learning more about it) here in Nova Britannia. In
addition I would also like to try and send a "Religio" contingent to any
large local pagan events, such as Pagan Pride Day, to possibly hold
workshops on the Religio & classical religion, and generally spread
awareness about our faith. Is this something anyone would be interested
in? Thanks!

Valete,

C. Minucius Hadrianus
Propraetor Nova Britannia
Lictor
Minerva Templi Sacerdotes

Patria est communis omnium parens.
"Our native land is the common parent of us all." - Cicero

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Detectives in Togas
From:	"biojournalism <biojournalism@hotmail.com>" <biojournalism@hotmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 21:26:35 -0000

May I suggest the young adult book published by Scholastic called
Detectives in Togas? I'm reading it now and found it in a mystery
bookstore of used books. It breaks down to the basics of writing for
young adults mystery novels set in ancient Rome. Excellent book.
By the way my novel, Roman Justice, will be available in two months
or so. I'm interested in all classical civilizations from the known
world BCE.If anyone wants to be my penpal and also is interested in
discussing creative writing or creating art about ancient
civilizations, feel free to write.

Octavia Fabia Scriba

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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] Apollonia Acta -- Weekly Roman News and Archeology
From:	Sextus Apollonius Scipio <scipio_apollonius@yahoo.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:28:55 -0800 (PST)

Salvete,

the news will be found at:

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

Come and enjoy!!

Valete,

Sextus Apollonius Scipio
Propraetor Galliae

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Subject:	Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Gens
From:	me-in-@disguise.co.uk
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 21:41:21 +0000 (GMT)

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>From : “Marcus Iulius Perusianus <m_iulius@virgilio.it>“ <m_iulius@virgilio.it>

>As “Basilici“ was the name of the books of law in Byzantium in IX
>century, probably the toponym “Basilicata“ meant land of Basileus,
>that is to say “land of the king of Byzantium“.
>This was introduced to distinguish that part of the region from the
>other part still called with the Latin name “Lucania“.
>
If that is so, it might have been part of the former Exarchate of Ravenna that did not become Papal Lands when the Franks kicked the Lombards out of it, or maybe it was territory that the Empire tried to reclaim later.

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Subject:	Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Gens
From:	=?iso-8859-1?q?William=20Cornett=20Polanco?= <sxtus_iulius_serranus@yahoo.es>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 22:12:54 +0100 (CET)

Ave Marcus Iulius Perusianus,
Wanted to get in contact with other Iulii in Europe. Hope we can correspond some day. Was reading your webpage. Very interesting.

Sextus Iulius Serranus
"Marcus Iulius Perusianus <m_iulius@virgilio.it>" <m_iulius@virgilio.it> wrote:M IVL PERVSIANVS GAIO BASILICATO AGRICOLAE SPD

>It is my connection, as close as I can be, to ancient Rome. I
>believe basilicata means beautiful basil.

If this can be of any help, what I know (having heard it here in
Italy) that the Region of Basilicata could have taken its name
from "Basileus".
As "Basilici" was the name of the books of law in Byzantium in IX
century, probably the toponym "Basilicata" meant land of Basileus,
that is to say "land of the king of Byzantium".
This was introduced to distinguish that part of the region from the
other part still called with the Latin name "Lucania".

Vale

Marcus Iulius Perusianus
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Subject:	[Nova-Roma] CONGRATULATIONS NOVA ROMA!
From:	Caeso Fabius Quintilianus <christer.edling@telia.com>
Date:	Sat, 1 Mar 2003 00:25:14 +0100

Salve Quirites!

I am back after a tough period. I will address a few subjects later
tomorrow, but before I go to bed I will just say: CONGRATULATION TO
THE FIVE YEARS JUBILEE NOVA ROMA!
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Vale

Caeso Fabius Quintilianus
Senior Consul et Senator
Propraetor Thules
Sodalitas Egressus Beneficarius et Praefectus Provincia Thules
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Cohors Consulis CFQ
http://www.insulaumbra.com/cohors_consulis_cfq/
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Aut inveniam viam aut faciam
"I'll either find a way or make one"
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Dignitas, Iustitia, Fidelitas et Pietas
Dignity, Justice, Loyalty and Dutifulness


Subject:	[Nova-Roma] 5th year Anniversary
From:	"L. Cornelius Sulla" <alexious@earthlink.net>
Date:	Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:37:45 -0800

Avete Omnes,

Its almost hard to believe that Nova Roma has made it through 5 years. But, as of a few hours it will be true. It has been an amazing journey and I think it would be very interesting if our Censors could post the names of the individuals who have been in Nova Roma since the beginning.

I am very glad that I have been a witness from day one and am very interested to see the shape of Nova Roma in her 10 year anniversary.

May all of our Gods continue to bless Nova Roma

Vale,

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

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