Cultural impact of Nova Roma
The Nova Roma Movie
Max Silver, an independent film producer in Minneapolis, has created a short movie film inspired the ideas of Nova Roma, a modern era Roman nation, where the religio Romana survived and the Roman state is still in existence. Mr Silver consulted Nova Roma before the production of his film, but the movie itself is entirely his production, however, the inspiration were (some of) the ideas of Nova Roma. You can find the movie on IMDB here:
Nova Roma: The Comeback Story of Civilization, a novel by R. Brandon Rhodes
The book titled "Nova Roma: The Comeback Story of Civilization" was written by R. Brandon Rhodes, and it is clearly inspired by the ideas and concepts of Nova Roma. The book talks about the way to a brighter, Roman future ahead, where humanity will unlock the mysteries of the ancient knowledge and build their shining beacon on the hill, Nova Roma, the dawning light of civilization. You can find this book on Amazon here:
Nova Roma in a novel by Anne Hart (citizen Octavia Fabia Scriba)
The ideas of Nova Roma have inspired another book. There is a novel written by Anne Hart, its title is "Roman Justice SPQR: Too Roman To Handle". A novel combining historical and science fiction time travel elements. And what we see there? Our Nova Roma being mentioned by ancient Roman characters, referring to it as the restoration of Rome in the future, on the internet. Take a look at the paragraph:
The author is a former citizen of Nova Roma, Octavia Fabia Scriba, who has unwillingly renounced her citizenship because of her increasing problems with her eyesight. Here is her last email to the NR forum: http://www.novaroma.org/forum/mainlist/2003/2003-04-21.html
Academic books that discuss or mention Nova Roma
This is another sign that Nova Roma is noted and watched by the world. During the last 2 years, I made researches for the Wikipedia article of NR to find as many sources that mention NR as possible, and the fruit of my work is visible on the notes and references section of the Nova Roma article of Wikipedia. Just take a look at the Wikipedia article on Nova Roma that how many books mention us:
Roma Nova novel series by Alison Morton
A series of fictional alternative Roman history novels, partly or possibly inspired by our organization, or at least by the same ideas and principles, by Alison Morton. The series are entitled "Roma Nova", and you can read lots of things about them and the author in her blog:
The fantasy model city of Nova Roma by Mr William Perera
During its more than two decades of existence, the ideas of Nova Roma inspired a number of books, films and other art works, and the same ideas gave birth to this awesome model city, called "Nova Roma". The art work of Mr William Perera was inspired by the ideas of classical culture and humanism, glory and greatness. Although the model city "Nova Roma" of Mr Perera is rather medieval or renaissance, it's especially interesting for us, because the long term goal of our Nova Roma is to build a reconstructed ancient Roman city. The values of Nova Roma are being spread increasingly all over the world!
The Nova Roma logo used in manufacturing and elsewhere
Ancient has never had an official "coat of arms", the concept didn't exist then, although it had several symbols used simultaneously, like the eagle, the wolf, the SPQR letters, the laurel wreath. It was Nova Roma which created the specific symbol of golden SPQR in a golden laurel wreath on a crimson background, inspired by Roman iconography, but not directly copied from any ancient Roman source in this exact format. Reenactors, manufacturers, T-shirt and mug printers (and this sort of businesses) all over the word use this specific logo as the symbol of ancient Rome, a huge cultural and iconographic impact of Nova Roma. There is nothing strictly unhistorical in our logo, but it is not an original Roman emblem, it is the specific trademarked logo of Nova Roma. It could have existed in Rome, similar wreaths can be found specifically on gravestones (without SPQR added) and in building ornaments, but we don't know any example for an SPQR within the wreath. This emblem conquered the world from Nova Roma, and it is now a symbol of revived Romanitas everywhere.
