Publius Memmius Albucius (Nova Roma)

Revision as of 00:34, 29 April 2007

French and 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 specially has a Ph. D. in law. Executive manager in public service, he teaches law and urban development in french universities.

Memmius entered Nova Roma the 15th of May 2004 (Maius MMDCCLVII) as P. Minius Albucius, to share his interests with other people fond of Rome. Grateful to former south France Gens Minia to have welcome him during his first year in Novaroma, he took the opportunity of NR law on emancipation to change his name from "Minius" to "Memmius". This last choice allowed him to make live again the ancient Gens Memmia illustrous name, and, at the same time, 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 (MMDCCLVIII), he tried to keep a strong, independant, collective and legally sharp tribunate.

Scribe of former governor of Gaul (Gallia) 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 (MMDCCLIX), his contribution to Nova Roma web site and to Wiki France Roman pages.

At the autumn 2006, he entered the Vox romana podcast group and, on Nov. 2006 23 th (a.d. IX Kal. Dec. MMDCCLIX), was unaminously appointed by the Senate of Nova Roma as new governor of Gaul (propraetor Galliae).

Elected quaestor for 2007, P. Memmius Albucius assists at the same time, in their offices, Consul Galerius as an accensus, Praetor Tullia as scribe and Curule Aedile Caesaris Cytheris Aege as quaestor. For the consul, he specially belongs to a group of a few governors, which has been asked to make proposals on the provincial thema. Besides Tullia, he has been specially given the task to manage the New Tabularium project.

Memmius, among others commitments in French NGOs, is the chairman of QUIRITES, an association devoted to the ancient Rome. Quirites edits a quaterly webzine called QUIRINUS, also diffused inside Nova Roma.

Albucius aime participer, quand il le peut, aux jeux de Nova Roma. En 2007, il a remporté avec les honneurs le Certamen historicum des Ludi martiales, réalisant un sans-faute.

Albucius believes in discussion, friendship, equality, humor, communities of knowledges, organisation and republic. He does not think that roman values would accept dogmatism or fanatism. He is convinced that the more you have fun, the more you learn. He sees the ancient Rome as an evolutive and global civilisation, whose every field (latin, economy, history, religion, arts, strategy, cooking, 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.

Cursus Honorum

• Propraetor of Gallia

L. Arminio Ti. Galerio cos. ‡ MMDCCLX a.u.c.

• Tribunus Plebis

Fr. Apulo C. Laenate cos. ‡ MMDCCLVIII a.u.c.

• Quaestor

L. Arminio Ti. Galerio cos. ‡ MMDCCLX a.u.c.

Other Posts

• Accensus

L. Arminio Ti. Galerio cos. ‡ MMDCCLX a.u.c.

• Scriba

L. Arminio Ti. Galerio cos. ‡ MMDCCLX a.u.c.

Fr. Apulo C. Laenate cos. ‡ MMDCCLVIII a.u.c.

Cn. Salvio Cn. Equitio cos. ‡ MMDCCLVII a.u.c.