Homo novus (Nova Roma)

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'''''Homo novus''''' or ''novus homo'' ("new man") is a person who held [[Magistracies (Nova Roma)|curule magistracy]] first in his family. The descendants of a ''homo novus'' are [[Nobilis (Nova Roma)|''nobiles'']]. In [[Nova Roma]], we consider family not only the direct genetical lineage of a citizen, but also those ancient Romans who belonged to a family indicated by the same nomen and cognomen combination.
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'''''Homo novus''''' or ''novus homo'' ("new man", new member of the [[Nobilis (Nova Roma)|''nobiltas'']]) is a person who held [[Magistracies (Nova Roma)|curule magistracy]] first in the history of his family. The descendants of a ''homo novus'' are [[Nobilis (Nova Roma)|''nobiles'']]. In [[Nova Roma]], we consider family not only the direct genetical lineage of a citizen, but also those ancient Romans who belonged to a family indicated by the same nomen and cognomen combination.
 
   
 
   
  
 
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Homo novus or novus homo ("new man", new member of the nobiltas) is a person who held curule magistracy first in the history of his family. The descendants of a homo novus are nobiles. In Nova Roma, we consider family not only the direct genetical lineage of a citizen, but also those ancient Romans who belonged to a family indicated by the same nomen and cognomen combination.

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