Tiberius Galerius Paulinus (Election MMDCCLIX)

Salve Nova Romans

I had intended to reframe from standing for office this year but with the lack of candidates, I have decided to stand for Consul.

This notice is meant to fulfill the legal requirement to announce my intentions to stand.

In a few days I will post a longer announcement outlining some of my goals in this campaign.

Vale

Tiberius Galerius Paulinus Candidate for Consul

Salve, Citizens of Nova Roma !

I announced my candidacy for Consul of our Res Publica a few days ago with the promise to post a full announcement of my intentions and plans for your consideration of my candidacy for Consul.

I am 49 years old, and I have been a citizen of Nova Roma since the 21st day of the Ianuarius 2755. I am employed as a teacher in the macro world, teaching government and history in Mediatlantica Provincia where I also serve as Propraetor.

I am of the Gens Galeria and the Tribus Clustumina.

As I make my continuing journey along the Cursus Honorum I again ask for your support in this election effort. I have asked for and received your support five times in the past and I ask for it again. I have had the honor of serving you as Curator Differium, Quaestor , Tribune and a year as a Consular Quaestor to the illustrious Consul Gaius Popillius Laenas. Full detail can be found here:

Tiberius Galerius Paulinus

This year I have had the high honor of serving as Praetor

When I stood for Praetor I said

"I pledge to you to work as diligently as Praetor as I have in the other magistracies you have entrusted to my care. I will endeavor to fulfill the constitutional duty to "administer the law ", along with my, colleague, in a judicial and unbiased manner and will monitor the main list of Nova Roma in the same way. I will do so without regard to individuals and will strive to apply the law equally . I will also endeavor to perform all other duties of my office according to the best of my abilities and understanding and in adherence to the Constitution, and laws of Nova Roma."

I believe I have done so.

I believe I have worked as hard as any Praetor in Nova Roman history. I have enjoyed (almost) every minute of it.

In this campaign for Consul I again pledge to you to work as diligently as Consul as I have in the other magistracies you have entrusted to my care.

As to my goals

I will organize a fundraising project that will double as public promotion for Nova Roma. Working with our Propraetors I would like to see a series of Roman Movie Festivals held on or near Saturday April 21, 2007.

We rent, in a number of towns and cities a movie house, college or university playhouse or other site that can accommodate showing popular movies with a Roman theme. A Roman dinner could be held in conjunction with these Roman movie festivals.

The Provincial governors would decide if their event would be a one day affair or a weekend one. We enlist the help of Roman Reenactors groups and we work with college Classics departments in promoting Rome and Nova Roma.

As Consul of Nova Roma I will convene a Nova Roman Conclave for 2007. This will most likely take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This meeting would include a face to face meeting of the Nova Roman Senate, a general meet and greet of our citizens, a banquet and other events of a Nova Roma nature.

In addition to the conclave I will work to acquire additional land for Nova Roma. This additional land would be closer to where our citizens live so that it could be used for more face to face meetings. Whatever we build on it can be maintained and watched over by local citizens. We are working with others right now to bring this about.

This new land could be used to generate revenue for Nova Roma by building a Roman fort, holding Roman Day like events and a Roman summer camp one for adults and one for youths. The Senate will be appraised each step of the way. This will allow us to raise the funds necessary to build temples and other building.

I will direct research into the feasibility of starting a general interest magazine called ROME. Believe it or not there are scholarly journals on Rome but no general interest magazine like KMT which is about Ancient Egypt: http://www.egyptology.com/kmt/.

The Magazine, while published by Nova Roma would be Rome centric and not Nova Roman centric. ROME, the magazine would be a bridge to the general public and to the academic world.

I would also like to review of our current legislation with an eye on reducing the number of laws and on insuring that those we have are posted in the Tabularium in a timely manner and in a way that clearly states which laws are active and which have lapsed. I will convene the Senate to work as a "Committee of the Whole" on a paragraph by paragraph review of the Constitution with the results submitted for approval by the Citizens of Nova Roma

I have tried to follow a correct path along the Cursus Honorum. I have served in those offices that the Romans believed gave an individual the experience needed to be a Consul of Rome. I believe it was important to do so . There are candidates that have not followed the Cursus Honorum and as the electorate you must decide which was the proper avenue of service.

Roman Consuls were generalist not specialist and the magistracies of the Cursus Honorum were used to gain general experience. Romans believed that it should be adhered to whenever possible.

I would like to review the Cursus Honorum as it is currently constituted and introduce some needed changes, like a stead fast requirement of service ( for a whole term) as Quaestor before one is eligible for election to any offices including, Censor, Consul, Praetor, Tribunus Plebis, Curule Aedile, Aedilis Plebis. While the Roman Cursus Honorum consisted of only four magistracies the starting point in Rome was the Quaestorship. This needs to be the rule in Nova Roma as well.

I would further refine our election laws to require service as an scriba to the Censors before one could stand for Rogator. Similar requirements might be in order for other posts as well. A minimum of a year as a citizen should be considered in place of the current 6 months to stand for office.

I will continue to maintain the highest integrity and dedication to the welfare of Nova Roma and her citizens and I respectfully ask for your support and your vote.

Vale

Tiberius Galerius Paulinus Mea gloria fideles

I respectfully request this be placed as my statment on the Elections page of the Wiki.