Rogatio Aurelia de custodia et disciplina rei publicae

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Rogatio concerning the guardianship and discipline of the state

Preamble

I. In C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c., the consuls and aediles collectively worked together to release edicta on three new core Roman law enforcement institutions for Nova Roma. Since their introduction, these cohorts have integrated into Nova Roma and began performing their functions through all parts of our society. Having demonstrated their value, effectiveness and positive contribution, this lex seeks to now enshrine their ongoing permanent presence. The edictum aedilicium de vigilibus, and the edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae, are now considered superseded by this lex.

II. This lex defines the Cohortes Praetoriae, Cohortes Forenses Rei Publicae and Cohortes Vigilum of Nova Roma. These armed service and ceremonial military forces carry out the guardianship and law enforcement functions in Nova Roma. The guardians and officers of the enforcement of Nova Roman law and order in our online forums were never clearly defined over the previous 25 years of Nova Roman history. Past moderators and administrators of our online forums and other community venues were usually appointed scribae serving various magistrates. Building upon the establishing edicts, these cohorts are now proscribed in law and their formal status, titles and duties in moderation and administration of the public forums and other public assets of Nova Roma are now elevated as a lex.

III. Upon enactment, this lex acknowledges the existing and extant appointments, as so published in the respective albums of each cohort, and it does not interfere or modify them in any way.

Pars Prima - Cohortes Praetoriae

Definition

IV. The Cohortes Praetoriae (presidential guard) are tools of consular and praetorian oversight of internal security and law enforcement, as well as a tool for special magistrates with grants of imperium. The Cohortes Praetoriae are presidential guards of the Nova Roman Republic, working directly for the implementation of the policies and visions of the consuls and praetores, the presidential magistrates of Nova Roma, and of all officers who have been granted equivalent imperium. Members of the Cohortes Praetoriae are termed praetoriani, and their primary function shall be to ensure consular and praetorian oversight, and control over general law enforcement in all aspects, assets, areas and forums of Nova Roma.

V. The praetoriani are divided into three functional groups based on the environment and functional role where they do their work in Nova Roma. The types of officers are:

A. Praetorianus officialis- The praetoriani officiales are the service personnel ensuring that the policies of the consuls, praetors or other imperium bearers are observed implemented and duly enforced. They represent the will and interests of the magistrate under whom they belong. They are the watching eyes of those imperium-bearing magistrates who appointed them, and can be sent to any provinces, entities or forums of Nova Roma in order to exert governmental control and ensure united action over all of Nova Roma.

B. Praetorianus armatus - The praetoriani armati are either members of an officially recognized reenactment unit of Nova Roma, which represent the Roman praetoriani, or individual praetorianus reenactors administratively distributed into formal cohortes, created by imperium bearers. They serve Nova Roma at events and do not have any duty in the online or digital work of Nova Roma. These officers perform a ceremonial display function only and are generally considered to only undertake their roles in a physical environment, performing at live events and functions.

C. Praetorianus officialis armatus - The praetoriani officiales armati are praetoriani who are both field serving praetoriani and office workers in policy enforcement under consuls, praetors and other imperium bearers.

Cohortes Praetoriae Minimae

VI. The following are the cohortes praetoriae minimae officiales. It shall be possible to serve in more than one cohors, but it will be counted still as only one appointment. None of these cohortes have to be created unless they are needed and wanted by the aforementioned magistrates, except the two consular cohortes which shall have at least one-one praetorian in each permanently.:

A. The Cohors Praetoria Officialis Consularis I shall consist of the praetoriani officiales enrolled by the consul prior.

B. The Cohors Praetoria Officialis Consularis II shall consist of the praetoriani officiales enrolled by the consul posterior.

C. The Cohors Praetoria Officialis Praetoris I shall consist of the praetoriani officiales enrolled by the praetor rei publicae (praetor primus).

D. The Cohors Praetoria Officialis Praetoris II shall consist of the praetoriani officiales enrolled by the praetor peregrinus (praetor secundus).

E. The Cohortes Praetoriae Officiales Ducum shall consist of the praetoriani officiales enrolled by any imperium bearer and each shall have his own cohors, or multiple cohortes, as they deem necessary.

VII. Cohorts of praetoriae armatae reconstructivae shall be created if a sufficient number of praetorian reenactors are recruited for the purpose of forming reenactment units of praetorians. The number of necessary individuals to establish a new cohors shall be at the discretion of the imperium bearers entitled to form a cohors. The cohortes praetoriae armatae reconstructivae shall be composed only of field service praetorians (praetoriani armati) who wear the historical equipment of ancient Roman praetorians.

Chain of Command and Management

VIII. Praetoriani are obligated to follow the chain of command working within their own assigned cohortes and offices. Praetoriani delegated as supervisors to other offices have to follow the command structure of that office, while also reporting to their delegating authority. Praetoriani must acknowledge seniority and chain of command between each other, between fellow praetorians, but obeying the chain of command in relation to the hosting office. The chain of command is as follows:

A. Praefectus Praetorio. In full, the praefectus praetorio exercitus reconstructivi populi Novi Romani (prefect of the headquarters of the Nova Roman people's reenactment army), represents the commanders-in-chief of the Nova Roman legiones and all of the ceremonial army, the consuls and the praetors, and serves as their military and law enforcement chief of staff. The praefectus praetorio is the direct commander of the consular and praetorian Cohortes Praetoriae, and the overall representative commander of any and all Cohortes Praetoriae of other imperium bearers. The praefectus does not act on his own initiative and ideas; he ensures the implementation of decisions and policies of the consuls and praetors. The praefectus praetorio shall be appointed or replaced by the unanimous agreement of the consuls; they may not appoint any current consuls or praetors to this office, because that person would be subordinate to all of them and would lose the right to act on his own. Roles and resposbilities of the praefectus includes:

i. The praefectus praetorio shall be the general assistant and military reenactment chief of staff to the consuls and praetors and shall be responsible to coordinate the praetoriani between the various cohortes and offices, community platforms and assets of Nova Roma so that policies and directives of the consuls and praetors are observed and enforced equally in all of them. It is the job of the praefectus praetorio, as chief of staff of the overall Nova Roman exercitus, to coordinate between the all the legions and units of Nova Roma assisting the consuls and praetors in their role as commanders-in-chief. As an overall principle, the praefectus praetorio has as much influence and active commanding rights over the Cohortes Praetoriae as is given to him by the consuls and praetors. The consuls and praetors can choose to direct the Cohortes Praetoriae personally or they can leave everything to their appointed praefectus.

ii. The praefectus praetorio can be granted tasks, projects and missions by the consuls and praetors that he has to carry out, and partial or complete consular and praetorian powers regarding law enforcement can be delegated to him. The praefectus praetorio shall obey any order of the consuls in the first place and of the praetors in the second.

iii. The praefectus praetorio has the right to commission new praetoriani into any of the cohortes (both officiales and armatae), to decommission (exclude or retire) existing ones, and to make promotions and demotions up to the rank of tribunus. Each praetorianus officialis shall be registered and enrolled by the praefectus praetorio who shall be responsible for the maintenance of the album praetorianorum. In case of praetoriani officiales, the praefectus praetorio has the right to refuse enrollment to individuals he does not deem fit for service; in case of praetoriani armati, the praefectus must enroll any member without the right of refusal. Praetoriani officiales candidates for enrollment shall be submitted to the praefectus by the consuls, praetors or by any imperium bearer.

iv. The praefectus praetorio shall strictly and actively oversee and guard the work of the praetoriani in the cohortes praetoriae officiales of the consuls and praetors, and shall intervene to their work any time he thinks intervention is necessary. The praefectus praetorio does not have such direct responsibility over the cohortes praetoriae armatae and the cohortes praetoriae officiales ducum, but he is a ceremonial overall commander to those.

v. The praefectus praetorio is primarily responsible for recruitment of new praetoriani and for the maintenance of the Cohortes Praetoriae and for the satisfactory number and training of the praetoriani officiales.

vi. The praefectus praetorio has the right to give commands to, and override or overturn the actions and decisions of, the praetoriani. It is the primary duty of the praefectus praetorio in relation to the praetoriani to ensure they work according to the policies and directives of the consuls and praetors.

vii. The praefectus praetorio has the right directly to appoint (i.e. promote), and remove (i.e. demote) officers of the praetoriani to any of the ranks, but the consuls and praetors reserve the right to intervene and make their own promotions or demotions.

viii. If there is no praefectus praetorio in office, the consuls shall order one of the praetors or quaestors to be temporarily in change of the Cohortes Praetoriae (without the appointing them as praefectus).

ix. Secondary praefecti praetorio may also be appointed by any imperium bearer to manage the praetoriani of their own personal cohors, but only if they deem it a necessity: praetorian units without an immediate secondary praefectus placed over them shall be normal and acceptable. Such praefecti praetorio shall be marked by an additional titling label showing their department, for example: "praefectus praetorio legati pro praetore Provinciae Daciae". These fill similar functions to the overall praefectus praetorio just within the area and extent of imperium of their appointing officer.

(administrative, office-work praetoriani) who do only online administrative work, praetoriani armati who do only physical reenactment armed service as a ceremonial guard of our events, and to a category of praetoriani officiales armati who work in both aspects of the Cohortes Praetoriae. The praetoriani shall be the personal guards of the imperium bearing officers and essentially a complementary force to their lictors, filling the same role in a large extent. They have the duty to seek and report any violations or transgressions against the policies and edicts of their superior magistrate, to the those magistrates, and to undertake the necessary engagement with with the persons suspected or caught in violation or error. 

In case of need, they shall assist the vigiles and complement their numbers.

Pars Secunda - Cohortes Forenses Rei Publicae

Pars Tertia - Cohortes Vigilum

Pars Quarta - Cohort Administration

Ranks and Functions

Sacramentum

Sacramentum of the praetoriani

For a praetorianus officialis of Nova Roma enrolled in the corps, the following oath has to be taken and posted to the iusiurandum@groups.io address under the supervision of the quaestors:

I _Roman name_ (native name), as a praetorian of Nova Roma, do solemnly swear that I will serve, guard and protect the consuls, praetors and imperium bearing officers, and the res publica of Nova Roma, and that I will obey the orders of my superiors and enforce their policies; and that I will prevent all harm and any offences against the consuls, praetors and imperium bearing officers, and the res publica of Nova Roma; and I will discharge all of my duties faithfully, to the best of my abilities in the interest of Nova Roma. (Me Dius Fidius!)

The sacramentum of praetoriani armati shall be at the discretion of their unit commanders.

Census Points and Status

XX. The following census point allocations and status is applied:

Census points and status

A. Personnel assigned to any of the three cohorts shall be considered in the same category as military reenactors, and shall be awarded with CP accordingly.

B. Retired or excluded personnel of the cohorts do not receive CP for past service. This is in line with CP for military reenactors.

C. Any Reenactor's special discounts and privileges specified under law are to also apply to personnel of all three cohorts.

D. The praefectus praetorio and the praefectus vigilum are considered state commissioners, state ministers and shall be awarded with CP accordingly.

law enforcement corps, the Cohortes Vigilum in Nova Roma, complementary parts of the Roman law enforcement system: the Cohortes Praetoriae and the Cohortes Forenses Rei Publicae (alternatively called Cohortes Urbani in reenactment service).

Guardians and officers of the enforcement of Nova Roman law and order in our online forums have never been clearly defined in the past 25 years of Nova Roma. These moderators and administrators of our online forums and other community venues usually have been appointed as scribae. the officers who moderate and administer the public forums and other public assets of Nova Roma. At the same time, I ensure that our "offline," real guards that reenact these types of units are integrated into the same single structure to make our Roman revival a one and whole continuum.

State Marshal Officer (miles forensis rei publicae officialis) State Vigil (Police) Officer (Vigil Forensis) Praetorian Guard (Praetorianus Officialis) Presidential Guard

Vigiles Public Enforcement Officer Forenses State Protective Service Officer Praetorians Presidential Guard