Oath of office (Nova Roma)

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Preface

As is the case with most organizations, Nova Roma asks its citizens to respect a social contract. This contract consists of abiding by the constitution of Nova Roma, respecting the Religio Romana, and venerating the Roman values. Those who serve as Magistrates within Nova Roma take on additional duties however, and their combined work keeps the organization operational and in good stead. Due to the greater weight of responsibility they take on, those who enter into positions of Magistracy are asked to take an oath of office upon assuming the respective office.

Investiture Ceremony

Here follows the ceremony of investiture. You will see that you can simplify this ritual greatly if you want to avoid too much ceremony, and the ceremony also respects your personal religious views (you can do a Roman religious, a Christian or an irreligious version of it, whichever you prefer). You have to send the oath of office to the Nova Roma mailing list once the ritual of investiture is completed.

The ceremony of the investiture is below, if you cannot do parts of it, you can skip those parts, or figure out some kind of substitution ideas.

First Step

You should don your simple white toga and your tunica of your status (for example equestrian if you are one, or senatorial if are, or by taking this office, are becoming one). Women can don a white toga or a white palla if they prefer, or if there is no white, any color will do which you consider your best clothes. If you don't have Roman clothes, simply close up nicely as worthy of the occasion.

Second Step

While you are wearing your toga, offer a sacrifice of wine or incense or libum or bread or fruit or milk and a prayer in which you ask the Roman gods (Jupiter Optimus Maximus must be invoked) or if you don't cultivate them, your personal god of choice, whoever that may be, including Christ or any deity, to acknowledge you as the consul, head of Nova Roma and the Nova Roman People, or praetor, vice-president of the Res Publica, or aedilis curulis, chief cultural and public works magistrate of the Nova Roman People.

Ask their support and help so that your (vice-)presidency over Nova Roma or your aedileship bring success, glory and happiness to Nova Roma and the Nova Roman People worldwide.

The offering is made in the following way: if you don't have a regular altar, you can light a candle, put it in a bowl, and pour the fluid in the bowl so that it doesn't extinguish the fire. The amount of wine or milk doesn't need to be more than that of one or two tablespoons. If the offering is bread or fruit or incense, you hold it in the fire of the candle for some seconds, then simply put it in the bowl. After the ritual is finished, ideally you should throw away the content of the bowl in the nature, under a tree or bush; of it it isn't possible, just throw it in the garbage can.

If you decide to address the Christian God, you don't have to offer a sacrifice but a lightening of a candle will suffice in itself, however, if you do it in the Christian way, you should ask a cultor, preferably a priest of NR, to offer a ritual for your entering office.

Third Step

After the ritual has been finished, you should exchange your white toga to a purple bordered toga, the toga praetexta. After that, you should touch a symbol of Nova Roma, a flag, a printed logo, or a drawing of the logo of Nova Roma.

Fourth Step

While vested in toga praetexta and holding the symbols of your office (if you have any), read aloud in Latin and/or in your NATIVE TONGUE the version the Oath of Office. The symbol of consulship, praetorship and curule aedileship can be the toga praetexta, sella curulis, an eagle, a scepter; for the consulship and praetorship only the fasces or a sword.

Fifth Step

After the oath is made, pronounce these words in Latin: "Consul/praetor/aedilis curulis factus sum." (I have been made a consul/praetor/aedilis curulis")... and you are READY! The female version is " Consul/praetrix/aedilis curulis facta sum".

Sixth Step

Post the oath of office, filled with your name, to the Main Forum of Nova Roma ( TheForumRomanum@groups.io ), and make a remark that you have performed the ritual of investiture, and offered a sacrifice to Iuppiter Optimus Maximus.

Related Leges and Edicta

• Edicta of the Praetores
• Legal system home page

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