Boni (Nova Roma)
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A former faction within Nova Roma that ceased to exist around the year Fr. Apulo C. Laenate cos. ‡ MMDCCLVIII a.u.c.. Its name was modelled on the ancient Roman boni (Latin, "good men") which was a political faction of the late Roman Republic, also called the optimates.
The Boni of Nova Roma were a loose faction, without any strictly defined political ideology or vision, but they claimed to be committed to the strictest possible reconstructionism of the mos maiorum and Roman religion. In practice, many of their members did not know Roman history and Roman studies well enough to know what to do and what to think about Roman reconstructionism, some were not even practitioners of the Roman religion, and this faction had, besides some true Roman characters, some of the least Roman elements of Nova Roma, as well.
The faction received many criticisms about most of its leading members being too rude, aggressive and often relying on bullying on forum discussions, and members of the faction gained a bad name due to this. The label "Boni" was sometimes used about anyone who showed signs of similar behavior, and some citizens referred to the Sulla-Caesar Faction as "Boni" for these reasons, and also because there was some overlap between the membership of the two. Many members of the Sullan Faction (or Back Alley Faction) were recruited from former Boni, and it is generally understood to be the successor of the Boni. After the coup d'état of Caesar and Sulla, the Sullan or now more often called Sullan-Caesarian Faction split, and those who continued to support Caesar, Sulla and their coup, become referred to as the Coup Faction (or Caesar-Sulla Coup Faction), the others joined the Liberatores.
Some of the well known members of the Boni include:
- Dec. Iunius Palladius Invictus
- Q. Fabius Maximus
- L. Cornelius Sulla Felix
- L. Sicinius Drusus
- C. Iulius Scaurus
- Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Postumianus
- C. Popillius Laenas
- Cn. Iulius Caesar
- C. Minucius Hadrianus Felix
- Diana Octavia Aventina
- M. Bianchius Antonius
- Q. Cassius Calvus
- K. Fabius Buteo Modianus (briefly)
