Marcus Octavius Gracchus (Nova Roma) - Revision history

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	===Early Involvement===		===Early Involvement===
−	Though he joined Nova Roma at its inception, Octavius was not immediately active, largely due to an ~~[http://www.graveyards.com/~~ outside project]. In early {{2000}}, however, he began to participate in the mailing list, and thinking of ways to improve the web site. At about this time, Consul [[Quintus Fabius Maximus (Nova Roma)\|Quintus Fabius Maximus]] posted to the main list [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-04.html#M0013] a request for candidates to fill several vacancies: a new Censor was needed due to a resignation, as were two Curule Aediles as these positions had been vacant since the last year's general election.	+	Though he joined Nova Roma at its inception, Octavius was not immediately active, largely due to an outside project. In early {{2000}}, however, he began to participate in the mailing list, and thinking of ways to improve the web site. At about this time, Consul [[Quintus Fabius Maximus (Nova Roma)\|Quintus Fabius Maximus]] posted to the main list [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-04.html#M0013] a request for candidates to fill several vacancies: a new Censor was needed due to a resignation, as were two Curule Aediles as these positions had been vacant since the last year's general election.

	Octavius saw the Aedileship as an ideal position from which to implement his ideas for transforming the web site. He declared his candidacy for [[Curule Aedile (Nova Roma)\|Curule Aedile]] the same day, {{Apr 4}} [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-04.html#M0034], and soon after published a [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-07.html#M0012 detailed plan] of improvements. When the [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-05-05.html#M0007 election results] were posted, Octavius had been elected Curule Aedile Maior, 26 tribes to 18.		Octavius saw the Aedileship as an ideal position from which to implement his ideas for transforming the web site. He declared his candidacy for [[Curule Aedile (Nova Roma)\|Curule Aedile]] the same day, {{Apr 4}} [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-04.html#M0034], and soon after published a [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-07.html#M0012 detailed plan] of improvements. When the [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-05-05.html#M0007 election results] were posted, Octavius had been elected Curule Aedile Maior, 26 tribes to 18.

M. Lucretius Agricola at 07:00, 4 December 2010

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	In {{2010}}, the simultaneous resignation of both Praetores led to a power struggle between the two consuls. A Senate meeting was called, purportedly to discuss the "IT Crisis"; but in the final hours of that meeting a resolution to appoint a Dictator was introduced, over the objections of Consul Albucius, whose veto was ignored. Octavius had, meanwhile, returned to the main list in order to denounce recent actions of Piscinus; though not a citizen, he still held a strong opinion about that individual, and had heard "through the grapevine" about various actions that negatively impacted some of his few remaining friends within Nova Roma.		In {{2010}}, the simultaneous resignation of both Praetores led to a power struggle between the two consuls. A Senate meeting was called, purportedly to discuss the "IT Crisis"; but in the final hours of that meeting a resolution to appoint a Dictator was introduced, over the objections of Consul Albucius, whose veto was ignored. Octavius had, meanwhile, returned to the main list in order to denounce recent actions of Piscinus; though not a citizen, he still held a strong opinion about that individual, and had heard "through the grapevine" about various actions that negatively impacted some of his few remaining friends within Nova Roma.

−	For four months, Octavius - though a non-citizen - was a regular participant in the political debates on the main list, taking the side of Consul Albucius when the ~~augures declared~~ him ~~"impious"~~ and the Senate tried to install a dictator over his objections. Octavius proposed a resolution to the crisis: a peaceful partitioning of Nova Roma into two independent groups roughly corresponding to the two major factions; this proposal had some support by various members of both factions but was rejected by the leaders on both sides. The struggle continued, with magistrates and priests ignoring each others' vetoes and proclamations, until finally Piscinus (who had forgotten to pay his annual membership fee) quit the Senate and was removed as Pontifex Maximus. In celebration of this, Octavius applied to the Censores for reinstatement of citizenship.	+	For four months, Octavius - though a non-citizen - was a regular participant in the political debates on the main list, taking the side of Consul Albucius when the College of Pontifices twice found him guilty of ''impietas prudens dolo malo'' because of his intentional violation of augural procedures as set forth by the College of Augurs and the Senate tried to install a dictator over his objections. Octavius proposed a resolution to the crisis: a peaceful partitioning of Nova Roma into two independent groups roughly corresponding to the two major factions; this proposal had some support by various members of both factions but was rejected by the leaders on both sides. The struggle continued, with magistrates and priests ignoring each others' vetoes and proclamations, until finally Piscinus (who had forgotten to pay his annual membership fee) quit the Senate and was removed as Pontifex Maximus. In celebration of this, Octavius applied to the Censores for reinstatement of citizenship.

	Such optimism was not to last, however. That same month, the Senate passed a Senatus Consultum Ultimum granting Consul Albucius sole authority to run the upcoming annual election. What this was expected to accomplish is unclear; the reason elections could not be held earlier was due to the lack of a competent sysadmin or programmer to configure the software, rather than the lack of a strong-willed consul to oversee things, and it remains to be seen whether the S.C.U. will magically bestow technical competence on its beneficiary.		Such optimism was not to last, however. That same month, the Senate passed a Senatus Consultum Ultimum granting Consul Albucius sole authority to run the upcoming annual election. What this was expected to accomplish is unclear; the reason elections could not be held earlier was due to the lack of a competent sysadmin or programmer to configure the software, rather than the lack of a strong-willed consul to oversee things, and it remains to be seen whether the S.C.U. will magically bestow technical competence on its beneficiary.

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	After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium pageswas released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.		After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium pageswas released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.

−	==MMDCCLXI==	+	===MMDCCLXI===
	Disgusted by the actions of persons involved in a struggle to control the priestly colleges, and by the insistence by some that a complex law code with massive potential penalties was appropriate for a small organization, Octavius quit the Senate in the [[Purge of MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)\|Purge of MMDCCLXI]], and largely ended his involvement with Nova Roma.		Disgusted by the actions of persons involved in a struggle to control the priestly colleges, and by the insistence by some that a complex law code with massive potential penalties was appropriate for a small organization, Octavius quit the Senate in the [[Purge of MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)\|Purge of MMDCCLXI]], and largely ended his involvement with Nova Roma.

−	==MMDCCLXIII==	+	===MMDCCLXIII - Return and Final Departure ===
	The resignation of Octavius left Nova Roma unable to hold proper and legal elections. Although the election software's configuration file format was documented in the files themselves, and Octavius had fully cooperated with the new CIO of {{2009}} in explaining how these worked and even offered to set up elections (at industry-standard consulting rates), disagreement in the upper echelons of Nova Roma resulted in no such work being commissioned.		The resignation of Octavius left Nova Roma unable to hold proper and legal elections. Although the election software's configuration file format was documented in the files themselves, and Octavius had fully cooperated with the new CIO of {{2009}} in explaining how these worked and even offered to set up elections (at industry-standard consulting rates), disagreement in the upper echelons of Nova Roma resulted in no such work being commissioned.

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	Now possessing supreme authority, Consul Albucius chose to appoint one of the candidates for consul, [[Aula Tullia Scholastica (Nova Roma)\|Aula Tullia Scholastica]] as diribitor, and to ignore her refusal to take up a position she had not consented to. Though she immediately resigned, Albucius outright refused to accept her resignation, and kept her name off the approved list of candidates for consul.		Now possessing supreme authority, Consul Albucius chose to appoint one of the candidates for consul, [[Aula Tullia Scholastica (Nova Roma)\|Aula Tullia Scholastica]] as diribitor, and to ignore her refusal to take up a position she had not consented to. Though she immediately resigned, Albucius outright refused to accept her resignation, and kept her name off the approved list of candidates for consul.

−	Octavius, appalled by Albucius's utter disregard for individual rights and his willingness to tamper with an election by not allowing all eligible candidates, protested most vehemently on the mailing lists. At the height of the debate, Albucius forcibly unsubscribed Octavius from the main list, effectively censoring opposition to his agenda of a ~~sham~~ election.	+	Octavius, appalled by Albucius's utter disregard for individual rights and his willingness to tamper with an election by not allowing all eligible candidates, protested most vehemently on the mailing lists. At the height of the debate, Albucius forcibly unsubscribed Octavius from the main list, effectively censoring opposition to his agenda of a rigged election.

	Two hours after being banished, Octavius wrote to the censores to rescind his petition for reinstatement as a full citizen. The following morning, {{Dec 1}}, a lengthly valedictory statement from him appeared on the main list, forwarded by a friend who was brave enough to openly defy the consul. Octavius explained that his personal ethical principles, which highly value the rights of individuals, are fundamentally and irrevocably in conflict with the "letter of the law" attitude prevalent in Nova Roma.		Two hours after being banished, Octavius wrote to the censores to rescind his petition for reinstatement as a full citizen. The following morning, {{Dec 1}}, a lengthly valedictory statement from him appeared on the main list, forwarded by a friend who was brave enough to openly defy the consul. Octavius explained that his personal ethical principles, which highly value the rights of individuals, are fundamentally and irrevocably in conflict with the "letter of the law" attitude prevalent in Nova Roma.

−	Marcus Octavius Gracchus has no intention to return to Nova Roma ever again.	+	Marcus Octavius Gracchus has no intention to return to Nova Roma ever again.

−	<!-- written by Octavius 02 Dec 2010 -->	+	<!-- written by Octavius 02 Dec 2010. Hi, thanks for reading! -->

	==[[Cursus honorum (Nova Roma)\|''Cursus Honorum'']]==		==[[Cursus honorum (Nova Roma)\|''Cursus Honorum'']]==

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	M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].		M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].

−	M. Octavius resigned his citizenship {{Jun 8}} {{2009}}. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nova-Roma/message/66424]	+	M. Octavius resigned his citizenship {{Jun 8}} {{2009}}. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nova-Roma/message/66424]
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		+	He returned briefly in {{2010}} to protest abuses by then-Pontifex Maximus Piscinus, but then departed again, rescinding a petition to regain citizenship, in protest of alleged election tampering and mailing list censorship perpetrated by Consul [[Publius Memmius Albucius (Nova Roma)\|Publius Memmius Albucius]].


	==Biography==		==Biography==
		+
	===Early Involvement===		===Early Involvement===
	Though he joined Nova Roma at its inception, Octavius was not immediately active, largely due to an [http://www.graveyards.com/ outside project]. In early {{2000}}, however, he began to participate in the mailing list, and thinking of ways to improve the web site. At about this time, Consul [[Quintus Fabius Maximus (Nova Roma)\|Quintus Fabius Maximus]] posted to the main list [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-04.html#M0013] a request for candidates to fill several vacancies: a new Censor was needed due to a resignation, as were two Curule Aediles as these positions had been vacant since the last year's general election.		Though he joined Nova Roma at its inception, Octavius was not immediately active, largely due to an [http://www.graveyards.com/ outside project]. In early {{2000}}, however, he began to participate in the mailing list, and thinking of ways to improve the web site. At about this time, Consul [[Quintus Fabius Maximus (Nova Roma)\|Quintus Fabius Maximus]] posted to the main list [http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2000/2000-04-04.html#M0013] a request for candidates to fill several vacancies: a new Censor was needed due to a resignation, as were two Curule Aediles as these positions had been vacant since the last year's general election.
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	After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium pageswas released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.		After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium pageswas released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.

−	==MMDCCLXI===	+	==MMDCCLXI==
	Disgusted by the actions of persons involved in a struggle to control the priestly colleges, and by the insistence by some that a complex law code with massive potential penalties was appropriate for a small organization, Octavius quit the Senate in the [[Purge of MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)\|Purge of MMDCCLXI]], and largely ended his involvement with Nova Roma.		Disgusted by the actions of persons involved in a struggle to control the priestly colleges, and by the insistence by some that a complex law code with massive potential penalties was appropriate for a small organization, Octavius quit the Senate in the [[Purge of MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)\|Purge of MMDCCLXI]], and largely ended his involvement with Nova Roma.
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		+	==MMDCCLXIII==
		+	The resignation of Octavius left Nova Roma unable to hold proper and legal elections. Although the election software's configuration file format was documented in the files themselves, and Octavius had fully cooperated with the new CIO of {{2009}} in explaining how these worked and even offered to set up elections (at industry-standard consulting rates), disagreement in the upper echelons of Nova Roma resulted in no such work being commissioned.
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		+	At the time the election software was created, at least four professional sysadmins had been active members: Octavius Gracchus, T. Octavius Pius, Q. Valerius Callidus, M. Minucius Scaevola. Each of these had managed elections without difficulty; and thus Octavius had never foreseen a need to make the software configurable by less qualified persons, as there had never been a shortage of competent volunteers. Unfortunately, between 2006 and 2009, '''all four''' of the capable volunteers left Nova Roma in disgust at the factionalism or the obsession with "law", leaving the software orphaned and poorly understood.
		+
		+	In {{2010}}, the simultaneous resignation of both Praetores led to a power struggle between the two consuls. A Senate meeting was called, purportedly to discuss the "IT Crisis"; but in the final hours of that meeting a resolution to appoint a Dictator was introduced, over the objections of Consul Albucius, whose veto was ignored. Octavius had, meanwhile, returned to the main list in order to denounce recent actions of Piscinus; though not a citizen, he still held a strong opinion about that individual, and had heard "through the grapevine" about various actions that negatively impacted some of his few remaining friends within Nova Roma.
		+
		+	For four months, Octavius - though a non-citizen - was a regular participant in the political debates on the main list, taking the side of Consul Albucius when the augures declared him "impious" and the Senate tried to install a dictator over his objections. Octavius proposed a resolution to the crisis: a peaceful partitioning of Nova Roma into two independent groups roughly corresponding to the two major factions; this proposal had some support by various members of both factions but was rejected by the leaders on both sides. The struggle continued, with magistrates and priests ignoring each others' vetoes and proclamations, until finally Piscinus (who had forgotten to pay his annual membership fee) quit the Senate and was removed as Pontifex Maximus. In celebration of this, Octavius applied to the Censores for reinstatement of citizenship.
		+
		+	Such optimism was not to last, however. That same month, the Senate passed a Senatus Consultum Ultimum granting Consul Albucius sole authority to run the upcoming annual election. What this was expected to accomplish is unclear; the reason elections could not be held earlier was due to the lack of a competent sysadmin or programmer to configure the software, rather than the lack of a strong-willed consul to oversee things, and it remains to be seen whether the S.C.U. will magically bestow technical competence on its beneficiary.
		+
		+	Now possessing supreme authority, Consul Albucius chose to appoint one of the candidates for consul, [[Aula Tullia Scholastica (Nova Roma)\|Aula Tullia Scholastica]] as diribitor, and to ignore her refusal to take up a position she had not consented to. Though she immediately resigned, Albucius outright refused to accept her resignation, and kept her name off the approved list of candidates for consul.
		+
		+	Octavius, appalled by Albucius's utter disregard for individual rights and his willingness to tamper with an election by not allowing all eligible candidates, protested most vehemently on the mailing lists. At the height of the debate, Albucius forcibly unsubscribed Octavius from the main list, effectively censoring opposition to his agenda of a sham election.
		+
		+	Two hours after being banished, Octavius wrote to the censores to rescind his petition for reinstatement as a full citizen. The following morning, {{Dec 1}}, a lengthly valedictory statement from him appeared on the main list, forwarded by a friend who was brave enough to openly defy the consul. Octavius explained that his personal ethical principles, which highly value the rights of individuals, are fundamentally and irrevocably in conflict with the "letter of the law" attitude prevalent in Nova Roma.
		+
		+	Marcus Octavius Gracchus has no intention to return to Nova Roma ever again.
		+
		+	<!-- written by Octavius 02 Dec 2010 -->

	==[[Cursus honorum (Nova Roma)\|''Cursus Honorum'']]==		==[[Cursus honorum (Nova Roma)\|''Cursus Honorum'']]==

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	M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].		M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].
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−	In addition to his activities in Nova Roma, Octavius Gracchus works as a programmer and sysadmin, runs the web site [http://www.graveyards.com www.graveyards.com], was photographer and co-author of the book '''[http://books.google.com/books?id=i2WOQcBx0SwC Graveyards of Chicago]''', and is the creator of the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework].

	M. Octavius resigned his citizenship {{Jun 8}} {{2009}}. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nova-Roma/message/66424]		M. Octavius resigned his citizenship {{Jun 8}} {{2009}}. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nova-Roma/message/66424]
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	Within days of Octavius assuming office, an unpleasant discovery was made. Appius Claudius Priscus, who had been citizen for about six months, was discovered to have ties to the neo-Nazi movement. The Consuls and Censores monitored the activities of this person while attempting to find more information. When he boasted of having contacted the US Government in the name of Nova Roma - without authorisation - Octavius and Marinus issued a Nota against Priscus, on {{Jun 6}} {{2006}}.		Within days of Octavius assuming office, an unpleasant discovery was made. Appius Claudius Priscus, who had been citizen for about six months, was discovered to have ties to the neo-Nazi movement. The Consuls and Censores monitored the activities of this person while attempting to find more information. When he boasted of having contacted the US Government in the name of Nova Roma - without authorisation - Octavius and Marinus issued a Nota against Priscus, on {{Jun 6}} {{2006}}.

−	After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium ~~pages, based on the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework], was~~ released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.	+	After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium pageswas released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.

	==MMDCCLXI===		==MMDCCLXI===

M. Lucretius Agricola at 00:55, 9 June 2009

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	M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].		M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].

−	In addition to his activities in Nova Roma, Octavius Gracchus works as a programmer and sysadmin, runs the web site [http://www.graveyards.com www.graveyards.com], was photographer and co-author of the book '''Graveyards of Chicago''', and is the creator of the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework].	+	In addition to his activities in Nova Roma, Octavius Gracchus works as a programmer and sysadmin, runs the web site [http://www.graveyards.com www.graveyards.com], was photographer and co-author of the book '''[http://books.google.com/books?id=i2WOQcBx0SwC Graveyards of Chicago]''', and is the creator of the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework].

	M. Octavius resigned his citizenship {{Jun 8}} {{2009}}. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nova-Roma/message/66424]		M. Octavius resigned his citizenship {{Jun 8}} {{2009}}. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nova-Roma/message/66424]

M. Lucretius Agricola at 00:47, 9 June 2009

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	Simultaneously with this argument, the issue of the three proposed Senators arose again. The Censores disagreed with the recommendation of the Senate and did not wish to adlect all three candidates. The Senate divided on similar lines as they had on the above issue - with one faction claiming that the Censores '''must''' admit anyone approved by the Senate; the other saying that the decision was entirely that of the Censores.		Simultaneously with this argument, the issue of the three proposed Senators arose again. The Censores disagreed with the recommendation of the Senate and did not wish to adlect all three candidates. The Senate divided on similar lines as they had on the above issue - with one faction claiming that the Censores '''must''' admit anyone approved by the Senate; the other saying that the decision was entirely that of the Censores.

−	Octavius pushed hard for the Senator removal procedure, and eventually obtained Senate and Comitia approval for the [[Lex Octavia de ~~Senatoribus~~ (Nova Roma)\|Lex Octavia de Senatoribus]], which granted the Censores the power to remove those Senators who had failed to vote in two thirds of a year's Senate sessions. On the issue of the new Senators, however, he was less successful. With Censores [[Lucius Equitius Cincinnatus (Nova Roma)\|Lucius Equitius Cincinnatus]] and [[Caius Flavius Diocletianus (Nova Roma)\|Caius Flavius Diocletianus]] unwilling to accept Priscilla Vedia Serena, Octavius asked them instead to let the Senate choose three candidates from a list of five, who would then be made Senators. The Senate then voted, and when the three selected did not include P. Vedia, she and Pater Patriae Fl. Vedius both resigned citizenship on {{Mar 15}} {{2002}}.	+	Octavius pushed hard for the Senator removal procedure, and eventually obtained Senate and Comitia approval for the [[Lex Octavia de senatoribus (Nova Roma)\|Lex Octavia de Senatoribus]], which granted the Censores the power to remove those Senators who had failed to vote in two thirds of a year's Senate sessions. On the issue of the new Senators, however, he was less successful. With Censores [[Lucius Equitius Cincinnatus (Nova Roma)\|Lucius Equitius Cincinnatus]] and [[Caius Flavius Diocletianus (Nova Roma)\|Caius Flavius Diocletianus]] unwilling to accept Priscilla Vedia Serena, Octavius asked them instead to let the Senate choose three candidates from a list of five, who would then be made Senators. The Senate then voted, and when the three selected did not include P. Vedia, she and Pater Patriae Fl. Vedius both resigned citizenship on {{Mar 15}} {{2002}}.

	====[[Roman Days\|Roman Days MMDCCLV]]====		====[[Roman Days\|Roman Days MMDCCLV]]====

M. Lucretius Agricola at 18:07, 8 June 2009

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−	'''Marcus Octavius Gracchus''' is a [[Consular (Nova Roma)\|Consular]] of [[Nova Roma]]. For over eight years, he was known as '''Marcus Octavius Germanicus''', changing his cognomen {{Sep 26}} {{2006}} to the more appropriate '''Gracchus'''.	+	'''Marcus Octavius Gracchus''' was a [[Consular (Nova Roma)\|Consular]] of [[Nova Roma]]. For over eight years, he was known as '''Marcus Octavius Germanicus''', changing his cognomen {{Sep 26}} {{2006}} to the more appropriate '''Gracchus'''.

	M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].		M. Octavius was one of the [[Early Citizens (Nova Roma)\|first persons to join]] Nova Roma after its founding in [[MMDCCLI]], making him one of the original [[Patrician (Nova Roma)\|Patrician]] [[Paterfamilias (Nova Roma)\|Patresfamilias]].

−	In addition to his activities in Nova Roma, Octavius Gracchus works as a programmer and sysadmin, runs the web site [http://www.graveyards.com www.graveyards.com], was photographer and co-author of the book '''Graveyards of Chicago''', and is the creator of the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework].	+	In addition to his activities in Nova Roma, Octavius Gracchus works as a programmer and sysadmin, runs the web site [http://www.graveyards.com www.graveyards.com], was photographer and co-author of the book '''Graveyards of Chicago''', and is the creator of the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework].
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		+	M. Octavius resigned his citizenship {{Jun 8}} {{2009}}. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nova-Roma/message/66424]

Marcus Arminius Maior: update on Senator status

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update on Senator status

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	* [[Senator (Nova Roma)\|Senator]]		* [[Senator (Nova Roma)\|Senator]]
−	:from {{2000}} to {{Feb 4}}{{2008}}	+	:from {{Nov 11}}{{2000}} to {{Feb 4}}{{2008}}
	* [[Propraetor (Nova Roma)\|Propraetor]] of [[Lacus Magni (Nova Roma)\|Lacus Magni]]		* [[Propraetor (Nova Roma)\|Propraetor]] of [[Lacus Magni (Nova Roma)\|Lacus Magni]]
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	[[Category: Consulars (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Consulars (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
−	~~[[Category: Senators (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]~~
	[[Category: Governors (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Governors (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
	[[Category: Magistrates (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Magistrates (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
	[[Category: Gens Octavia (Nova Roma)\|M. Octavius Gracchus]]		[[Category: Gens Octavia (Nova Roma)\|M. Octavius Gracchus]]
	[[Category: Tribus Horatia (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Tribus Horatia (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
		+	[[Category: Former Senators (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]

Marcus Octavius Gracchus: clarified reason for leaving.

2008-05-12T22:02:21Z

clarified reason for leaving.

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	After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium pages, based on the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework], was released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.		After the Priscus crisis had passed, Octavius turned his attention to the Album Civium pages and the Censors' tools, some of which had been essentially unchanged for five years. A new set of Album Civium pages, based on the [http://www.baldrickframework.org Baldrick Application Framework], was released in October. Soon after, Octavius installed and announced an [[IRC (Nova Roma)\|IRC Server]] for regularly scheduled chats.

−	==MMDCCLXI==	+	==MMDCCLXI===
−	Disgusted by the actions of persons involved in a struggle to control the priestly colleges, Octavius quit the Senate in the [[Purge of MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)\|Purge of MMDCCLXI]], and largely ended his involvement with Nova Roma.	+	Disgusted by the actions of persons involved in a struggle to control the priestly colleges, and by the insistence by some that a complex law code with massive potential penalties was appropriate for a small organization, Octavius quit the Senate in the [[Purge of MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)\|Purge of MMDCCLXI]], and largely ended his involvement with Nova Roma.

	==[[Cursus honorum (Nova Roma)\|''Cursus Honorum'']]==		==[[Cursus honorum (Nova Roma)\|''Cursus Honorum'']]==

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−	:from {{2000}} to {{Feb 4}}{{2008}}	+	:from {{Nov 11}}{{2000}} to {{Feb 4}}{{2008}}
	* [[Propraetor (Nova Roma)\|Propraetor]] of [[Lacus Magni (Nova Roma)\|Lacus Magni]]		* [[Propraetor (Nova Roma)\|Propraetor]] of [[Lacus Magni (Nova Roma)\|Lacus Magni]]
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	[[Category: Consulars (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Consulars (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
−	~~[[Category: Senators (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]~~
	[[Category: Governors (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Governors (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
	[[Category: Magistrates (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Magistrates (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
	[[Category: Gens Octavia (Nova Roma)\|M. Octavius Gracchus]]		[[Category: Gens Octavia (Nova Roma)\|M. Octavius Gracchus]]
	[[Category: Tribus Horatia (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]		[[Category: Tribus Horatia (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]
		+	[[Category: Former Senators (Nova Roma)\|Octavius Gracchus, M.]]