Publius Memmius Albucius (Nova Roma)

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Publius Memmius Albucius was born a.d. IX Kal. Feb. MMDCCXIII (Jan. 24th 1960) in Gesoriacum / Bononia (Boulogne s/mer, 62200), France. Married, he is currently living in Normandy, in Caen (Cadomagus), in the heart of the WW II D-Day battle fields.

Early interested in ancient history, civilisations, latin and history, he has a Ph. D. in Law. Executive manager in public service, he teaches law and urban development in french universities.

Memmius entered Nova Roma in July 2004 to share his interests with other people passionated in Rome. Grateful to former south France Gens Minia to have welcome him during his first year in Novaroma, he took the opportunity of NR Lex XX to change his name from "Minius" to "Memmius". This last choice allowed him to make live again the illustrous name of ancient roman Gens Memmia, and not to change his acronym, PMA.

For this modification intervened the year when P. Memmius Albucius was in the NR office of Tribunus Plebis. Fresh citizen, Memmius chose to run for the tribunate when he felt that the interesting organisation that he has just entered and its constitution were threatened by important trends of decay. Senior tribune after the resignation of C. Curius Saturninus in the first weeks of 2005, he tried to keep a strong, independant, collective and legally sharp tribunate.

Scribe of former governor of Gaul Lucius Rutilius Minervalis, he translated the whole corpus of novaroman laws in French. He was confirmed in his office in 2005 by new governor Sextus Apollonius Scipio, who then promoted him in the office of legate for the region of Nova Lugdunensis. Albucius representated Gallia to the European conventus in Rome (aug. 2005) and Carlisle (aug. 2006) and carried on in 2006 his contribution to Nova Roma web site and to Wiki France Roman pages.

At the fall of 2006, he entered the Vox romana podcast group and was, on Nov. 2006 20 th, designated by the Senate of Nova Roma as new governor of Gaul (propraetor Galliae).

Albucius believes in discussion, friendship, equality, communities of knowledges and organisation. He does not think that roman values could accept dogmatism or fanatism. He sees the ancient Rome as an evolutive and global civilisation, whose every field (latin, economy, history, religion, arts, strategy, numismatics, etc.) deserves interest. He is convinced that the knowledge of ancient Rome will help current generations to a better understanding and living of our world.