Lustrum MMDCCLXVI

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Cn. Cornelius Lentulus pontifex, quaestor consularis, in nomine censorum Ti. Galeri Paulini et Cn. Iuli Caesaris consulibus, praetoribus, tribunis plebis, collegio pontificum senatui populoque Novo Romano, Quiritibus s. p. d.

[Cn. Cornelius Lentulus pontifex, consular quaestor, salutes the consuls, the praetors, the tribunes of the plebs, the college of the pontiffs, the senate and people of Nova Roma, the Quirites in the name of the censors Ti. Galerius Paulinus and Cn. Iulius Caesar]

Fellow citizens!

It is a great honor, an utmost joy and a privilege to announce you the good news: in the name of, and upon the request of the censores Ti. Galerius Paulinus and Cn. Iulius Caesar, communicated to me by Cn. Caesar censor, I have, with the assistance of T. Popillia Laenas, conducted and performed the most sacred 15th Anniversary LUSTRUM of Nova Roma in place of the censores, the periodic purification of Nova Roma required at the end of each census. In the name of the censores who have closed the census and in their place I have purified Nova Roma to be cleansed and renewed, clear and sacred, a pleasure in the eyes of the gods, so that we can start anew after this 15th Anniversary Celebration Year.

Now all what Nova Roma is asking from you, citizens, is that you purify your own homes, offer some incense to the gods, and ask them to help you to continue your Roman lives with a clean and fresh start, all mistakes and impurities removed, and with new strength and honor. Pray in your homes for this gift from the gods immortal, and the census will be completed not only in our citizen rolls and in our databases, not only in the fires of my lustrum altar that have been burning today, but in the hearts of the Nova Romans, in the heart of our commonwealth.

With this ceremony, the 15th Anniversary Sacred Year festivities and rituals are coming to an end. Tomorrow our Sacred 15th Year will be closed with the last day of the year. We are now clear and we can start a new campaign for the restoration of the Roman people and Roman traditions, for the revival of the Roman res publica.

Nova Roma is purified by the lustrum.

We have completed the census, we have completed 15 years and more.

We are seeing now into the future... What we see? What you see? Anything it is, you must do for it to make it a reality. Work, fight and sacrifice for Nova Roma, and it will become a reality. This is your mission, until the next lustrum.

And now, you can see the text and description of the lustrum which took place at this afternoon in my home, with the valuable and experienced assistance of T. Popillia Laenas:

LUSTRUM MMDCCLXVI - THE PURIFICATION OF NOVA ROMA

OPENING OF THE LUSTRUM

The lustrum begins with the salutation of the altar with adoratio, the celebrant Cn. Lentulus pontifex and quaestor having covered his head with the back of his pontifical toga.

First, he requests the gods to accept him as a substitution and as a representative of the censores Ti. Paulinus and Cn. Caesar:

Incense is sacrificed.

Cn. Lentulus opens the lustrum for the censores with the exclamation: