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- Page last updated: a.d. VII Kal. Sept. ‡ M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c. - Page covers decrees from Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXV a.u.c. (2022) to M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c. (2026).
Senatus consulta of a.d. IV Id. Sext. ‡ M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de clarificatione senatus consultum de vestimentis et instrumentis publicis Novae Romae
I. Article III of the Senatus consultum de vestimentis et instrumentis publicis Novae Romae shall be modified to include these sentences at the end of the Article III:
- "The committee established by this senatus consultum shall be called Senate Committee for Public Vestments and Equipment Development, its Latin name shall be Commissio Senatus ad Vestimenta et Instrumenta Publica Procuranda. The co-chairs lead the committee not by a capacity of a new office, but by their capacity as proconsul (consul), and as praefectus rei publicae et praetorio and provincial proquaestor (or quaestor), called to central duty. Senators D. Aurelius Ingeniarius and P. Aurelius Barbatus are appointed as third and fourth members in their capacity as senator. The committee can spend money for the purpose described in this SC, but all members of the committe must approve each expenditure unanimously, and the Officium Aerarii shall also approve the expenditure if an item has a price higher than a 1000 USD. After such an official decision, payment may be made by the curator aerarii or any of the two quaestores aerarii. The committee shall not receive a budget to spend before a financial report of the aerarium publicum is heard by the senate. The senate shall allocate a budget to spend after it heard the treasury report."
II. Article V shall be modified to include these sentences at the end of the Article V:
- "Until a different decision is made, if ever, the Commissio Senatus ad Vestimenta et Instrumenta Publica Procuranda shall also undertake this task, reporting to the Officium Operum Publicorum."
Senatus consultum de provinciis servandis aut amittendis
I. If any past evaluation of the provinces, or if the evaluation of provinces in the year of consulship of M. Metellus and D. Aurelius, would cause the effect of automatic loss of a province, the following provinces shall be excepted and shall incur the following effects:
- I.A. Provinces in the United States of America, Provincia America Transmississippiana, Provincia Nova Britannia and Provincia Lacus Magni shall not be lost for the time being, but shall continue as they are.
- I.B.1. The following provinces in the United States of America, Provincia America Hispanica, Provincia California, Provincia America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica and Provincia America Cismississippiana, after the official declaration of the loss of province, shall immediately automatically be reincorporated into the structure of the American provinces effective on the following Kalends after the senatus consultum of provincial evaluation has taken force. The reason for this is not to let them disappear leaving an empty hole in the map of the Nova Roman empire. They shall undergo merger instead of permanent dissolution because of the principle of the Nova Roman provincial system that one country should be entirely incorporated as a province, either one or more provinces, and parts of a country may not be left out of Nova Roma.
- I.B.2. On the next Kalends, Provincia America Hispanica and Provincia California, if lost by Nova Roma, shall be reincorporated and merged into Provincia America Transmississippiana as regiones, Regio America Hispanica and Regio California, respectively. Similarly, Provincia America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica and Provincia America Cismississippiana shall merge into Provincia Nova Britannia as regiones. If America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica were not lost and to be merged, but America Cismississippiana would, then Cismississippiana shall be merged into Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica.
- I.C. Provincia Sarmatia, Dacia, Marcomannia, Canada, Brasilia and Nova Hispania shall be exempt from the procedure of loss to Nova Roma, and shall continue as they are, for the time being. Their status shall be reconsidered at the provincial evaluation which comes after the next.
II. Regardless of the official time table and deadlines of provincial evaluations and reports to be submitted, the evaluation of provinces is considered having taken place and happened if, and only if, the presiding magistrate has introduced this as an item on the senate agenda, published the provincial reports during session as part of the item, and declared which ones were not submitted, and the senate has examined the reports, and an official senatus consultum was enacted. Likewise, any effect of the provincial evaluations (marks, labels, dissolution etc.) may occur if, and only if the senatus consultum communicating these effects have been duly enacted.
III. In the interpretation of the required number of gathering citizens in the provincial evaluation, as definded by the Senatus consultum de provinciis ordinandis, cives Novi Romani optimo iure, cives Novi Romani sine suffragio and cives Latini can be counted and included, until the evaluation held this year. From the next year on, only cives Novi Romani optimo iure.
Senatus consultum de Legione XXIV Media Atlantia traducenda
I. With the sad passing of the praefectus legionis, senator Gallio Velius Marsallas, the Legio XXIV Media Atlantia, stationed in Provincia America Noveboracensus et Mediatlantica, the First Legion of Nova Roma established at the time of the founding Nova Roma, remained without unit commander and manager. The senate wishes to save this legion from dissolution and oblivion, and to honor its almost three decades of history. Much of the equipment of the legion was bought by our other legion, Legio IV Victrix, which was also founded in Mediatlantica, by partners of the Legio XXIV Media Atlantia, but moved to our Provincia California.
II. Therefore the senate decrees that the Legio XXIV Media Atlantica shall be reassigned to Provincia California, shall be merged with the Legio IV Victrix, a separate unit, but embodied and represented by the same legionaries, put under the commander of Legio IV Victrix, and shall be under the imperium of whichever governor is responsible for the territory covered by the area that is currently called Nova Roma's Provincia California.
III. Legio IV shall remain responsible to continue Legio XXIV Media Atlantia, and honor the flag, name and traditions of Legio XXIV Media Atlantia and Gallio Velius Marsallas, and provide Nova Roma with events, occasions, as they deem possible, where the flag and name of the Legio XXIV Media Atlantia is present and honored.
Senatus consulta of a.d. III Kal. Iun. ‡ M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de officio auxilii civilis Novae Romae abolendo
A senatorial decree concerning the abolition of the Office of Civil Assistance of Nova Roma.
I. Established under the Senatus consultum de adiumento civibus nostris Sarmaticis, enacted on a.d. III Kal. Mar. Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. (27 Feb, 2022), the Civilian Aid and Rescue Office of Nova Roma (Officium Auxilii Civilis Novae Romae) was created to support the citizens affected by the ongoing conflict in Provincia Sarmatia. This office has since fallen into disuse and the appointed praefectus has left the office.
II. Despite ongoing advertisement to the office and noting the significant duration of elapsed time, the ongoing establishment of this office is no longer tenable. As such, the senate hereby dissolves the office and the praefectus position. The senate or other magistrates may consider new concepts in the future.
Senatus consultum de conventibus publicis abrogando
A senatorial decree concerning the repeal of public assemblies.
I. Established under the senatus consultum de conventibus publicis, enacted on Non. Oct. ‡ P. Aurelio C. Flavio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVIII a.u.c. (7 Oct, 2025), the decree established a new appointment and a responsibility for the annual creation of an official calendar of events. Appointed to this role, as praeco editor Kalendarii Diurnalis, was censor C. Petronius Stephanus Turpilianus.
II. It came to light in the most recent senate session, that C. Petronius was not consulted for the role and subsequently does not have availability to carry out the required tasking. Taking into consideration the absence of an appointed official for the role, this decree hereby rescinds the senatus consultum de conventibus publicis. In addition to the lack of available appointment, the previous decree also issued advice to commence a large scale project of the development of a mobile application, among other "modern tools" without defining a scope, resources, requirements, budget, or schedule. As such, this leaves Nova Roma at considerable risk and it should be withdrawn immediately until better defined.
Senatus consultum de exemptione temporaria a relatione rationum publicarum hoc anno
A senatorial decree concerning a temporary exemption from the reporting of public accounts this year.
I. This decree excuses the current curator aerarii from presenting the annual report as required by the senatus consultum de relatione rationum publicarum. This only applies for this year. The senatus consultum de relatione rationum publicarum otherwise remains in force.
II. This exemption is granted noting:
- A. the basic report of accounts provided under the first agenda item of the last senate session in January of this year;
- B. the limited access the current curator aerarii has to Nova Roma's live accounts, as so reported to the consuls; and
- C. the pending change of curator aerarii scheduled to be proposed this year.
III. Should a new curator aerarii be appointed, the new incumbent is to produce a preliminary report by Kal. Sext. (1 August) with the following elements:
- A. specifying the amounts of all accounts;
- B. confirming their physical access, as well as the physical access of all quaestores aerarii, as required by law;
- C. Identifying all legislation that effects the scope of their role and those that work in the;
- D. Providing account details of all accounts to enable citizens to pay into those accounts; and
- E. A list of all pages the curator should monitor and help manage on the NR Wiki, including but not limited to "Aerarium Publicum (Nova Roma)", "Curator aerarii (Nova Roma)", and "Current tax rates".
Senatus consultum de curatore aerarii creando
A senatorial decree concerning the appointment of a curator of the treasury.
I. Senator and imperator Publius Porcius Licinus has served as curator aerarii for many years. To support the future interests of P. Porcius and allow a distribution of corporate knowledge across Nova Roma, the senate is honorably releasing P. Porcius from the position of curator aerarii. The senate and the people of Nova Roma thank him for his loyal service.
II. The senate hereby appoints senator Publius Aurelius Barbatus as the new curator aerarii.
III. An exchange and handover period of three (3) nundinae is set from the enactment of this decree to enable transition of ownership of accounts and support other administration necessary for the handover of this role.
Senatus consultum de tabulis tributorum
Decree concerning the records of taxpayers
I. Nova Roma has struggled to reflect the correct tax payment status of citizens, within a sufficient time frame, for numerous years. Many citizens have expressed concerns that they have received no acknowledgment of their tax payment status. Although Nova Roma custom and law automatically affords the correct status to those citizens from the moment they pay, citizens have expressed the need for tangible receipt and acknowledgment of their tax payment and their status. If Nova Roma considers itself a viable organization operating with integrity, and that it respects its tax paying citizens, the senate hereby implements the necessary procedural enforcement. Nova Roma also has an obligation under numerous macro-national jurisdictions to provide receipts of payment.
II. This decree mandates ongoing activities for both acknowledgment and record keeping measures concerning funds paid to Nova Roma:
- A. With oversight from the curator aerarii, the quaestores aerarii or treasury account managers (as defined by senatus consultum de quaestoribus aerariis constituendis) must provide acknowledgment of any funds paid to Nova Roma, to the paying individual, within one nundinium. The acknowledgment may be as simple as an email to the paying individual (it does not have to be a typed or printed receipt), but the correspondence must record the amount paid and on what date it was paid on.
- B. With oversight from the curator aerarii, the quaestores aerarii or treasury account managers (as defined by senatus consultum de quaestoribus aerariis constituendis) must provide a report of tax payers (noting what they paid) to the appropriate officers in the Officium Censorium, at a minimum of once a month, so they may update the tax payment status on the Album Civium. Noting they have to provide acknowledgment to a paying citizen, they should carbon-copy the censorial staff in the same email correspondence.
III. With the enactment of this decree, the quaestores aerarii, or treasury account managers as appropriate, must provide a notification to all citizens who have paid funds to Nova Roma since Kal. Ian. of M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. within 4 nundinae. This should also include a report or copied correspondence to the appropriate officer(s) Officium Censorium. The quaestores aerarii, or treasury account managers then must maintain their obligations in accordance with article II going forwards.
IV. As is already stipulated in law, the Officium Censorium is obligated to make an update the Album Civium once informed or requested of a necessary change. Upon receiving notice from the quaestores aerarii or treasury account managers, the assigned staff of the Officium Censorium must update the tax payment status of a citizen in the Album Civium within a nundinium.
V. Voting rolls must be updated at the time Album Civium records are updated, in congruence with other legalisation defined elsewhere in law. The tribe and century rolls must be made available to the censorial staff carrying out these updates.
Senatus consultum de ordine novo tributorum exigendorum
Decree concerning a new ordering of tax collection
I. As already approved under the senatus consultum passed in prid. Kal. Sept. ‡ Cn. Salvio Cn. Equitio cos. ‡ MMDCCLVII a.u.c. so titled "...establish a European bank account that will allow easier fund transfers", and in congruence with article VIII of the senatus consultum de tributis perpetuis a.d. III Kal. Feb. ‡ M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c., the decree hereby instructs the curator aerarii to establish a European-based bank account in the name of Nova Roma.
II. The curator aerarii is to identify and instruct one of the existing quaestores aerarii or an appointed treasury account manager (so defined under the senatus consultum de quaestoribus aerariis constituendis), to establish a bank account that can be used to accept tax-payer payments through the standard Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment method, a Euro denominated account, accepting Euro transfers without fees. The active account should have no ongoing fees or at least be minimal. The account should be in the name of Nova Roma Inc. As required, a consul may be approached and is instructed to produce a supporting formal signed letter, that will support this decree (acting as the official board-of-directors minutes), allowing the appointed individual to open an account in the name of Nova Roma.
III. Ensuring to meet the conditions of article IV.C of the senatus consultum de quaestoribus aerariis constituendis, the curator aerarii is pre-approved by the senate to appoint a new treasury account manager, if the curator deems it necessary, that lives within the European Union, if one of the existing quaestores aerarii, or the curator themselves, are not suitable or unable to support this task. The curator is to inform the consuls and the praefectus rei publicae administrandae of any such appointment.
IV. The new EUR account is to be established within two months of the enactment of this decree. This decree excuses the processing times that may occur as a result of the banking institution.
V. Acknowledging the new accepted currency to pay transfer funds to Nova Roma, the senate stipulates the following fixed rates citizens may elect to pay their taxes. These rates are based on the exchange rates of the day but will remain fixed. The defined European rates for tax payment are as follows and are to be published alongside current tax information, once the new account is accepting payments:
- A. tributum capitis: €8
- B. full basic tax: €13
- C. discounted treasury tribune tax: €23
- D. full treasury tribune tax: €38
- E. discounted equestrian tax: €69
- F. full equestrian tax: €115
VI. If the curator aerarii and his appointees are unable to establish an account in the given time, they are to produce a short report to the consuls for further consideration by the senate. The report should include:
- A. What banking institutions were approached.
- B. What documentation was provided to the institutions and what additional documentation was sought.
- C. What local laws or legislation, or banking policy, prohibited the account establishment.
- D. What prohibitive fees discouraged the account establishment and if there were any avenues to avoid these.
- E. Anything else considered relevant.
Senatus consulta of a.d. III Kal. Feb. ‡ M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de tributis perpetuis
New ongoing tax payment requirements
I. Historically, consecutive bodies of the senate have opted for posting an annual tax rate each year. Through time, Nova Roma has faced delays to the tax payment cycle due to bureaucratic delays in the senate. Since the actual tax rate has undergone minimal changes over the last several years, the annual decree of the same tax rate has become redundant and adds unnecessary delays to the tax payment process.
II. With this decree, the senate posts the following permanent taxation system. This does not preclude the senate from changing the tax rate in the future, it merely, enables an ongoing continuous cycle, until such time the senate deems it needs to change once more.
III. The lex Cornelia Domitia de re publica constituenda stipulates that each citizen shall have the optional duty to pay taxes and to perform the munus militiae (ceremonial and reenactment military service for Nova Roma) which shall be redeemable by alternative solutions, regulated by law. Nova Roman citizens who wish to gain or maintain assiduus status shall contribute both the tributum capitis (basic tax) and the munus militia (military service). Only those citizens who satisfy both criteria will be classified as an "assiduus" (taxpayer).
- A. The basic tax: tributum capitis. The basic citizen tax is required from all citizens who wish to gain or maintain assiduus status - regardless of their service in the Nova Roman legions. All citizens who wish to maintain assiduus status shall contribute a donation of at least $9 USD to the Nova Roman Treasury.
- B. Military service or contribution: The munus militiae and the tributum militare. There shall be two possible ways to perform the munus militiae: participation in the legions of Nova Roma (see III.B.i) or by a financial donation in support the legions of Nova Roma (see III.B.ii). Citizens who wish to maintain assiduus status shall perform the munus militiae in one of these ways:
- i. A Nova Roman citizen who holds membership in a Nova Roman legionary reenactment group (munus militiae). This can include roles in the capacity as a civilian, wearing civilian clothing, or as a military member under rank and wearing of armoured equipment. This applies equally to men and women, undertaking any role as an official member of a Nova Roman legionary reenactment group, of any affiliation category.
- ii. A Nova Roman citizen who pays a donation (tributum militare) to the Nova Roman treasury. A Nova Roman citizen who does not or cannot serve in a Nova Roman legionary reenactment group may instead donate to the Nova Roman treasury at the same time when paying the basic tax. The tributum militare shall be $6 USD.
- C. Clarification of the amount to be paid.
The regulations above mean that a citizen who is a member of a Nova Roman legion (either in civilian clothing or military clothing) shall contribute at least $9 USD; but a citizen who is not a member in any of the affiliated legions of Nova Roma shall donate at least $15 USD (includes the components of $9 tributum capitis + $6 tributum militare). A Roman military reenactor citizen who belongs to a legion which is not affiliated to Nova Roma (and consequently does not serve within Nova Roman military) shall perform the munus militiae to Nova Roma by paying the tributum militare which means that their tax is also $15 USD.
IV. Special Privileges for Larger Donations. For donations to the Nova Roman treasury exceeding certain thresholds, a Nova Roman citizen can gain additional privileges and status that includes the tribunus aerarius equestris and the eques equo privato.
- A. Citizens donating $45 USD in total will be recognized as preliminary members of the equestrian order with the title “tribunus aerarius equestris” (equestrian treasury tribune), and will receive 25 Census Points (which can elevate a citizen by one class). Officially recognized reenactors and Latinists are eligible for a discount, if proof is provided, allowing them to achieve this status with a donation of only $27 USD. A tribunus aerarius equestris, receives 25 Census Points and the clothing privileges of equestrians; however, no further privileges are afforded.
- B. Citizens donating $135 USD in total will be recognized as full members of the equestrian order with the title “eques equo privato” (an equestrian serving on his own horse, also known as a private knight), and will receive 400 Census Points which is an immediate elevation to the First Class. Officially recognized reenactors and Latinists are eligible for a discount, if proof is provided, allowing them achieve this status with a donation of only $81 USD.
V. Definition of Reenactors and Latinists. As described above, Nova Roma acknowledges contributions from citizens with certain skills and contributions.
- A. Reenactors can be recognized as such by presenting photographic evidence (if requested) to the quaestores aerarii, the curator aerarii or a member of the Censorial Office. It is in the power of the Censorial Office to accept the evidence and to register the name of the reenactment group where they belong. Reenactors applying for this reduction agree that the presented photographs can be used in publications of the websites and internet pages of Nova Roma.
- B. Latinists can be recognized as such with a certification, obtained through a Latin examination by a Nova Roman educational institution. Recognition may also be granted by presenting educational transcripts or certificates from an institution outside Nova Roma, which proves Latin fluency in writing, to the quaestores aerarii, the curator aerarii or to the Censorial Office. It is in the power of the Censorial Office to accept the evidence or to assign the task of examination to a Nova Roman committee of Latin teachers who shall decide if the applicant for the status of Latinist may be qualified as having Latin fluency in writing.
VI. Tax year and payment schedule. Standard tax (financial) year. A tax year is defined as Kal. Ian. to pr. Kal. Ian. (1 January – 31 December). In order for a citizen to achieve the status of assiduus, tribunus aerarius equestris, or eques equo privato, applicable from Kal. Ian. (1 January), they must make the applicable donation prior to the end of pr. Kal. Ian. (31 December), Rome time. Although citizens can pay their tax in January, public calls for taxpayment should only be started from February.
- A. Payment periods. With the exception noted in article VI.B, late tax donations can only be made up to the end of the pr. Kal. Ian. (31 December), Rome time. Any tax donations made after this time are assumed to be for the new tax period. It is not possible for citizens to pay for any next tax period in advance. These are the specific periods of a tax year with escalating consequences of late payment or non-payment:
- i. Normal tax payment period. Taxes in any given tax year are due by the pr. Kal. Quint (30 June). Citizens who pay by the pr. Kal. Quint (30 June) are considered having paid the annual tax in a timely manner.
- ii. Tax payment grace period. Citizens who fail to make a payment by the pr. Kal. Quint (30 June) are still permitted to pay the tax donation. Citizens who make a tax payment prior to pr. Kal. Nov. (31 October) are required to pay double the normal rate of the tributum capitis, equating to a minimum of $18 USD. This applies to all citizens paying during this period, whether they are required to pay the munus militia or not. There is no late fee for citizens electing to pay the rates of a tribunus aerarius equestris, or eques equo privato after pr. Kal. Quint (30 Jun).
- iii. Tax payment penalty period. Citizens who also fail to make a payment by the pr. Kal. Nov. (31 October) are still permitted to pay the tax donation for the current tax year. Citizens who make a tax payment prior to pr. Kal. Ian. (31 December) are required to pay double the normal rate of the tributum capitis, equating to a minimum of $18 USD, and are subject to the penalties described in article VII.
- B. New Citizens. Citizens who join after the pr. Kal. Quint. (30 June) in any given year who wish to pay the voluntary tax donation, for any current tax period, may do so without attracting the late fee.
VII. Conditions of non-tax payment. Citizens who don't contribute the voluntary tax donations as described above, by the end of pr. Kal. Quint (30 June), in any given tax period, will be classified as capite censi on Kal. Nov. (1 November). Citizens remain entitled to recover assisuus status by payment of the voluntary tax until pr. Kal. Ian. (31 December).
- A. Citizens classified as capite censi will automatically lose any state positions, offices and titles they hold that require assiduus status, including senatorial or equestrian status on the Kal. Nov. (1 November). The lost state positions, offices and titles will be automatically restored, with the exception of elected magistracies, governorships and appointed state commissioner positions, when the late payment is made (without any time break noted in the records) but only until the pr. Kal. Ian. (31 December) within the specific tax period. Congruent with other Nova Roman law, only those citizens who have already paid the tax donation for the current tax period are allowed to nominate as a candidate in an election for public office, be appointed to any public office and be appointed to any priesthood.
- B. If provisioned under Nova Roman law, citizens who previously held an assiduus status, who are reclassified as capite censi at any time, may be subject to Census Point penalties applicable to a negligence in tax payment. When such penalties are applied are determined by the laws that detail such penalties and not by this decree.
VIII. Method of voluntary tax collection. This decree does not mandate a method or methods of collecting the voluntary tax payments. The determination is to be made by the curator aerarii, with recommended consultation with the quaestores aerarii as needed. Such determination must be made prior to the yearly public calls for taxpayment in February, in accordance with article VI. The senate itself may mandate a new method or methods at any time. In the first instance when this decree comes into effect, the previous extant method shall be used.
IX. Changing the tax rates. If the senate wishes to change the tax rates in the future, it should publish the new rates no later than in the month of February. The consuls are ordered to declare an edict as soon as practicable for the citizens to cease tax payments, until such time the new tax rates are decreed by the senate.
Senatus consultum de foro ordinationis retis publici constituendo
Creation of a central coordination forum for website administration
I. The Nova Roman official website is a critical record and comprehensive album of our history, current administration and events. Presently, the Curator rei Informaticae still intends to administer the website as a true wiki concept; a communal online presence that all citizens can contribute to.
II. With more citizens seeking to add and contribute to the Nova Roman wiki, the management of content and patrolling of new edits becomes increasingly important. The Officium Rei Informaticae has limited resourcing to manage the increasing editorial traffic, and so the annually elected quattuorviri rerum curandarum play an important role in helping to manage the Nova Roman wiki.
III. This senatus consultum directs the quattuorviri rerum curandarum to collegiately create an online central coordination forum. This forum is to include, not only the quattuorviri rerum curandarum, but is to also include the praetores or their representatives, the Curator rei Informaticae and their selected staff, as well as any additional staff required by the aediles.
IV. The forum is to be used to coordinate and synchronise editing and reviews of website pages and edits. With each new year, permanent apparitor staff and the Curator rei Infomaticae will add and remove the quattuorviri rerum curandarum and praetores as they are elected.
V. The senate directs that the coordination forum is established using the Groups.io service. An alternative may be proposed so long it is approved by the Curator rei Informaticae. This forum is to be established no later than the Kal. Mar.
Senatus consultum de quaestoribus aerariis constituendis
Appointment of the treasury quaestors
I. According to article IV.A.6 of the Lex Cornelia Domitia de re publica constituenda, the senate appoints two elected quaestores to be the treasury quaestores (quaestores aerarii) for the term. This decree also seeks to set the ongoing management and account ownership of Nova Roman treasury accounts.
II. With this senatus consultum, the senate appoints Tita Popillia Laenas and Aulus Vitellius Celsus as quaestores aerarii.
III. They are to report to the consuls and the curator aerarii. The curator is to ensure at least one of the quaestores aerarii also has the access necessary to the Nova Roman financial institutions where our finances are stored and managed. This access arrangement is to continue past the term of (one or both of) the quaestor aerarii of the current year M. Metello D. Aurelio coss. (2026). If not already done so, the curator is to perform a password update and ensure the required officers have the new access. To ensure security, this access update is to occur anytime Officium Aerarii appointments change in any way.
IV. With this decree, once the term of the quaestores aerarii expires, the expiring quaestores aerarii will automatically be appointed as treasury account managers, remaining members of the Officium Aerarii. The quaestores aerarii may also seek re-election as quaestors, and if successful, will automatically retain their appointment as quaestores aerarii instead. Treasury account managers have the following restrictions:
- A. Unlike the quaestores aerarii and curator aerarii, who have the full authority to move or disperse funds based from accounts based on senate approval, treasury account managers are only permitted access to any one account at a time (if there are multiple) and posses no ability to move or modify funds without the explicit order from the curator aerarii or one of the quaestores aerarii (if they also exist simultaneously). Treasury account managers can still remain owners of accounts, as well as have access.
- B. When more than one Nova Roman treasury account exists, the curator aerarii is responsible to ensure access is dispersed between the treasury account managers, still meeting the intent in article III.
- C. The senate may even add or remove other members to the Officium Aerarii at any time, as a treasury account manager; however, they must be a current or former quaestor.
- D. If the senate ever appoints new treasury account managers, or new treasury account managers are automatically appointed as per article IV, non-continuing treasury account managers automatically lose their appointments within 2 months, time to aid transition arrangements. The curator aerarii is to transition account access and ownership accordingly, as per article III. Ownership transition extensions must be explicitly requested by the curator aerarii and granted by the senate.
- E. Treasury account managers will adopt the name scriba quaestorius aerarii.
Senatus consultum de cura insignis sive logotypi macronationalis Novae Romae iterum constituenda
Abolishment of the Trademark Protection Task Force
I. Established under the Senatus consultum de insigni sive logotypo Nova Romae macronationaliter renovando et protegendo, enacted on a.d. VII Id. Apr. C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. (7 April, 2023) the Nova Roma Trademark Protection Task Force (Commissio Executiva Ad Insigne Novae Romae Protegendum) was created to manage the trademark of Nova Roma.
II. This taskforce has become defunct and has failed to produce traceable activities to the senate. An entire taskforce is also unnecessary and labours already overburdened officers like the Praefectus rei Publicae Administrandae. With this senatus consultum, the taskforce is hereby abolished.
III. The duties and responsibilities of the ongoing management of the Nova Roman trademark are to remain the sole responsibility of the Curator Aerarii. The status of our trademark is to be reported on with other reporting obligations to the senate already stipulated under law. The Curator alone is able to expend the necessary funds to ensure the trademark remains registered in necessary global jurisdictions. The Curator is encouraged to seek advice from the senate when expenditure obligations become unclear.
IV. This senatus consultum does not preclude the curator from seeking assistance from subject matter experts. The Curator is also permitted to exercise assistance from the quaestores aerarii as so permitted under law.
Senatus consultum de Concessione Revocanda
Revocation of the concession allotted to C. Artorius Praeconinus
I. Established under the senatus consultum de concessione C. Artorii Praeconini, enacted on pr. Kal. Ian. Q. Arrio (III) A. Tullia cos. (31 Dec, 2021) this provided citizen C. Artorius Praeconinus to use signs and pictures in stately possession and control, for the purpose to produce and sell goods under formulated conditions.
II. Managed as a contract, citizen has C. Artorius Praeconinus has failed to meet annual reporting conditions, in fact, no such reports have ever been recorded in the tabularium. As such, the original senatus consultum is hereby repealed and the concession is terminated.
Senatus consultum de Senatus Consulto Ultimo obsoleto de situ internetuali Novae Romae abrogando
Repeal of directive for the Curator rei Informaticae
I. Established under the Senatus consultum ultimum de situ internetuali Novae Romae, enacted on a.d. XI Kal. Quint. Q. Arrio (III) A. Tullia cos. (21 June, 2021), this decree levied obligations on the Curator rei Informaticae to centralize, modernize and bring all digital infrastructure under Republic control. It is to be noted for the senate that the original Senatus consultum ultimum has now naturally deescalated to a standard Senatus consultum, as determined by law.
II. Although, control of assets was achieved, the website made functional and accessible, other mandates were not achieved or only partially achieved. For curator reporting that was submitted, senatorial archives already contain reports I-IV. All reports received are attached as an appendix to this SC.
III. With this senatus consultum, the senate hereby rescinds the original senatus consultum. Firstly, the senate acknowledges that the decree has now been overtaken by events. New reporting from the curator, under new decrees, are due shortly which may consider entirely new website platforms. The senate also acknowledges that through estoppel, the senate and other authorities failed to enforce the requirements. The senate also acknowledges that they overburdened the citizen assigned as curator with numerous other governmental roles, and as such, the senate holds the accountability. The curator rei informaticae is absolved of all conditions not met in the original decree.
IV. At this time, the curator rei informaticae shall continue to appoint and chair a committee of IT scribes (and potentially officers with other titles) to revise the homepage and digital services of the main webpage to bring them up to date with modern technology and standards (as best as possible) to better draw in more new citizens. This should include efforts to refine for SEO (Search Engine Optimized). The committee should include at least three appointed members besides the curator rei informaticae. The curator rei informaticae shall ensure that there are always multiple trusted officers with administrative access to our online assets to prevent any loss of access by the res publica. The curator is directed to maintain sustainment and fault correction of our current IT assets while considering modern platform replacements in the IT committee.
V. Once new reporting is received under Senatus Consultum De Initiativa Reformationis Situs Novae Romae, the senate will review ongoing website requirements and explore new platform solutions at that time. Additional ad-hoc reporting may be stipulated by consular or senate order but otherwise all other previous ongoing reporting is no longer required. The curator rei informaticae is required to submit a report within two nundina after such an order is made.
Senatus consulta of Non. Oct. ‡ P. Aurelio C. Flavio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVIII a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de relationibus praesidum provinciarum
The Senate, mindful of its duty to oversee the administration of the provinces and to receive regular accounts of their condition, decrees:
I. The Senate reaffirms the Senatus consultum de relatione provinciali requirenda, and requires that all governors submit their annual provincial reports by the Kalends of March each year, following the format prescribed therein.
II. Reports submitted after the deadline are subject to the measures previously set by the Senate regarding overdue reports.
Senatus consultum de relatione rationum publicarum
The Senate, mindful of its responsibility to safeguard the financial integrity of the res publica, decrees:
I. That the curator aerarii, under the authority of the quaestores, shall prepare and present to the Senate a full financial report of the aerarium publicum each year, summarizing income, expenditures, assets, liabilities, and balances.
II. That this report shall be submitted to the Senate no later than the Kalends of March each year, and shall be made publicly available in the Aerarium Publicum.
III. That extraordinary or interim reports may be requested at any time by the presiding magistrates of the Senate, or by senatus consultum, as the needs of the res publica shall require.
Senatus consultum de initiativa reformationis situs Novae Romae
The Senate, recognizing the essential importance of modern and secure digital infrastructure to the res publica, decrees:
I. That the curator rei informaticae, acting under the authority of the consuls, shall prepare a comprehensive report on the state of Nova Roma’s website and related IT infrastructure. This report shall include, but not be limited to: who currently holds administrative and hosting rights, domain registrar and hosting provider information, the structure of the backend, current annual and recurring expenses for upkeep and maintenance, and the status of any assets or intellectual property acquired via the incorporation of the Res Publica Canadana Romana Internationalis.
II. That this report shall be delivered to the Senate no later than the Kalends of August, year MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c. (2779 A.U.C., 2026 CE), and shall include recommendations for improvements, upgrades, or restructuring, with estimates of cost and resources required.
III. That the curator rei informaticae may convene a committee of technical, financial, and administrative officials to assist in gathering this information and formulating recommendations.
Senatus consultum de programmate praesentiae in mediis socialibus
The Senate, recognizing the importance of outreach, communication, and growth in our citizenry through modern digital means, decrees:
I. That a Social Media Presence Program shall be established under the authority of the aediles and the curator rei informaticae, who shall form a committee or taskforce consisting of capable citizens, including content creators, communications specialists, and technical experts.
II. That this committee shall be charged with assessing Nova Roma’s current social media reach, channels, content performance, and opportunities, proposing strategies for expansion, enhancing branding, and fostering engagement.
III. That the committee shall present to the Senate its strategic plan with concrete recommendations, metrics for success, estimated resources needed, and proposals for new channels or campaigns, whenever the committee shall have completed its deliberations and is ready to report.
Senatus consultum de vestimentis et instrumentis publicis Novae Romae
Preamble. The Senate strongly commits itself to continuing the best traditions of Nova Roma as an active presence and vibrant global community of all sorts of people working on the education, preservation and reconstruction of Roman religion, culture and virtues. To inspire and unite modern Romans across the world, Nova Roma must be visible, material, and credible at our public events. Prestige must not remain a concept but must be embodied in vestments, symbols, and infrastructure that command respect. Without these, Nova Roma relies unsustainably on the private means of individuals, and suffers ridicule in the eyes of those who would see Rome reborn. Therefore, the Senate resolves to act decisively to provide Nova Roma with the material dignity it requires.
Under the Edictum censorium de moribus et operibus publicis of the previous censors who were empowered to set the general direction of the financial policy of Nova Roma, and in the spirit of the lex Petronia de pecunia ex aerario petenda, the Senate, desiring to ensure the dignity, prestige, and historical accuracy of Nova Roma and its magistrates at public events, decrees:
I. That a program shall be established for the acquisition and maintenance of official vestments and equipment of Nova Roma, beginning with reenactment-quality togae and tunicae for the magistrates of curule rank, to be expanded in successive phases to include vexilla, insignia, curule chairs, ritual furnishings, tents, and other necessary items of representation and ceremony.
II. That the expenses for this program shall be provided from the aerarium publicum.
III. That a committee is hereby created to oversee this program, co-chaired by C. Flavius Constantinus Aeneas Stilicho, consul, together with the praefectus rei publicae et praefectus praetorio Cn. Cornelius Lentulus. This committee shall be entrusted with selecting appropriate garments, insignia, and equipment of authentic quality, arranging their purchase, ensuring their upkeep, and making them available for the use of Nova Roma at public events. If the consulship of C. Flavius expires, he shall continue this task with the support of the praefectus rei publicae et praefectus praetorio in his proconsular capacity within his superprovincial command of the Late Antiquity legions of Nova Roma (in this task, not linked to Late Antiquity historical period limits).
IV. That the Senate affirms prestige must be made material: Nova Roma, as the largest Roman revivalist community, must present itself at festivals, reenactments, museums, and public occasions with infrastructure that inspires respect and conveys Romanitas with dignity. The committee shall therefore develop a phased plan for acquiring and deploying equipment regionally, beginning with Europe, then North America, and subsequently other continents, so that Nova Roma’s presence may be visible worldwide.
V. That the committee shall also study and recommend the creation of a secretariate to determine custodianship, storage, and logistical management of these assets, including lending and transport for official Nova Roma events.
Senatus consultum de Municipio Novae condendo
I. The Nova Roman citizens in the area of the ancient site of Novae, today called Svishtov (Bugaria), within our Provincia Thracia, requested, through their legatus pro praetore A. Vitellius Celsus, to incorporate the Res Publica Novarum, their Roman community, into Nova Roma as its municipium.
II. The legatus pro praetore of Thracia, A. Vitellius Celsus, has reported that the lex municipii proposed by the Res Publica Novarum has been reviewed and approved by the Praetorian Law Revision Committee of Classicists and Latinists, the list of the required number of founding citizens has been submitted, and the Action Plan of the future municipium has been outlined as part of the founding documents.
III. The Senate warmly commends the Municipium Novae for its vigorous annual calendar of reenactments and public festivals, and looks forward to its active contribution to the mission of Nova Roma in Thracia and throughout the Roman world. According to the present decree of the Senate, the Res Publica Novarum shall receive the grant of municipium status with the name Municipium Novae, and the following lex munipalis at Section III is hereby authorized by this senatus consultum:
Lex Municipii Novarum
Senatus consulta of a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ M. Cotta C. Petronio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVII a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de provinciis, imperiis et triumphis
I. The Senate has given an extension to the deadline of submitting the last provincial reports, but there are a number of governors who still haven't presented their reports. The Senate clarifies that the last possible date for the submission of all previous reports is the Kalends of March: all provinces which didn't submit an appropriate report until that date will face the full weight of consequences as defined by law.
II. The special commands and imperia of the acclaimed imperatores as specified by the Senatus consultum de victoria belli civilis, de salutatione imperatoria et de triumpho and the Senatus consultum ultimum de re publica restituenda are hereby extended to another 3 years.
Senatus consulta of a.d. III Kal. Iun. ‡ M. Cotta C. Petronio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVII a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de provinciis examinandis et ordinandis annis C. Cethego Q. Arrio coss. et M. cotta C. Petronio coss.
I. Evaluation of the period Kal. Apr. Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. to Kal. Apr. C. Cethego Q. Arrio cos. (IV) (April 1, 2022 – April 1. 2023)
Provincial reports submitted in the first round are located and publicly accessible at the following page on our website:
- A. After hearing the reports of the governors of the provinces of the Nova Roman People, the Senate has conducted the evaluation of the provinces according to the rules and parameters prescribed by law, and issues the following evaluation of the provinces for the period between Kal. Apr. Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. to Kal. Apr. C. Cethego Q. Arrio cos. (IV) (April 1, 2022 – April 1. 2023):
- 1. Marks
- America Hispanica: unsatisfactory
- Australia: unsatisfactory
- Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae: active
- Scythia et Russia: unsatisfactory
- Thracia: active
- 2. Notes
- The marks above have been automatically given by the calculation method prescribed in law. The status mark “unsatisfactory” is only temporary and reflect on the state of being as of Kal. Apr. C. Cethego Q. Arrio cos. (April 1, 2023).
- B. The senate does not decree about any instruction in connection to this evaluation because this period is over and decisions are now made based on the next period's evaluation, see Section II.
II. Evaluation of the period Kal. Apr. C. Cethego Q. Arrio cos. (IV) to Kal. Apr.M. Cotta C. Petrinio cos. (April 1, 2023 – April 1. 2024)
Provincial reports submitted in the first round are located and publicly accessible at the following page on our website:
http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Provincial_reports_M._Cotta_C._Petronio_consulibus
- A. After hearing the reports of the governors of the provinces of the Nova Roman People, the Senate has conducted the evaluation of the provinces according to the rules and parameters prescribed by law, and issues the following evaluation of the provinces for the period between Kal. Apr. C. Cethego Q. Arrio cos. (IV) to Kal. Apr.M. Cotta C. Petrinio cos. (April 1, 2023 – April 1. 2024):
- Marks:
- America Hispanica: unsatisfactory
- Australia: unsatisfactory
- Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae: excellent
- Thracia: active
- B. The Senate has accepted the request from the dux of Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae, and in that capacity, legatus pro praetore of Gallia and Germania, Cn. Cornelius Lentulus to separate the the subprovince called Britannia from the Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae and to re-establish Provincia Britannia as an independent, full province. The Senate congratulates the dux et legatus pro praetore Britanniae Cn. Cornelius Lentulus for the successful reorganization of Provincia Britannia.
- C. The Senate hereby appoints consul C. Petronius Stephanus Turpilianus as governor of Provincia Britannia under his consular imperium.
- D. The Senate appoints Cn. Cornelius Lentulus as legatus to Provincia Britannia and to the governor of Provincia Britannia as an assistant vice-governor to ensure the transition process.
Senatus consulta of a.d. VII Id. Mai. ‡ M. Cotta C. Petronio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVII a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de funere censorio A. Tulliae Scholasticae Augustae
I. It was with great sadness that the Nova Roman Senate learned of the death of consular and censorial senator A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta, the princeps senatus, awarded eques equo publico, recipient of the Censorial Award and the Senate Award for Shaping the First Quarter of Century of Nova Noma, one of the most iconic and indispensable citizens of Nova Roma, without whom our Res Publica could not have been imagined, and without whom we feel orphans. The Republic is in grief, and the Senate is mourning the loss of its princeps senatus, a close friend and patroness to many of us, the most venerable and illustrious Tullia Scholastica Augusta. Our honorable and revered old Tullia Scholastica Augusta was one of the greatest Nova Romans in our Res Publica, a true Roman and a wonderful Roman matron respected by the citizenry. All members of the Senate extend their sincere and deeply felt condolences to Tullia Scholastica Flaviana the daughter, filia familias of princeps senatus Tullia Scholastica Augusta, to her partial heir the princeps iuventutis Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, and to all relatives and friends of Tullia Scholastica Augusta. However, it is not only they who need to be consoled: the Senate extends its condolences to the entire citizenry of Nova Roma, for the loss of our premier citizen, the highest ranking member of our society, their fellow citizen who was there with them through fire and water, and whom many loved as a mother figure of Nova Roma. Her ascension to our ancestors is accompanied with prayer for her from all over the world, as she gloriously entered the kingdom of shadows exactly on her 80th birthday, and she will remain with us forever, as a protecting spirit of Nova Roma.
II. In order to honor the memory of the late illustrious four times censor, twice consul, former praetor, princeps senatus, A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta, and to express gratitude for her many great contributions to Nova Roma, for her more than 20 years of dedication to our commonwealth, and to pay homage to the greatness of her loyalty, character and importance for Nova Roman history, the Senate is hereby awarding and declaring a funus censorium, censorial state funeral to the censorial and consular senator A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta, princeps senatus, public knight of Nova Roma, as it is appropriate. Further, the Senate also authorizes a donation of an unspecified amount of money aiding the heirs of Tullia Scholastica Augusta toward the costs of the funeral in the name of the Nova Roman People, the Quirites. This unspecified donation shall count as if it were given from the Treasury of Nova Roma, but the funds shall be raised by the treasury quaestors, handled and spent under the joint authority of the consuls and the treasury quaestors, helping the heirs to conduct the most magnificent tribute ceremonies. Recognizing that the actual funeral arranged by the family has been already held on pr. Kal. Mai. M. Cotta Iovio C. Petronio Stephano coss. (30 April, 2024), this funus censorium serves as our separate funerary tribute but also supports the actual funeral financially.
III. The funus censorium of A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta shall take place in a form of a funerary ritual and sacrifice conducted by one or both of the consuls, based on their agreement. The volunteering consul has the usual authorization to request one of the pontifices to perform the ritual in his place.
IV. The funus censorium ritual shall take place on the date appointed by the volunteering consul, and published in a consular edict on the funus censorium of Tullia Scholastica Augusta. Before issuing the edict, the consul shall obtain an approval for the chosen day from a pontifex and an augur because of the calendrical complications of Roman religion. If the consul chooses to perform the ritual through the person of a pontifex, he has to arrange the date with the officiating pontifex before publishing the edict.
V. The senate, to further honor the memory of A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta, hereby officially declares a state mourning for the funeral of A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta, which shall take place beginning from the day which precedes the funus censorium ritual, and shall last three days.
VI. These three days are declared Dies Nefasti Publici (NP), and, according to the Decretum Pontificum de Diebus III.A., no official state business, no judicial procedure, no comitia shall be held, no edicts shall be issued on these days. This may coincide with festivals and ludi, in which case they shall proceed alongside the state mourning, in a more modest, reduced form, and A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta’s transition to the Manes shall be remembered in central position within the sacrifices and prayers of the festival.
VII. During this state mourning period, the main page of the Nova Roma website shall show nothing else but a tribute to A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta, her mourning portrait, black flags and similar symbols of grief, and other main portal pages of the website shall contain a black flag and reference to the mourning for Scholastica Augusta.
VIII. On each day of the state mourning period, the consuls shall take care that there be a daily public message on the official fora of Nova Roma calling the citizens' attention to the mourning and asking for prayers for A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta.
IX. The senate also instructs all aediles (curule and plebeian) collegially as a body to hold public funerary games in honor and in memory of A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta no later than within one month after the funus censorium. The memorial funerary games shall be called Ludi Tullii (Tullian Games) and shall include some form of munera gladiatoria and a biography contest about the life and Roman activities of Tullia Scholastica Augusta. The rest of the programs, including the length of the games, is at the discretion of the curule and plebeian aediles, but they shall not exceed 5 days.
X. The senate determines that the next coin officially issued by Nova Roma shall remember A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta.
Senatus consulta of a.d. XII Kal. Mai. ‡ M. Cotta C. Petronio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVII a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de quibusdam praemiis censualibus clarificandis
At the end of last year the Senate voted about the 20th Senate Awards and a special Senate Award to Ti. Iulius Nerva, but it did not clarify what amount of Census Points the award implied. In this senatus consultum, the awards are clarified:
I. In the Senatus consultum de praemio senatorio Ti. Iulii Nervae, the award should be the "Extraordinary award" from the lex Arria de censu civium aestimando specified at the value of 100 Census Points.
II. In the Senatus consultum on the Senate Award for shaping the first quarter of century of Nova Noma, the award should be the "Highest Possible Extraordinary award," as specified by the lex Arria de censu civium aestimando.
Senatus consultum de legionibus sustentandis
With this senatus consultum, the Senate legally defines all legions of Nova Roma that were recruited under the Senatus consultum on sponsoring legions enacted on a.d. XVI Kal. Apr. Fl Vedio M. Cassio consulibus (17 March, 1998), unless otherwise not specified as autonomous fully Nova Roman citizen legion, as allied units of Nova Roma. With this clarification, the Senate enacts the following decree:
I. The Senate opens an application procedure restricted only to fully Nova Roman legions (Autonomous Reenactment Units of Nova Roma). Any such legion can participate in this application procedure and request a specific amount of money for a specific project that would improve their quality and the impact that they can make for the benefit of Nova Roma.
- I.A. It must be described in the application for what exactly the money will be used.
- I.B. It must be presented in the application how this investment will help promote Nova Roma or what the advantages will be for Nova Roma if the Senate makes this investment to the group.
- I.C. A deadline must be given in the application for implementing the project for which sponsorship was granted.
- I.D. Invoices about the money spent must be kept and presented to the Nova Roman Treasury.
II. The Senate may grant funds as requested in a petition, or part of the requested funds, or refuse the request, based on insight and consideration of the benefits for Nova Roma through the project. If the project is not implemented by the deadline as indicated in the application, the recipient of the funds must re-fund the entire amount given by the Senate. The recipient shall have the possibility to ask for an extension of the deadline before the deadline is reached.
III. The recipient of the sponsorship must mention that they are a legion of Nova Roma in their main internet site, and that they are funded and sponsored by Nova Roma. They must promote Nova Roma at their events actively and spread the word that Nova Roma offers sponsorship to its fully integrated legions.
IV. The legal representative of the recipient group must sign a document in which the group promises to keep the group as a fully Nova Roman legion (Autonomous Reenactment Unit of NR), keep the rules of this sponsorship, to complete the project, and to re-fund the amount given by Nova Roma if the project is abandoned or not completed by the deadline.
Senatus consulta of a.d. VI Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de pecunia publica castris Ovo Danda
The Senate hereby grants a 1,000 British Pounds fund to the Castra Ovum of our allied Legio XX Valeria Victrix within our Provincia Britannia, a reconstructed Roman fortress which was founded and consecrated as a spiritual land of Nova Roma. At the same time, a public fundraiser will be started next January and the funds collected will also be added to this sponsorship. In reciprocation, and as a confirmation of mutual trust between the Senate and the Roman Tours corporation legally administering the fortress building project, the Sensate asks that the Legio XX Valeria Victric be raised to the status of autonomous reenactment unit of Nova Roma, and that a written, signed (and stamped if the company uses a stam) promise be given to the Nova Roma, Inc. that the funds will be returned to the Nova Roma Treasury if the praetorium building hasn’t been realized until 31 December, 2026.
Senatus consultum de commissionibus senatus
The Senate hereby abolishes all Senate Committees with the exception of the Senate Preparation Committee. All procedures of the Senate where previous rules stipulated the participation of a Senate Committee shall be null and void in as much as the committee is concerned. From the enactment of this senatus consultum, the members of the Senate Preparation Committee shall be any senator or magistrate, or any prominent citizen (principes civitatis) whom the chairman invites to its session because they are considered the most important experts or most influential people in the current topics. Therefore the Senate Preparation Committee will not have a permanent membership, excepting the consuls, praetors and the princeps senatus. If the princeps senatus is not available, the princeps iuventutis shall be used as a temporary replacement in this committee and in any senate procedures when a princeps senatus is required.
Senatus consultum de praemio senatorio Ti. Iulii Nervae
The Senate hereby issues the Senate Award to Ti. Iulius Nerva for establishing a mass Forum for Nova Roma. Citizen Ti. Iulius Nerva is praised and awarded with the Senate Award for developing his “History of The Romans” Facebook group as a forum owned by him and offered for the use of Nova Roma, and for building a currently 111.000 members audience. His dedication to Nova Roma shall stand as an eternal symbol of loyalty and devotion to Nova Roma.
Senatus consultum on the senate award for shaping the first quarter of century of Nova Roma (Nova Roma)
Nova Roma is concluding its all year long celebration of the 25th Anniversary and the Sacred Year of Concordia with recognizing the people who have been with Nova Roma during most of these 25 years and had a most significant impact, for a lasting time,on a continuous basis. There are a few citizens who have shaped the history of Nova Roma and made it what it is today. Some of them have left NR, but some of them have been consistently and loyally with Nova Roma in most of these 25 years. The Senate wishes to thank them for their dedication and for leaving a positive and lasting effect on Nova Roma. They made our res publica and we enter our second quarter century thanks to their legacy in the built in the first. The citizens awarded with this Senate Award are:
I. Fl. Vedius Germanicus: for founding Nova Roma, leaving a lasting effect on its initial legal system and leading Nova Roma out from its first difficulties. Fl. Vedius Germanicus was the first great legislator of Nova Roma and our res publica still inherits many of the marks he left on it: his continued presence make him a symbol of dedication to Nova Roma.
II. M. Cassius Iulius, for founding Nova Roma and serving as its first pontifex maximus, laying down our spiritual foundations, for introducing many of the first bigger conventions as a vital institution of our res publica, for his continuous presence and supporting of the state. For many and especially for the older citizens, M. Cassius Iulianus's name is equal with the name of Nova Roma, and this shows his significance in the history of Nova Roma.
III. M. Octavius Gracchus, for creating the online infrastructure of Nova Roma, for serving as an instrumental citizen in the founding years, and for staying with Nova Roma afterwards and supporting the res publica and its developments. Without M. Octavius Gracchus Nova Roma could not have expanded and function as an effective international organization: he built the infrastructure that still serves us, and which in its time attracted several thousands of citizens, our first generations.
IV. A. Tullia Scholastica, for developing a culture of Latin and Classics in Nova Roma, introducing higher academic standards in the organization, guarding over the Latin and Roman culture of Nova Roma for over two decades without interruption and with diligence, educating hundreds of citizens; and for leaving a lasting legacy on the institutions and legal system of the res publica. A. Tullia Scholastica is one of the most present citizens both in our real life conventions and in the online activities, which no one has surpassed since her time in Nova Roma, and she was one of the champions who saved Nova Roma from its greatest turmoil when our existence was at stake, which demonstrate how significant her legacy is on the first quarter century history of Nova Roma.
V. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, for building and improving the culture of academic based authenticity in the revival of all aspects of Romanitas continuously for about two decades, for running most of the cultural activities and programs of Nova Roma in the major part of our history, for being the leader behind the saving and reorganization of Nova Roma after its direst crisis period when our existence was at stake, and for completing the founding of Nova Roma. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus did not only made the most authentic restoration of the mos maiorum and the cultus deorum the main principle of Nova Roma, but by serving as legislative and administrative assistant to most of the consuls who held office over the course of New Roman history, he left a legacy within mores of Nova Roma, our legal system, structure and activities in our first 25 years which made Nova Roma what it is today.
Senatus consultum de A. Tullia Scholastica Augusta
I. The Senate wishes to recognize censorial, consular senator A. Tullia Scholastica, princeps senatus, for her several years dedicated to Nova Roma, and to extol her with love and praises. A. Tullia Scholastica gave almost every day of her life in the last 20 years to Nova Roma, and as our chief Latinist, she had a great impact on genuine Roman revival in Nova Roma, because without Latin, no Roman revival can be truly genuine. The Senate decides that A. Tullia Scholastica shall receive something exceptional that nobody has ever received in Nova Roma, to make sure that she will be specially remembered. She has helped build Nova Roma, helped save Nova Roma, she has been the guardian of Latinitas, the sacred language of our nation for decades, she is always dignified, strict about her morals, full of virtus and pudicitia, very erudite and wise, a true Roman aristocratic matrona, strong, unshaken, opinionated like a Roman Cato or Caesar, noble and venerable, majestic and august.
II. The laws of Nova Roma allow the senate to award the agnomen Augusta or Augustus as a special gesture, which comes with no special rights or powers, it is not a title, not a status in Nova Roma, it is just a name of honor which expresses our admiration and gratitude.
III. Therefore the Senate awards the non-inheritable agnomen Augusta to A. Tullia Scholastica for her aforementioned virtues and services to the res publica as a recognition of a life dedicated to Nova Roma.
Senatus consultum de laudibus et praemio D. Autroniae Stolonis et L. Delli Liberalis
From the occasion of the Ludi Quinvicennales Magni Finales Saturnalicii, our sacred holidays, the Senate grants the Award for Nova Roman Achievement (3 CP) to D. Autronia Stolo and L. Dellius Liberalis with the following justification: the Senate willingly and gladly honors D. Autronia Stolo and L. Dellius Liberalis who completed the studies as camilli in the Schola Lentuliana, and passed an examination in which they had to write prayers in Latin, perform a ritual in Latin, and write about matters concerning the cultus of the Roman gods, for which reason they have earned the right to hold a priesthood. We hope that many other camilli will earn similar rewards.
Senatus consulta of prid. Id. Oct. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de colonia Aquincum deducenda
I. The Nova Roman citizens in the area of the ancient city of Aquincum, today called Budapest (Hungary), within our Provincia Pannonia, with the leadership of their founder, Cn. Cornelius Lentulus who serves as the legatus pro praetore of the province, have requested from the Senate of Nova Roma to introduce a colona of Nova Roma into this land. According to the present decree of the Senate, they shall receive the grant of colonia status, and the following lex coloniae at Section III is authorized by this senatus consultum.
II. The senate instructs the legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus also as pontifex, D. Septimius Ursus citizen living in the area and serving as an officer of the Aquincum Museum, and M. Aurelius Cotta Iovius, the first Roman reenactor who reintroduced living Romanitas into Aquincum, to found the colonia of Aquincum of Nova Roma, and to conduct the lustrum and the proper founding rituals of Aquincum as a Founding Commission, and it authorizes pontifex Cn. Cornelius Lentulus to assist the Founding Commission in taking the inaugural auspices as acting temporary augur of Aquincum for the day. Among them, D. Septimius and M. Cotta are the proposed duumviri iure dicundo of the colonia. This Founding Commission is hereby appointed by the Senate as tresviri coloniae deducendae, with their term of office ending after the completion of the founding of the colonia.
III. Lex colonialis Septimia de Colonia Cornelia Aquincensium
(Lex Coloniae Corneliae Aquincensis)
Senatus consultum de sodalitate Barbarica approbanda
The Senate hereby approves the establishment and the charter of the Sodalitas Barbarica as an official state sponsored sodalitas of Nova Roma. The Senate adds the following requirements to this approval, for the implementation of which the sodalitas shall have 4 months, counted form the date of this senatus consultum. After 4 months have elapsed, the sodalitas's approval is automatically revoked (which does not exclude the possibility for petitioning of approval again afterwards):
- I. The sodalitas has to change the term "Nova Roma citizen" to "Nova Roman citizen" everywhere in the text.
- II. The sodalitas has to change the term "full member" to "sodalis." In the text of its definition the words "full member" shall be added.
- III. The sodalitas has to change the title of the "chairperson" to "magister." In the text of its definition the words "chairperson" shall be added.
- IV. The sodalitas has to change the title of the "vice-chair" to "vicarius." In the text of its definition the words "vice-chair" shall be added.
- V. The sodalitas has to change the title of the "list moderator" to "moderator."
- VI. A term of office must be defined for the magister and the vicarius, and their method of election (by whom).
- VII. The following is the approved charter of the Sodalitas Barbarica:
Senatus consulta of a.d. VIII Id. Apr. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de regione Noveboracensi dissolvenda et regione Novocaesariensi creanda et de admonitione de nominibus rectis adhibendis
I. At the request of the proconsul of the province, T. Domitius Draco imperator, the senate hereby dissolves Regio Noveboracensis of Provincia America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica, and creates Regio Novocaesariensis (shortened reference: Caesariensis or Nova Caesarea). The senate mandates that the poll for the name change of the province that was required by Senatus consultum de provinciis examinandis et ordinandis be run before the end of April.
II. The legatus of Noveboracensis Fl. Vedius Germanicus is recommissioned with the task of legatus for Novocaesariensis.
III. The senate reminds all governors that the names of newly created geographical subdivisions will become official only with the approval of the Praetorian Law Revision Committee of Classicists and Latinists. Every governor can create geographical subdivisions but the names of these should be first presented to the aforementioned Committee. Until the Committee did not approve the name, the name does not have official status.
Senatus consultum de imperio C. Flavii Constantini Aeneae Stilichonis
I. The senate hereby grants imperium pro praetore to proquaestor C. Flavius Constantinus Aeneas Stilicho, tribunus Legionis XVI Comitatensis - Quartodecimani, to exercise (ceremonial) command of all late Roman legions, allied legions and friend legions of Nova Roma, with the task of coordinating late Roman reenactment units that are part of Nova Roma, advising and supporting their efforts to reach the best academic standards and archaeological quality in their work of reconstruction, promoting cohesion and unity under the banner of Nova Roma, and working on the recruitment of more troops according to the noble mission of Nova Roma within the sphere of late antique living history, reconstructionism, restorationism and reenactment.
II. Proquaestor C. Flavius, tribunus, shall receive this command over late antique troops within the chain of (ceremonial) command as inferior to the command of each governor in each province (where a late antique troop is located). His command includes the duties as described above: coordinating and uniting the troops for Nova Roma, assisting them with his experience and extended network of experts, and recruiting more for Nova Roma.
III. The official title of C. Flavius Stilicho should be legatus pro praetore exercitus reconstructivi p. N. R. tardae antiquitatis, that is "commissioner with praetorian power commanding the Late Roman Special Reenactment Forces of Nova Roma". The current Late Roman Special Forces are defined as the Legio XIV Comitatensis (Quartodecimani) of Provincia Germania and the Legio XIII Comitatensis (Tertiodecimani) of Provincia Thracia. Each new addition shall be made by mutual agreement of the unit's actual decision making leadership, which should then be approved by the senate.
Senatus consulta of a.d. XVII Kal. Dec. ‡ Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXV a.u.c.
Senatus consultum de provinciis examinandis et ordinandis
The senate has received, acknowledged and examined the provincial reports of the governors about the period between Kal. Apr. Q. Arrio (III) A. Tullia cos. and Kal. Apr. Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. (April 1, 2021 – April 1. 2022), that are located and publicly accessible at the following page on our website:
Provincial reports Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) consulibus
I. After hearing the reports of the governors of the provinces of the Nova Roman People, the Senate has conducted the evaluation of the provinces according to the rules and parameters prescribed by law, and issues the following evaluation of the provinces for the period between Kal. Apr. Q. Arrio (III) A. Tullia cos. and Kal. Apr. Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. (April 1, 2021 – April 1. 2022):
- A. Marks
- Italia: unsatisfactory
- America Cismississippiana: unsatisfactory
- America Hispanica: abandoned
- America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica: unsatisfactory
- America Transmississippiana: unsatisfactory
- Australia: unsatisfactory
- Brasilia: unsatisfactory
- California: unsatisfactory
- Canada: abandoned
- Dacia: unsatisfactory
- Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae: active
- Hispania: abandoned
- Lacus Magni: unsatisfactory
- Marcomannia: unsatisfactory
- Nova Britannia: active
- Nova Hispania: unsatisfactory
- Pannonia: excellent
- Sarmatia: unsatisfactory
- Scythia et Russia: unsatisfactory
- Thracia: active
- B. Notes
The marks above have been automatically given by the calculation method prescribed in law. The status mark “unsatisfactory” or “abandoned” are only temporary and reflect on the state of being as of Kal. Apr. Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. (April 1, 2022). Several provinces would receive better marks if evaluated at a later, and will receive better marks next year. The purpose is to encourage the lower rated provinces to recruit more members, perform more activities, offer more programs, and to become an active community that is an asset to the country where the province is located. The higher requirements reflect our move to a higher standard within Nova Roma, in order to advance our mission. Governors facing challenges are encouraged to ask the help of the senate and the government of Nova Roma in developing their province.
II. The Senate has accepted the requests of America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica, Australia, Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae and Nova Britannia to waive the requirement of two provincial meetings with at least 5 resident citizens (Requirement 3), and thus the Senate considers this requirement waived for these provinces. This has been considered when assigning the evaluation marks in Section I.
III. The Senate has accepted the request from the dux of Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae, and in that capacity, legatus pro praetore of Gallia and Germania, Cn. Cornelius Lentulus to separate the Netherlands from Gallia and to incorporate it to Provincia Germania, due to linguistic and cultural reasons. Hereby the borders between these two provinces are redefined, and Netherlands belongs to Germania from this day on.
IV. The Senate has accepted the request from proconsul T. Domitius Draco to start a process of name change for Provincia America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica, and the Senate mandates the proconsul to hold a survey within the total population of the province, by sending out a mass-email to all citizens, which among the following name proposal are the most popular: America Noveboracensis, America Washingtoniensis, America Britannica and America Mediatlantica.
V. Due to the inactivity and fall of the provincial government in Hispania, the province is suspended as a legal entity and it is incorporated as a territorial subdivision within the Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae for reorganization.
Senatus consultum de praesidibus provinciarum
I. After hearing the reports of the governors of the provinces of the Nova Roman People, the Senate has decided to prorogue the following governors:
- A. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus as praefectus of Italia, dux of Dioecesis Europae Celticae et Germanicae (with the subsidiary title legatus pro praetore in the individual subprovinces), legatus pro praetore of Pannonia, Dacia, Lacus Magni, quaestor pro praetore of Brasilia, Nova Hispania and America Transmississippiana.
- B. M. Hortensia Maior Fabiana Faustina as propraetrix of Sarmatia and Scythia et Russia, and, only until the Non. Dec. (5 December), as propraetrix of America Cismississippiana.
- C. T. Domitius Draco as proconsul of America Noveboracensis et Mediatlantica.
- D. Q. Fabius Maximus as proconsul of California.
- E. D. Aurelius Ingeniarius as praetor of Australia.
- F. Ti. Iulius Nerva as legatus pro praetore of Marcomannia.
- G. A. Vitellius Celsus as legatus pro praetore of Thracia.
II. The senate removes C. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus from the position of proconsul of America Hispanica.
III. The senate appoints the following citizens as new governors:
- A. M. Cassius Iulianus as proconsul of Nova Britannia.
- B. P. Iunius Brutus as legatus pro praetore of Canada.
- C. P. Aurelius Barbatus as legatus pro praetore of America Cismississippiana, effective from Non. Dec. (5 December).
- D. D. Aurelius Ingeniarius as praetor of America Hispanica.
IV. The senate removes D. Marcius Vulpes as praefectus Cenomaniae and authorizes the governor of Nova Britannia to appoint a successor. With this, the tasks assigned to the the praefectus Regionis Cenomaniae, as previously defined, are null and void, and the task of the new praefectus Regionis Cenomaniae, regional lieutenant governor, is establish an active community of Nova Romans anywhere in the area that belongs to his supervision, plus and other tasks assigned to him by the governor.
V. The senate removes M. Larcius Parrus as legatus of Regio Noveboracensis and appoints Fl. Vedius Germanicus in his stead, based on the edict of proconsul T. Domitius Draco, effective from the date of his edict, mistakenly appointing Fl. Vedius as legatus for Regio Nova Caesarea which cannot exist as long as another region is occupying the territory. The Regiones Nova Caesarea Orientalis and Nova Caesarea Occidentalis do not legally exist at the moment, but Regio Noveboracensis encompasses both the states of New Jersey and New York. Further subdivision is not warranted unless an active community or any specific mission and action have been started in the smaller area. With this, the tasks assigned to the the legatus Regionis Noveboracensis, as previously defined, are null and void, and the task of the new legatus Regionis Noveboracensis, regional lieutenant governor, is establish an active community of Nova Romans anywhere in the area that belongs to his supervision, plus and other tasks assigned to him by the governor.
VI. The senate gives a special grant to the following governors to appoint legates with a preapproved consent of the senate.
- A. The senate authorizes proconsul T. Domitius Draco imperator to appoint and, if he deems necessary, to remove or replace, two other legates within his province according to the best of his knowledge and insight as to who these legates should be. Legatus Fl. Vedius Germanicus is not one of these two other legates.
- B. The senate authorizes praetor D. Aurelius Ingeniarius to appoint and, if he deems necessary, to remove or replace, two legates within his provinces according to the best of his knowledge and insight as to who these legates should be.
- C. The senate authorizes dux, quaestor et legatus pro praetore Cn. Cornelius Lentulus imperator to appoint and, if he deems necessary, to remove or replace, ten legates within his provinces according to the best of his knowledge and insight as to who these legates should be. One of these ten legates currently is L. Laelia Laeta Scaevola. C. Artorius Praeconinus is not one of these two other legates.
Senatus consultum de laudibus et praemio C. Aureli Barbati
From the occasion of the Ludi Plebeii, our sacred holidays, the Senate grants the Award for Nova Roman Achievement (3 CP) to P. Aurelius Barbatus with the following justification: the Senate willingly and gladly honors P. Aurelius Barbatus, who is the first to complete the studies of a camillus in the Schola Lentuliana, and passed an examination in which he had to write prayers in Latin, perform a ritual in Latin, and write about matters concerning the cultus of the Roman gods, for which reason he has earned a priesthood, and was appointed sacerdos Herculis by the Collegium Pontificum. We hope that many other camilli will earn similar rewards.
Senatus consultum de relatione annua Rei Publicae Cenomanicae
I. The Senate tasks the praefectus rei publicae administrandae to gather information, with the aid of the curator aerarii, to identify the annual process of maintaining Nova Roma in good standing as a nonprofit corporation. This information is to be passed to praetor D. Aurelius Ingeniarius who is tasked with producing a simple written guide to be made available to all senators. The information needs only to be specific enough to allow any authorized Nova Roman personnel to submit the required documentation to the U.S. state of Maine. The guide is also to be published to relevant areas on the Nova Roma website under the oversight of the curator rei informaticae. This guide should be completed before Kal. Feb. 2776, and the praetor shall continue his task as part of his senatorial duties if his work is not completed within his term as praetor. Once the guide is completed, the Senate will review Nova Roma internal process and make an evaluation on whether additional directed process is necessary to meet annual reporting obligations.
II. Concerning the future, the Senate clarifies that the duty of the annual reporting to our hosting macronational authority, the State of Maine, USA, as part of the tasks to ensure our administrative functionality and corporate compliance, is within the field of responsibilities of the praefectus rei publicae administrandae.
Senatus consulta of a.d. III Kal. Mar. ‡ Sex. Lucilio (II) A. Tullia (II) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXV a.u.c.
Senatus consultum ultimum de Provincia Scythia et Russia
Considering the macronational tensions and also the long term administrative problems of this province, in order that the republic suffer no harm, the senate orders the following senatus consultum ultimum upon the request of the leading Sarmatian citizens.
I. The macronational countries of Russia, Belarus and the unrecognized state of Transnistria are separated from the Nova Roman province of Sarmatia. Transnistria is added to Provincia Dacia.
II. The Senate grants itself an exception under this SCU from under the Senatus consultum de provinciis ordinandis which stipulated that only countries or territories with a certain degree of activity and achievements may receive the status of a Nova Roman province. By this SCU, the senate is free to create a new province considering the emergency of the situation.
III. The Senate of Nova Roma decrees that new Provincia Scythia et Russia of Nova Roma is hereby established, founded and created on the territories of Russia and Belarus.
IV. As propraetor T. Flavius Severus was found in violation of the Senatus consultum ultimum de pietate, fiducia et fidelitate principum civitatis erga rem publicam revisum, and because he spent all of his efforts in the development of another commonwealth instead of Nova Roma, he is hereby immediately removed from the position of praepraetor of Sarmatia.
V. Senatrix M. Hortensia Maior Fabiana Faustina is hereby appointed as propraetrix to both Provincia Sarmatia and propraetrix of Provincia Scythia et Russia as the first governor of the new province. Her primary mission shall be to recruit and mentor local leaders for these two provinces, and to find her reliable replacements.
Senatus consultum de relatione provinciali requirenda
The senate instructs the consuls to order all governors to submit their provincial reports no later than by the Kalends of April according to the following format in accordance with the Senatus consultum de provinciis ordinandis:
I. Governors shall be ordered to send a report that discussed the meeting of requirements at II.B.1-5 of the Senatus consultum de provinciis ordinandis. The governors shall describe how the province satisfies these requirements.
II. The provincial reports shall cover the period between 1 April 2021 - 1 April 2022.
III. The governors' provincial report must be in the following format and they must report the following data:
- A. Obligatory items in the review:
- 1. Number of current Nova Roman citizens in the province.
- 2. Web addresses of the main internet forum of the province, and all additional provincial forums that are public.
- 2.1. Monthly average number of messages in the main provincial forum. If there are more than one provincial forum, the number of messages can be added up for the purpose of the report, but the amounts shall be given separately, as well.
- 2.2. Average number of Nova Roman citizens posting per month. If there are more than one provincial forum, the average of the number of Nova Roman citizens who post per month can be added up for the purpose of the report, but the amounts shall be given separately, as well.
- 2.3. Total number of members (citizens and peregrini combined) in the provincial forum. If there are more than one provincial forum, the number of members can be added up for the purpose of the report, but the amounts shall be given separately, as well.
- 3. Number of those real life gatherings in the reported period in which at least 5 citizens of the province participated.
- 4. Reenactment groups that officially cooperate with the province (friend, allied, or fully Nova Roman legions; allied or fully Nova Roman gladiatorial groups). Other type of partnerships should be listed here, as well.
- 5. Names of all candidates for the governorship.
- B. Optional items in the review:
- 1. If in the areas of the province of the governor there was a curfew or a similar very restrictive and extended period ban on community meetings, the governor may ask a waiver from taking provincial meetings as a factor and part of the evaluation. The governors should petition this waiver as the 6th item in their report.
- 2. After the previous items have been discussed, the governor is free to add his personal style report in any format he deems necessary.
IV. The report shall be honest and true to the facts. The calculation of forum statistical averages, if it is not possible in a timely manner via an automated tool that the forum offers to the admin (for example Facebook groups and mailing lists can show monthly statistics as part of its free and easily tools), should be calculated from the data of the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth month of the reported period. The governor should make accessible the provincial forums for any senator who wants to check the veracity of the reported data.
V. If the report misses to answer any of the 5 questions at III.A.1-5, in those points the evaluation of the province should be made as if the missing answers were "zero" or "none" even if it is public knowledge that it is not the real answer. If there is no report, the evaluation should be made as if all answers were "zero" or "none". The negligence of the governor should be reflected by the negative evaluation of the province, and should serve as a lesson for all provincial citizens so they come up with another, better candidate for governor.
VI. The report should contain all events and activities by the province, and any additional information the governor deems necessary, as well as recommendation future policies to the senate, the opinion of the citizens, requests, complaints and everything that the provincial citizens or the provincial government would wish to communicate to the senate. These will not serve as a basis for the evaluation.
Senatus consultum de pietate, fiducia et fidelitate principum civitatis erga rem publicam
I. Nova Roma welcomes and accepts citizens to hold membership or citizenship in other Roman organizations, however, as is common practice in all important organizations, Nova Roma is obligated to address and manage the cases of conflicts-of-interest. For the ongoing benefit of all citizens, it is in the best interest of the republic to protect the infrastructure and financial assets from entities that could cause damage to our society and organization, either through error or violation.
II. As a preventive and disciplinary measure in protection of the assets and interests of Nova Roma, those Nova Roman citizens who do not uphold an undivided loyalty toward Nova Roma as their Roman nation and republic, but commit themselves in service in a high-ranking office to another revival of the Roman or Byzantine state and nation (Roman is henceforth understood to include Byzantine), shall be restricted in the exercise of their ius honorum. As a consequence of this, it is prohibited for any citizen who holds a high-ranking position in another Roman state or Roman revivalist organization which conducts activities modelling the creation, development, or workings of the Roman state, to be a candidate for, or to hold, a high-ranking office or priesthood in Nova Roma. Such circumstances create a conflict-of-interest and reduce the capacities of magistrates or otherwise present risks to Nova Roma assets and citizens. A “high-ranking official” is defined as:
- II.A. all corporate decision-making offices,
- II.B. senator,
- II.C. consul,
- II.D. praetor,
- II.E. censor,
- II.F. aedilis,
- II.G. quaestor,
- II.H. tribunus plebis,
- II.I. vigintisexvir,
- II.J. provincial governors or any officer appointed by Senate or Comitia (unless specially appointed as a Nova Roman representative in another organization),
- II.K. rex sacrorum,
- II.L. pontifex,
- II.M. flamen,
- II.N. augur,
- II.O. quindecimvir,
- II.P. epulo, and
- II.Q. vestal.
II. Nova Roma allows its citizens to hold membership or citizenship in other Roman organizations. These citizens, holding membership in other Roman organizations, may still run for high-ranking offices within Nova Roma provided they are not in violation of this article. The Senate has evaluated the risk and accepts the potential ongoing ineligibility of a small number of citizens in exchange for the added security this legislation provides. Citizens who hold high-ranking offices or corporate roles within organizations formally recognized by Nova Roma as a subsidiary, chapter, autonomous group, allied group, or friendly partner are permitted to hold a high-ranking office within Nova Roma. Non Nova Roman reenactment legions, gladiatorial schools, and similar organizations which lack Roman-style government frameworks do not fall under this prohibition. Our pater patriae, M. Cassius Iulianus, is an exception not subject to these restrictions as defined in this article.
III. If any high-ranking office holder is suspected to be in violation of this article, the Senate may issue a direction to a praetor or quaestor to conduct a fact-finding investigation on suspected official. The praetors and quaestors may also commence an investigation under the own instigation. In case the available praetors or quaestors are suspected, the Senate may direct any magistarte or appoint anyone to conduct the investigation. The investigator may communicate with any parties that have information, including the suspected officials. After any investigation with adverse findings, the investigator informs the appropriate authority:
- III.A. For all adverse findings against a religious high-ranking official, the Collegium Pontificum is to be informed. They will assess the investigation findings and make the final determination on the suspected religious officials. They may refer to a praetor to conduct a trial of the accused. Religious high-ranking officials cleared of any suspicion or found not to be in violation of this article, are no longer subject to any adverse action and maintain their appointed post.
- III.B. For all adverse findings against other senate-appointed officials and elected magistrates, the Senate is to be informed. The Senate may make a determination to remove only any senate-appointed official (including governors) based on the findings. They may refer to a praetor to conduct a trial of the accused. Senate-appointed officials cleared of any suspicion or found not to be in violation of this article are no longer subject to any adverse action and maintain their appointed post.
- III.C. Upon reviewing the investigation evidence, if the Senate deems an elected magistrate is in violation of this article, the Senate may declare an emergency and pass a senatus consultus ultimum (SCU) explicitly waiving the prohibition of judicial proceedings against a magistrate while in office. The SCU must stipulate the following:
- III.C.1. That the Senate has received adverse findings against a sitting elected magistrate in violation of the present senatus consultum;
- III.C.2. That it waivers the prohibition against conducting judicial proceedings against a magistrate that is still in office, as articulated in article I of the lex Tullia annalis and article I.A of the lex Equitia de iurisdictione;
- III.C.3. The waiver is only valid for a specific trial, against the specifically named elected magistrates that are under adverse findings, so mentioned in this SCU;
- III.C.4. That any guilty verdict will result in the magistrate on trial being removed from their office; and
- III.C.5. Which praetor which magistrate is to run trial proceedings in accordance with the lex Salvia iudiciaria. In those cases where a praetor is unable to manage the judicial process, the consul should conduct the trial, if the consuls are unavailabe, another magistrate should be appointed by the Senate to preside in place of a praetor where necessary in accordance with the Lex Salvia iudiciaria.
- III.D. The appointed or presiding praetor can determine the reus is liable against one or both of article 16 – falsum and article 21 – laesa patriae, of the lex Salvia poenalis. If the reus is found guilty though due process, he or she will be automatically removed from office in addition to the standard poenae. Determined innocence through a judicial process or an inconclusive investigation immediately ends any suspension of office and without record in the subject citizen’s acta. The SCU, but not the trial, is still subject to tribunician intercession. If vetoed, the magistrate is permitted to remain in office and continue their functions but is otherwise subject to prosecution at the end of their tenure in office, which prohibits them from further election candidacies in accordance with article I of this lex, until resolved in accordance with law.
Senatus consultum de Re Publica Canadana Romana internationali
The Senate welcomes the proposal of incoporation into Nova Roma as its constituent offered by representatives of the Canadian Roman Republic Cultural Group, and accepts all if their members, and returning former citizens of Nova Roma, in equal terms with any of the old citizens of Nova Roma. The Senate makes this declaration and pledges to offer the following terms for the incorporation into the Nova Roman Republic:
I. Nova Roma will officially recognize the Roman Republic Cultural Group as a free municipium (allied state) joining Nova Roma, and immediately dissolving after joining. This would guarantee that its entity will be historically recognized within Nova Roma.
II. Nova Roma will officially recognize all past office holders of the RR organization as former magistrates of the aforementioned municipium, municipal consuls, senators etc. Appropriate Census Points will be given for those offices.
III. For their heroic action of reuniting the Roman movement, Nova Roma will award extraordinarily the highest distinction, the dignity of eques equo publico, to those members of the RR Board of Directors and Senate who vote in favor of this merger in the decision making sessions.
