Roman Reenactment Army of Nova Roma
The reenactment legions of Nova Roma serve as honor guards at our public events, and educational action groups spreading knowledge about Roman history and material culture as evidenced by archaeology, and also about Romanitas in general: Roman religion, culture and virtues. Reenactment legions fulfill the sacred mission of honoring Roman military tradition, the world-conquering Roman virtues, the memory of Roman ancestors who lived and died in the military.
Reenactment performances are important ceremonial tributes (a particular type of ritual indeed), which bring back and honor the memory of the Roman people, Roman culture and cultus, while offering excellent living history educational service to the wider audiences of festivals, museums, archaeological parks and other venues.
You can learn more about reenactment in Nova Roma here:
You can learn about the command structure and hierarchy of our reenactmemt army in this article:
Supreme command
The ceremonial Supreme Commanders-In-Chief of all legions and units within or partnered with Nova Roma are the consules of Nova Roma, and the praetores are the vice-supreme commanders. Besides them, there are currently three special commanders-in-chief overarching several provinces. Normally, in each province the provincial ceremonial commander-in-chief is the governor of the province. Under them, each unit has its own actual commander who is not just ceremonial but the real decision maker within the unit.
- Supreme Commander-In-Chief: M. Aurelius Cotta Iovius, consul
- Supreme Commander-In-Chief: C. Petronius Stephanus Turpilianus, consul
- Deputy Supreme Commander-In-Chief: P. Aurelius Barbatus, praetor
- Deputy Supreme Commander-In-Chief: C. Flavius Constantinus Aeneas Stilicho, praetor
- Adjutant-General: (not yet assigned)
- Adjutant-General: (not yet assigned)
- Deputy Adjutant-General: (not yet assigned)
- Deputy Adjutant-General: (not yet assigned)
- Chief of Staff: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, praefectus praetorio
Special commanders of the legions of Nova Roma
Proconsul | Imperator Sextus Lucilius Tutor over all legions except in provinces where T. Domitius and Cn. Lentulus hold imperium; awaiting his ovatio |
Proconsul | Imperator Titus Domitius Draco in provinces where he holds imperium; awaiting his ovatio |
Dux et legatus pro praetore | Imperator Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus in provinces where he holds imperium; awaiting his two triumphs |
Praetor | Imperator Publius Porcius Licinus legal assistant commander over all liberator legions; awaiting his triumph |
Praetor | Gaius Petronius Stephanus Turpilianus extraordinary co-commander over Legio I Italica and Legio XX Valeria Victrix |
Legatus pro praetore | Gaius Flavius Constantinus Aeneas Stilicho co-commander of the Late Roman legions in all provinces |
The units of Nova Roma
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The following units belong to the Exercitus Reconstructivus Populi Novi Romani Quiritium, that is, the Reenactment Army of the Nova Roman People of Quirites:
- Legio I Adiutrix (Nova Roma)
- Legio I Italica (Nova Roma)
- Legio II Adiutrix (Nova Roma)
- Legio II Augusta (Nova Roma)
- Legio III Cyrenaica (Nova Roma)
- Legio V Alaudae (Nova Roma)
- Legio VI (Nova Roma)
- Legio VIII Augusta
- Legio IX Hispana (Nova Roma)
- Legio X Fretensis (Nova Roma)
- Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis (Nova Roma)
- Legio XII Fulminata (Nova Roma)
- Legio XIII Comitatensis - Tertiodecimani (Nova Roma)
- Legio XIII Gemina (Nova Roma)
- Legio XIV Comitatensis - Quartodecimani (Nova Roma)
- Legio XX Valeria Victrix (Nova Roma)
- Legio XX Valeria Victrix Germanica (Nova Roma)
- Legio XXI Rapax (Nova Roma)
- Legio XXIV Media Atlantia (Nova Roma)
- Legio Palatina - Moesiaci Seniores - Protectores Domini Nostri
- Legio Leonum Valentiniani
- Legio Palatina - Lanciarii Savarienses
- Cohors I Atilia (Nova Roma)
- Cohors I Ulpia Pannoniorum (Nova Roma)
- Cohors II Legionis X Fretensis (Nova Roma)
- Cohors II Legionis II Adiutricis
- Cohors II Italica Civium Romanorum Voluntariorum
- Cohors VI Carpathica (Nova Roma)
- Cohors VI Raetorum (Nova Roma)