Selected messages in Nova-Roma group. Mar 6-14, 2012

Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87609 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Ro
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87610 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: prid. Non. Mar.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87611 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Ro
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87612 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87613 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Devotional to Vesta
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87614 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Devotional to Vesta
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87615 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765-Certamen Mythologicum (Dies/Day 6)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87616 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87617 From: Jean-François Arnoud Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87618 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Temples of Vesta, Venus Genetrix and Mystic Sanctuary of Fortuna
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87619 From: Timothy or Stephen Gallagher Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87620 From: C. Laelius Silvanus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87621 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Temples of Vesta, Venus Genetrix and Mystic Sanctuary of Fortuna
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87622 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87623 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87624 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87625 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87626 From: Jack Green Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87627 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Ludi Romani, semi finals, race 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87628 From: iulius sabinus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Oath of Office (proconsul Daciae)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87629 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87630 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87631 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87632 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87633 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87634 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87635 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87636 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87637 From: William Dowie Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87638 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87639 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87640 From: GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87641 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87642 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87643 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87644 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87645 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87646 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87647 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87648 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87649 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87650 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87651 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87652 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87653 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87654 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87655 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87656 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87657 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Ludi Romani, semi finals, race 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87658 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87659 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #4 (Latin Quiz)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87660 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #4 (Latin Quiz
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87661 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #4 (Latin
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87662 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87663 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova_roma_] (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latin
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87664 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: R: [Nova-Roma] Re: (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Lat
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87665 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87666 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87667 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: CONSULAR EDICT : COLLECTION OF ANNUAL TAX ARREARS
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87668 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87669 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Triclinius chat, day 6
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87670 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: appointment of scribe
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87671 From: Jean-François Arnoud Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87672 From: petronius_dexter Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87673 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Devotional to Vesta
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87674 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87675 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: CONSULAR EDICT : APPOINTMENT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE (I
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87676 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Certamen Historicum - Day 7
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87677 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: NONIS MARTIIS
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87678 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Romani, semi finals, race 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87679 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: RE: [Nova-Roma] LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 - SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87680 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765-Certamen Mythologicum (Dies/Day 7)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87681 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Oath of office (Legatus pro Praetore Hispaniae)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87682 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Devotional to Vesta
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87683 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Oath of office
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87684 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Certamen Historicum
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87685 From: GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87686 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #5 (Latin Contest)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87687 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87688 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87689 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87690 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani Announcement
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87691 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87692 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87693 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87694 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87695 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87696 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87697 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87698 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87699 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87700 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87701 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87702 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87703 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani Announcement
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87704 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87705 From: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, str
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87706 From: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Et Mos Maiorum Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87707 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, str
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87708 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87709 From: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Why I joined Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87710 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87711 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Ludi chariot race prize announcement
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87712 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Why I joined Nova Roma
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87713 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: a.d. VIII Id. Mar.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87714 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Trebatius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87715 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Trebatius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87716 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Trebatius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87717 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #6 (Latin Contest)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87719 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, strateg
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87720 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87721 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, str
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87722 From: Gnaea Livia Ocella Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, strateg
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87723 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Horrible History
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87724 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: a.d. VII Non. Mar.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87725 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Oath of Office L. Iulia Aquila Legata pro Praetore Provincia A.Ae
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87726 From: D. Cornelius Mento Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Re: Horrible History
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87727 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Certamen Historicum - Still Open
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87728 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Certamen Historicum - Still Open
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87729 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: (no subject)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87730 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #7 (Latin Contest)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87731 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87732 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87733 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87734 From: David Hawkins Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Heavy Heart
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87735 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: a.d. VI Id. Mar.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87736 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Heavy Heart
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87737 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Heavy Heart
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87738 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: In Taberna quando sumus Arte Factum
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87739 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Heavy Heart
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87740 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87741 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: On duty
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87742 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #8 (Latin Contest)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87743 From: petronius_dexter Date: 2012-03-11
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87744 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-11
Subject: CONSULAR EDICT : APPOINTMENT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE (I
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87745 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-11
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87746 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87747 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87748 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI: Learn about Stoicism
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87749 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI: Learn about Stoicism
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87750 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87751 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87752 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87753 From: Bruno Zani Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87754 From: Bruno Zani Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 2
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87755 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87756 From: Bruno Zani Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Report on february Session of the Senate - Gubernatorial appointment
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87757 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #9 (Latin Contest)
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87758 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - Gubernatorial appoint
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87759 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87760 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87761 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87762 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87763 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87764 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87765 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87766 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87767 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87768 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87769 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87770 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87771 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87772 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87773 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87774 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87775 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87776 From: Timothy or Stephen Gallagher Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87777 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #10 ~ LAST QUESTION
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87778 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765- Certamen Mythologicum Winners!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87779 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765- Certamen Mythologicum Winners!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87780 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87781 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Symposium
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87782 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87783 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87784 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87785 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Symposium



Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87609 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Ro
Regilla omnibus sal.

Scholastica, is there other form for referring to women?

Mulier means woman/mulher. It's a little strange to talk to a friend saying Hi woman!/Oi mulher! or This is mulier Regilla/Essa é a mulher Regilla.

Bene valete!
 
--
V.A. Regilla

Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae


________________________________
De: A. Tullia Scholastica <fororom@...>
Para: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 7:59
Assunto: Re: [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma


 
>
>
> A. Tullia Scholastica L. Juliae Aquilae quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D.
>
>
> Iulia Omnibusque S.P.D
>
> Based on a philological discussion with Petronius last year regarding the
> meaning of words used in relation to Female Roman citizens:
>
> Matronae
> This is used married woman, divorcee or widow who has had children. I am a
> matron because I have been married and have children. Mothers are also
> referred to as Matris (Matres, Mater).
>
> Domina
> Married women only, with or without children. But as Petronius pointed out
> this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss." So i may continue to use
> this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
>
> ATS: This term has rather unpleasant associations (as does the male
> equivalent, dominus), so we do not use it as a form of address. It is
> properly used to refer to a boss, but not to any woman one pleases. Strictly,
> however, the mistress of slaves is called an era / hera, and the master
> thereof an erus / herus. Domina factionis is reasonably proper.
>
> Virgo
> Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore
> considered Virgo.- unless they are concubines or prostitutes - then the label
> that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category
>
> ATS: Well, mulier is likely a much better term, since I doubt that women
> of our age are, um, all that innocent. Virgines are more properly those too
> young to be married, or Vestales.
>
> Feminae
> Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra and
> Aeternia;))
>
> ATS: Femina also refers to any female animal, too; there is an extensive
> discussion on part of the nomenclature instructions for our schola about male
> and female frogs (given that rana is feminine in Latin, then how does one
> specify a male frog...)... Thus it is the considered opinion of our expert
> Latinist that mulier is much better for referring to women.
>
> Valete optime,
> Julia
>
> Vale, et valete.
>
>
>

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87610 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: prid. Non. Mar.
Cato omnibus in foro SPD

Hodiernus dies est pridie Nones Martias; hodiernus dies comitialis est.

"When the sixth sun climbs Olympus' slopes from ocean,
And takes his way through the sky behind winged horses,
All you who worship at the shrine of chaste Vesta,
Give thanks to her, and offer incense on the Trojan hearth.
To the countless titles Caesar chose to earn,
The honour of the High Priesthood was added.
Caesar's eternal godhead protects the eternal fire,
You may see the pledges of empire conjoined.
Gods of ancient Troy, worthiest prize for that Aeneas
Who carried you, your burden saving him from the enemy,
A priest of Aeneas' line touches your divine kindred:
Vesta in turn guard the life of your kin!
You fires, burn on, nursed by his sacred hand:
Live undying, our leader, and your flames, I pray." - Ovid, Fasti III

"What plain is not enriched with Latin blood, to bear witness with its
graves to our unholy strife.... What pool or stream has failed to
taste dismal war! What sea has Italian slaughter not discolored! What
coast knows not our blood!" - Horace, Odes and Epodes


"Tarquinius also built the Circus Maximus, which lies between the
Aventine and Palatine Hills, and was the first to erect covered seats
round it on scaffolding (for till then the spectators had stood), the
wooden stands being supported by beams. And dividing the places among
the thirty curiae, he assigned to each curia a particular section, so
that every spectator was seated in his proper place. This work also
was destined to become in time one of the most beautiful and most
admirable structures in Rome. For the Circus is three stades and a
half in length and four plethra in breadth. Round about it on the two
longer sides and one of the shorter sides a canal has been dug, ten
feet in depth and width, to receive water. Behind the canal are
erected porticos three stories high, of which the lowest story has
stone seats, gradually rising, as in the theatres, one above the
other, and the two upper stories wooden seats. The two longer
porticos are united into one and joined together by means of the
shorter one, which is crescent-shaped, so that all three form a single
portico like an amphitheatre, eight stades in circuit and capable of
holding 150,000 persons. The other of the shorter sides is left
uncovered and contains vaulted starting-places for the horses, which
are all opened by means of a single rope. On the outside of the
Circus there is another portico of one story which has shops in it and
habitations over them. In this portico there are entrances and ascents
for the spectators at every shop, so that the countless thousands of
people may enter and depart without inconvenience.

This king also undertook to construct the temple to Jupiter, Juno and
Minerva, in fulfilment of the vow he had made to these gods in his
last battle against the Sabines. Having, therefore, surrounded the
hill on which he proposed to build the temple with high retaining
walls in many places, since it required much preparation (for it was
neither easy of access nor level, but steep, and terminated in a sharp
peak), he filled in the space between the retaining walls and the
summit with great quantities of earth and, by levelling it, made the
place most suitable for receiving temples. But he was prevented by
death from laying the foundations of the temple; for he lived but four
years after the end of the war. Many years later, however, Tarquinius,
the second king after him, the one who was driven from the throne,
laid the founds of this structure and built the greater part of it.
Yet even he did not complete the work, but it was finished under the
annual magistrates who were consuls in the third year after his
expulsion. It is fitting to relate also the incidents that preceded
the building of it as they have been handed down by all the compilers
of Roman history. When Tarquinius was preparing to build the temple
he called the augurs together and ordered them first to consult the
auspices concerning the site itself, in order to learn what place in
the city was the most suitable to be consecrated and the most
acceptable to the gods themselves; and upon their indicating the hill
that commands the Forum, which was then called the Tarpeian, but now
the Capitoline Hill, he ordered them to consult the auspices once more
and declare in what part of the hill the foundations must be laid. But
this was not at all easy; for there were upon the hill many altars
both of the gods and of the lesser divinities not far apart from one
another, which would have to be moved to some other place and the
whole area given up to the sanctuary that was to be built to the gods.
The augurs thought proper to consult the auspices concerning each one
of the altars that were erected there, and if the gods were willing to
withdraw, then to move them elsewhere. The rest of the gods and lesser
divinities, then, gave them leave to move their altars elsewhere, but
Terminus and Juventas, although the augurs besought them with great
earnestness and importunity, could not be prevailed on and refused to
leave their places. Accordingly, their altars were included within the
circuit of the temples, and one of them now stands in the vestibule of
Minerva's shrine and the other in the shrine itself near the statue of
the goddess. From this circumstance the augurs concluded that no
occasion would ever cause the removal of the boundaries of the Romans'
city or impair its vigour; and both have proved true down to my day,
which is already the twenty-fourth generation." - Dionysius of
Halicarnassus 3.68-69

Valete bene!

Cato
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87611 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Ro
Lentulus Aemiliae s. p. d.

As a general principle, Romans did not use such titles besides their names like M. or Ms, or Senor or Senora. For Roman males, the sign of politeness and respect was to use the praenomen with the name. "Cn. Lentulus", for a Roman, sounds as "Mr. Lentulus". In case of women, they used their cognomen or the father's or husband's name in genitive if the woman had one. Aemilia Regilla is therefore like Ms. Aemilia. In ancient Rome, few women had a cognomen, but in NR all female citizens have.

If you wanted to honor the person whom you talk to, you could use the name of his office (tribunus, consul, pontifex etc) - but was not as much required than in our modern times.

You could refer to someone with the title "civis", meaning "fellow-citizen".

As others pointed out, dominus/domina meant rather "slave-owner", not sir/mister.

As a gesture of politeness, you can add after the name the phrase "vir optimus", or "vir optime" (if directly invoked), or "femina/mulier optima". Most notable and highest ranking persons can be referred to by the phrases accompanying his names like "summus vir", "vir amplissimus", "vir clarissimus": there are many of such expressions, these ones are however illustrative of the phenomenon.

I recommend this page about using Roman adresses, names:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Using_Roman_names


 
--- Mar 6/3/12, Denise D. <aemilia.regilla@...> ha scritto:

Da: Denise D. <aemilia.regilla@...>
Oggetto: Re: [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
A: "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Data: Martedì 6 marzo 2012, 15:22
















 









Regilla omnibus sal.



Scholastica, is there other form for referring to women?



Mulier means woman/mulher. It's a little strange to talk to a friend saying Hi woman!/Oi mulher! or This is mulier Regilla/Essa é a mulher Regilla.



Bene valete!

 

--

V.A. Regilla



Tribuna Plebis

Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae

Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae



________________________________

De: A. Tullia Scholastica <fororom@...>

Para: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com

Enviadas: Terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 7:59

Assunto: Re: [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma





 

>

>

> A. Tullia Scholastica L. Juliae Aquilae quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D.

>

>

> Iulia Omnibusque S.P.D

>

> Based on a philological discussion with Petronius last year regarding the

> meaning of words used in relation to Female Roman citizens:

>

> Matronae

> This is used married woman, divorcee or widow who has had children. I am a

> matron because I have been married and have children. Mothers are also

> referred to as Matris (Matres, Mater).

>

> Domina

> Married women only, with or without children. But as Petronius pointed out

> this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss." So i may continue to use

> this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)

>

> ATS: This term has rather unpleasant associations (as does the male

> equivalent, dominus), so we do not use it as a form of address. It is

> properly used to refer to a boss, but not to any woman one pleases. Strictly,

> however, the mistress of slaves is called an era / hera, and the master

> thereof an erus / herus. Domina factionis is reasonably proper.

>

> Virgo

> Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore

> considered Virgo.- unless they are concubines or prostitutes - then the label

> that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category

>

> ATS: Well, mulier is likely a much better term, since I doubt that women

> of our age are, um, all that innocent. Virgines are more properly those too

> young to be married, or Vestales.

>

> Feminae

> Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra and

> Aeternia;))

>

> ATS: Femina also refers to any female animal, too; there is an extensive

> discussion on part of the nomenclature instructions for our schola about male

> and female frogs (given that rana is feminine in Latin, then how does one

> specify a male frog...)... Thus it is the considered opinion of our expert

> Latinist that mulier is much better for referring to women.

>

> Valete optime,

> Julia

>

> Vale, et valete.

>

>

>



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87612 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Cn. Caesar consul C. Claudio sal.

Just because someone sends you, unasked for, an email which contains allegations of the sort you describe does not place you under any sort of responsibility legally or in terms of a sense of honour to respect those imposed conditions. Something like that was once attempted on myself, and the person responsible got short shrift.

Of course if the sender had any sense of honour, he/she wouldn’t have tried to bind you with those conditions and would at least have stepped up by now and identified himself/herself.

Optime vale

From: Yehya
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:00 AM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma



Salve!

"Personally I think its a serious accusation and if someone is
cowardly enough to open the conversation without being forthright and
completely honest, especially when given hearsay is as serious as a charge of being misogynistic elements - as you have so clarified."

I wasn't sure if this was directed at me so I gave you the benefit of the doubt that you were not calling me cowardly. Are you suggesting I should simply have posted that someone had told me, privately, that Nova Roma contained misogynistic elements and asked for a response? It seems a bit like asking "do you beat your wife" in that everyone would deny it regardless of fact.



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87613 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Devotional to Vesta
Devotional to Vesta



Eternal fire, eternal light;

Your warmth has protected

Your Romans since the first days

When you were honored, and when

You were not, at least so men could see



We are born, grow old and die;

But your light burns on:

Laws and customs change,

But you do not, and your fire,

The ever shifting, never quenched

Flame teaches us the constancy

At the heart of change,

Though different hands may tend your flame

Though you may be adored by those

Who have never walked the streets of

Ancient Rome, you remain, a beacon

Of strength; of protection, and we see

In the ever shifting light of your sacred

Fire, all the fires ever lit for you,

And in their depths, the hearts of all

Who ever prayed to you, then and now,

And our tomorrow rises like incense

Placed in your heart, blessing and promise

That you, Vesta Dea, contain; protect.



C. Maria Caeca

Sacerdos Vestae

03/06/12


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87614 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Devotional to Vesta
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia C. Mariae Caecae Sacerdoti Vestalis et Aedilis
Curulis Omnibusque S.P.D.

Exquisite as always, this was gorgeous.

Vale quam Optime,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87615 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765-Certamen Mythologicum (Dies/Day 6)
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia Omnibus in foro S.P.D.

Today is day six of the Mythology Quiz, each question is worth 3 points.
Please submit all answers to the following e-mail address
Musesdream@... subject header/"Mythology Quiz"..

***Special Note*** Please do not reply with answers on the Main List,
please submit them through private response only! See the questions below.

So far those who have entered the competition, have been keeping up with
each other and it is a tight race, but I urge more to enter and participate!

Bonam Fortunam (Good Luck) to all the participants!

Valete Optime,
Aeternia


*Dies 6: (Vesta)*

1. Which Roman Poet stated that �Vesta is indeed the Earth itself�?

2. True or false. The Aedes wept once a year on June 15th?

3. Give the example of �Vesta extrema�?


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87616 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Salve!

"Just because someone sends you, unasked for, an email which contains allegations of the sort you describe does not place you under any sort of responsibility legally or in terms of a sense of honour to respect those imposed conditions. Something like that was once attempted on myself, and the person responsible got short shrift."

Normally I would agree but then again I should have stopped reading at the beginning when I read the conditions. It is my own fault for continuing to read after the warning as I view that as tacit acceptance of the conditions being imposed.

I don't like whispering campaigns or gossip and I don't like being a party to them. Nor do I like being placed in the position I found myself but I am not a child. I act based on my own understanding of honor because at the end of the day it is myself, and my creator, I need to justify my actions to and no one else.

I understand why this happened as it was based on something I had posted on another thread. But in the end I think it showed Nova Roma, and the majority of its members, in a good light and reflected poorly on myself. Such is sometimes life

Vale!

Gaius Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87617 From: Jean-François Arnoud Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
 
> Domina
> Married women only, with or without children.
 
No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus, Ovid...  This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is said "uxor".
 
> But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss."
 
Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They are not their "boss". 
 
> So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
 
The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
 
> Virgo
> Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore considered Virgo.- unless they are
> concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
 
Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the lovers. :o)
 
>Feminae
>Refers to any female.  Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra and Aeternia;))
 
Mulieres is better.
Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas. 
 
Valete optime,

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat
pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87618 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Temples of Vesta, Venus Genetrix and Mystic Sanctuary of Fortuna
Salve!

I have always enjoyed Palladio's interpretation as can be seen here in model form:

http://www.soane.org/shop/Temple-of-Vesta-at-Tivoli-plaster-replica/

probably not historically accurate but it highlights the jewel like quality I like to think the original had

Vale!

Gauis Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87619 From: Timothy or Stephen Gallagher Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Salve Gaius Claudius ,
You said in part, "But in the end I think it showed Nova Roma, and the majority of its members, in a good light and reflected poorly on myself. Such is sometimes life" I agree that you question show Nova Roma in a good light. I disagree that it reflected poorly on you. You asked a question. You received a number of answers that refuted the central tenetof the accusation against Nova Roma. We have a new and informed citizen and you have a community willing to answer uncomfortable questions. Sounds like a win, win to me. Vale Ti. Galerius PaulinusCensor



To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
From: yehya_61@...
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 17:01:36 +0000
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
































Salve!



"Just because someone sends you, unasked for, an email which contains allegations of the sort you describe does not place you under any sort of responsibility legally or in terms of a sense of honour to respect those imposed conditions. Something like that was once attempted on myself, and the person responsible got short shrift."



Normally I would agree but then again I should have stopped reading at the beginning when I read the conditions. It is my own fault for continuing to read after the warning as I view that as tacit acceptance of the conditions being imposed.



I don't like whispering campaigns or gossip and I don't like being a party to them. Nor do I like being placed in the position I found myself but I am not a child. I act based on my own understanding of honor because at the end of the day it is myself, and my creator, I need to justify my actions to and no one else.



I understand why this happened as it was based on something I had posted on another thread. But in the end I think it showed Nova Roma, and the majority of its members, in a good light and reflected poorly on myself. Such is sometimes life



Vale!



Gaius Claudius


















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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87620 From: C. Laelius Silvanus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Salve/Salvete!

This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?

C. Laelius Silvanus

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:
>
> Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
>
> Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
>
> Optime valete
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
> I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> Class 1 rate - $42.00
> Class 2 rate - $34.00
> Class 3 rate - $25.00
> Class 4 rate - $17.00
> Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
>
> II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
>
> III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
>
> A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
>
> B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
>
> C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
>
> D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
>
> IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
>
> V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
>
> VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
>
> VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
>
> VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
>
> IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
>
> A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
>
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>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87621 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Temples of Vesta, Venus Genetrix and Mystic Sanctuary of Fortuna
Salve Gai Claude

You might enjoy this:
http://aedesvenusgenetrix.blogspot.com/2011/05/amazing-colossal-temple-on-romes.html

Vale bene,

Julia


--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Yehya" <yehya_61@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Salve!
>
> I have always enjoyed Palladio's interpretation as can be seen here in model form:
>
> http://www.soane.org/shop/Temple-of-Vesta-at-Tivoli-plaster-replica/
>
> probably not historically accurate but it highlights the jewel like quality I like to think the original had
>
> Vale!
>
> Gauis Claudius
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87622 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Salve, Silvane!

You need to know which Century you are assigned to so check your account in the Album Civium. Once you have your Century, simply match that Century number to the Tax Class, then look for the taxes required for your Tax Class. For instance, a citizen in Century 29 should pay $25.00, unless other arrangements have been made privately with the CFO. If that citizen had failed to pay taxes in previous years he or she should make arrangements with the CFO to pay those back taxes. 

Bene vale!
 
M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!




________________________________
From: C. Laelius Silvanus <scipio1108@...>
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 9:21 AM
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


 
Salve/Salvete!

This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?

C. Laelius Silvanus

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:
>
> Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
>
> Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
>
> Optime valete
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
> I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> Class 1 rate - $42.00
> Class 2 rate - $34.00
> Class 3 rate - $25.00
> Class 4 rate - $17.00
> Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
>
> II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
>
> III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
>
> A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
>
> B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
>
> C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
>
> D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
>
> IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
>
> V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
>
> VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
>
> VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
>
> VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
>
> IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
>
> A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87623 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Salve, et salvete omnes,

1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album

2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.

3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your tax is $9

Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.

Hope this is clear;)

Vale, et valete,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@...> wrote:
>
> Salve/Salvete!
>
> This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?
>
> C. Laelius Silvanus
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> >
> > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> >
> > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
> >
> > Optime valete
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> >
> > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> >
> > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> >
> > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> >
> > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> >
> > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
> >
> > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> >
> > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> >
> > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
> >
> > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> >
> > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87624 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Salve!

The one of the favorite word for the lovers is puella or virgo?
 
--
V.A. Regilla

Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae


________________________________
De: Jean-François Arnoud <jfarnoud94@...>
Para: "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 14:32
Assunto: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens


 


C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
 
> Domina
> Married women only, with or without children.
 
No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus, Ovid...  This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is said "uxor".
 
> But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss."
 
Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They are not their "boss". 
 
> So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
 
The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
 
> Virgo
> Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore considered Virgo.- unless they are
> concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
 
Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the lovers. :o)
 
>Feminae
>Refers to any female.  Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra and Aeternia;))
 
Mulieres is better.
Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas. 
 
Valete optime,

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat
pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87625 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Iulia Petronio omnibusque sal,

*laughs* and so more depth to what seems so simple in English and demonstrates the wonderful intricacies of then Latin language!

Now both you and Magistra mentioned lovers using domina/dominus *grin* been there done that (?Illinc fui et illud feci?) But I sort of like sovereign mistress. Be careful that you are not giving me lofty ideas! Just kidding, my fellow cives will pull me out the clouds with a swiftess that Mercurius would admire!

Still, I shall be as stubborn as you are amice and I shall continue to use Domina for Albata:)

Uxor is good but I rarely hear it used. However I understand a woman must be actively married, not divorced or widowed for it to refer to her. It is not something a married woman would use to describe herself unless she says "i am Maria, uxor of Caesar"?

>> Mulieres is better.
> Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas.

Ok, ok, Mulieres then;)

Gratias tibi Petroni and also to Scholastica!

Vale, et valete optime

Julia



--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Jean-François Arnoud <jfarnoud94@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
>  
> > Domina
> > Married women only, with or without children.
>  
> No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus, Ovid...  This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is said "uxor".
>  
> > But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss."
>  
> Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They are not their "boss". 
>  
> > So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
>  
> The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
>  
> > Virgo
> > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore considered Virgo.- unless they are
> > concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
>  
> Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the lovers. :o)
>  
> >Feminae
> >Refers to any female.  Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra and Aeternia;))
>  
> Mulieres is better.
> Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas. 
>  
> Valete optime,
>
> C. Petronius Dexter
> Arcoiali scribebat
> pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87626 From: Jack Green Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Salve!

Yes, this cleared this up.  Thanks!

Vale,
Silvanus



________________________________
From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 12:36 PM
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


 
Salve, et salvete omnes,

1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album

2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.

3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your tax is $9

Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.

Hope this is clear;)

Vale, et valete,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@...> wrote:
>
> Salve/Salvete!
>
> This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?
>
> C. Laelius Silvanus
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> >
> > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> >
> > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
> >
> > Optime valete
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> >
> > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> >
> > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> >
> > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> >
> > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> >
> > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
> >
> > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> >
> > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> >
> > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
> >
> > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> >
> > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87627 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Ludi Romani, semi finals, race 1
Semi finals, race 1



Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen all across the Republic! This is NR LIVE, I'm Arianrhod with Hermanus, my husband, and this is the semifinal races of the Ludi Novi Romani!



Her: Before we begin the race, though, we have a special report on the 2nd quarter final race, where Cn. Cornelius' chariot was disqualified, costing Russata the win. In our studio with us is Fantastica, who has an update.



Fan: I do, indeed,Hermanus. We have learned from the press relations office of the Curule Aedilicia that the chariot in question was disqualified, because the owner was caught trying to hire the sabotage of the Albata entry in that race. The owner was banned from racing in these races,but not for the entire year, as could have happened, and received a very hefty fine .twice the amount paid for his attempt.



AR: Do either the chariot owner, Lentulus, or the Aedile have anything to say abut this?

FAN: (laughs). Well, the owner protests his innocence with great vigor, saying he had no knowledge of this .and the Aedile made no direct comment, other than to say that there is always a cost to taking certain kinds of risks. All she would say to this reporter was, and I quote, was "We discovered a serious problem. I dealt with it."



HER: So .hopefully, we will see Fodor Sophia in other races .but I'd be willing to bet the owned will be *much* more careful in future.



AR: OK, the parade of chariots has started. This race is all blue and white! And Albata fans and Veneta fans are tossing blue and white pompoms at one another, and engaging in god natured shouting matches. Blue and white banners and ribbons are everywhere, and the heads of both factios are in their boxes, surrounded by friends and well wishers. Fist, we have Fulmen driven by Mugitus and owned by P. Porcius Licinus. It's going to be a noisy race, (laughs). It's a good thing our microphones can't pick up exactly *what* Licinus shouts ..the Praetors would take us off the air! Next, we have Tudor Decimator, driven by Serapis, and owned by M. Iulius Aquila. He's the grandson of Pontifex L. Iulia Aquila, you know, and he will be racing against his grandmother's chariot in this race.

AR: Oh, my! But knowing the Pontifex and he grandson as I do, they are probably rooting for each other. Of course, they would love a 1, 2 finish .although they differ as to who would be in each winning spot!



HER: Yes, noting like a family affair! Last, for Veneta is Ballista, driven superbly in the last race by Valens, and owned by the Pontifex Maximus C. Petronius Dexter.



AR: Who is *also* one of our Praetors, so watch your language, especially when things heat up.



HER: *my* language? *laughs* you, little Welsh girl, can make a battle hardened legionary blush!



AR: From whom do you think I learned? OK .the parade has finished, and the Aedile is escorted to her place above the tack. The crowd is going insane and she waits a minute, then raises the mappa, and lets it fall. They[re off!



HER: Leaving the gate, it's Ballista, Ignis Natus, Tudor Decimator, then Fulmen, and Mugitus has already started shouting .probably telling the others to get out of his way.



AR: well,it's certainly a leisurely start! They're all conserving energy, but it looks like they're out for a Spring picnic, for all love!



HER: they go into the 1st turn, and Ballista has the perfect line. Out they come, and here comes Ignis Natus to challenge Ballista .and Fulmen is challenging Tudor Decimator. Young Serapis just flicked his whip at Mugitus, who laughs and flicks his back. Is that greeting, or threat? But .ah! Serapis used the momentary distraction to edge ahead of Fulmen, and is keeping him blocked in, unable to pass. The lap marker falls for the 1st lap, and it's Ballista by a nostril, then Ignis Natus, then a small gap, then Tudor Decimator and Fulmen, practically on his backboard! But Ignis Natus is making a move, and Canius is trying to crowd Valens, who isn't having any.



AR: is Canius smiling, yet?



HER: Not that I can see, which is good for Ballista! OK, oh,wow ..Serapis tried to block Mugitus and went the wrong way, and Fulmen takes advantage to slip just ahead of Serapis, who is trying to get back into 3rd place, and, into the turn they go! Canius has the best line, and gives his horses their head to sweep through the turn. Out they come .and Ignis Natus has a nice lead, but Fulmen is challenging Ballista, now, with Decimator right behind him. Ballista keep his place,though, and Valens doesn't even look back, but seems to be measuring the distance between him and the leader. The 2nd lap marker drops, and it's Canius in 1st, followed by Valens in Ballista, then Canius in Ignis Natus,and Mugitus in Fulmen right behind, and into to the 3rd lap.



AR: Here comes Serapis! He is passing everybody! He's now in 2nd, challenging Ballista,but Ballista isn't giving any ground, so he settles in 2nd, while Canius and Mugitus battle for the 3rd position, and I think .yes,Canius is smiling. That is very dangerous! Fulmen ties to pass, and Canius cracks his whip, just in front of the opposing horses noses. They shy a little, but Mugitus keeps control, though it costs him 3rd place, and in to the turn they go, with Ballista getting the perfect line, and Valens is taking that turn closely,but not dangerously. They come out, and the crowd is wild. Serapis is now challenging Ballista again, and this time, he gets ahead, and Fulmen is moving up on Canius, and .tries to crowd Canius into the wall, but Canius keeps his line. Fulmen draws into 3rd, and the 3rd lap marker drops. So it's Ballista and Tudor Decimator fighting neck and neck for 1st, and Fulmen and Ignis Natus fighting for 3rd, but there aren't 2 chariot lengths between all of them!



Into the next turn.and Decimator slips inside Ballista's line,and is going to risk a very close pass of the Spina. If it works, it will put him in front, but if it doesn't .OK,they have all come out OK, and, indeed, Decimator has pulled in front,and Serapis raises an arm in victory. Not quite yet, lad.



OK, the 3rd lap marker has dropped, and we are almost half way through this race. It looks like everyone is going to take this lap a little easy.conserving energy for the finish. They keep place into the turn, but Fulmen.men slips through Canius' guard and comes out in 3rd. Canius has something else in mind, however, and forces past Fulmen, or ties to, but Fulmen is challenging Ballista for 2nd, the they ace, the 2 Veneta chariots, side by side, and into the turn, with Serapis in Tudor Decimator getting the line this time. Out they come,and it's Decimator, Fulmen with Ballista right behind, and then Ignis Natus, holding back, I think.



Ah,now then! As the 4th marker drops, and the 5th lap begins, Canius starts his challenge of Ballista, trying to creep ahead. Fulmen is moving up on Tudor Decimator, and I think Mugitus is trying to deafen Serapis, who is laughing. Into the turn they go, and ut in the same positions,and keep them until the marker drops and the 6th lap begins.



Canius gives his hoses their heads,and he pulls ahead of Ballista, while Serapis increases his lead over Fulmen ..and Mugitus is furious! But they go into the turn, and this time, it looks like Fulmen will take the risk, and hug the Spina, trying to get an advantage, but they come out, and Decimator is still in front by a length, now, with Fulmen next, then Canius, who is starting to challenge Fulmen, and the lap marker drops. We're in the final lap .now we'll have some *fun*! Canius is making his move on Fulmen,but Fulmen is pounding down this course, with Decimator in his sighs. Decimator tries to keep the lead,but Fulmen is catching him up, and Serapis can't get what he needs from his horses. So, going into the final turn, it's Serapis, with Fulmen jus behind, Then Canius, then Ballista, and out they come for the final stretch. Look at Fulmen go! He's gabbed the lead, just,and here comes Canius! Ignis Natus has passed the other Albata chariot ..and, it looks like it's going to be Fulmen, Ignis Natus, Tudor Decimator, and Ballista. It isn't quite a photo finish,but there isn't much room between any of them!



It has certainly turned ut to be an exciting race, and after some entertainment, sponsored this time, I'm told by the Midatlantica Provincia, we'll be back with more from the Circus Maximus! Bye for now!




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87628 From: iulius sabinus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Oath of Office (proconsul Daciae)
SALVETE!


I, Titus Iulius Sabinus (Adrian Zavoianu) do hereby solemnly swear to uphold the honor of Nova Roma, and to act always in the best interests of the people and the Senate of Nova Roma.

As a magistrate of Nova Roma, I, Titus Iulius Sabinus (Adrian Zavoianu) swear to honor the Gods and Goddesses of Rome in my public dealings, and to pursue the Roman Virtues in my public and private life.

I,  Titus Iulius Sabinus (Adrian Zavoianu) swear to uphold and defend the Religio Romana as the State Religion of Nova Roma and swear never to act in a way that would threaten its status as the State Religion.

I, Titus Iulius Sabinus (Adrian Zavoianu) swear to protect and defend the Constitution of Nova Roma.

I, Titus Iulius Sabinus (Adrian Zavoianu) further swear to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of the office of governor of Dacia to the best of my abilities.

On my honor as a Citizen of Nova Roma, and in the presence of the Gods and Goddesses of the Roman people and by their will and favor, do I accept the position of governor of Dacia and all the rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities attendant thereto.

VALETE,
Sabinus


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87629 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Ave!

If anyone has any question regarding the tax, or if they want to mail it in
surface mail. Please contact me offlist. If anyone needs arrangments to
pay the tax, please, also contact me off list.

My email address is: robert.woolwine@...
My phone number is: 480-567-2265.

I am home all this week so anyone can call me anytime - day or night.

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Jack Green <scipio1108@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Salve!
>
> Yes, this cleared this up. Thanks!
>
> Vale,
> Silvanus
>
> ________________________________
> From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 12:36 PM
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX
> FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
>
>
>
> Salve, et salvete omnes,
>
> 1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
> http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album
>
> 2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your
> name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.
>
> 3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII
> (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your
> tax is $9
>
> Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.
>
> Hope this is clear;)
>
> Vale, et valete,
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Salve/Salvete!
> >
> > This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what
> tax class one is in?
> >
> > C. Laelius Silvanus
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar"
> <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> > >
> > > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C.
> (2012).
> > >
> > > Optime valete
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > >
> > > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765
> A.U.C.
> > > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> > >
> > > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes,
> using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de
> comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > > Class 1 rate ��" Centuries 1 to 15
> > > Class 2 rate ��" Centuries 16 to 27
> > > Class 3 rate ��" Centuries 28 to 37
> > > Class 4 rate ��" Centuries 38 to 45
> > > Class 5 rate ��" Centuries 46 to 50
> > >
> > > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> > >
> > > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be
> calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a
> citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50
> cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> > >
> > > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is
> deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted
> it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the
> full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui
> until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal
> account.
> > >
> > > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be
> specified by the CFO.
> > >
> > > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be
> specified by the CFO.
> > >
> > > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May
> 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount
> specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in
> century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and
> payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> > >
> > > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable
> for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and
> September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable
> as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount
> specified at X.A for class I.
> > >
> > > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable
> for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st
> and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
> payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the
> amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > >
> > > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st
> to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and
> payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods,
> will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and
> payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> > >
> > > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765
> A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion
> of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
> > >
> > > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> > >
> > > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova
> Roma.
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87630 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Can I just say this is such a joke thread that is just straining to come
out......I'm really trying to keep this on the back alley but
but....but.....the jokes there are thousands of them!!!!!

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Jean-Fran�ois Arnoud
<jfarnoud94@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
>
>
> C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
>
> > Domina
> > Married women only, with or without children.
>
> No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the
> woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus,
> Ovid... This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the
> title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is
> said "uxor".
>
> > But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is
> "boss."
>
> Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They
> are not their "boss".
>
> > So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
>
> The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
>
> > Virgo
> > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore
> considered Virgo.- unless they are
> > concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix
> Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
>
> Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who
> means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the
> lovers. :o)
>
> >Feminae
> >Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra
> and Aeternia;))
>
> Mulieres is better.
> Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is
> always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if
> you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas.
>
> Valete optime,
>
> C. Petronius Dexter
> Arcoiali scribebat
> pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
>
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>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87631 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Ave!

You don't like it..yet here you are...in the middle of a whispering
campaign that you are involved with.

Any person with critical thinking skills who has been on the ML for a
reasonable amount of time could see from observation that Nova Roma as an
organization is not in anyway shape or form mysnogistic. You should have
LOOKED to the motive of the sender of the message. Their credibility is
non-existant and I wonder if you are now in contact with that person?

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Yehya <yehya_61@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
>
>
> Salve!
>
>
> "Just because someone sends you, unasked for, an email which contains
> allegations of the sort you describe does not place you under any sort of
> responsibility legally or in terms of a sense of honour to respect those
> imposed conditions. Something like that was once attempted on myself, and
> the person responsible got short shrift."
>
> Normally I would agree but then again I should have stopped reading at the
> beginning when I read the conditions. It is my own fault for continuing to
> read after the warning as I view that as tacit acceptance of the conditions
> being imposed.
>
> I don't like whispering campaigns or gossip and I don't like being a party
> to them. Nor do I like being placed in the position I found myself but I am
> not a child. I act based on my own understanding of honor because at the
> end of the day it is myself, and my creator, I need to justify my actions
> to and no one else.
>
> I understand why this happened as it was based on something I had posted
> on another thread. But in the end I think it showed Nova Roma, and the
> majority of its members, in a good light and reflected poorly on myself.
> Such is sometimes life
>
> Vale!
>
> Gaius Claudius
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87632 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Ave Censor et Amice,

I am sorry, but i respectfully disagree with you slightly. One of the
classes I teach is critical thinking skills and part of that deals with the
assimilation of research, of data, and of information.

This type of question, that was asked was no different than asking the
question, Have you stopped beating your wife yet? You say yes..,.you are
screwed...you say no..you are screwed.

This is why I responded to the individual did he do research like reading
the FAQ? That provides some answers there (though I wish we could rewrite
some of the FAQ to utilize different language because some of the answers
are harsh). No, there is two issues I still have. The identity of the
person who sent the email to Claudius.....Secondly, this is the second time
this question has been raised on the ML and frankly, I would like to go and
find the previous time it was raised and compare that situation to this
one.

The altrustic, I just wanna know if its the truth explanation given by
Claudius just kinda stretches the believability scale, and this I have no
problem saying is my own personal opinion.

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Timothy or Stephen Gallagher <
spqr753@...> wrote:

>
> Salve Gaius Claudius ,
> You said in part, "But in the end I think it showed Nova Roma, and the
> majority of its members, in a good light and reflected poorly on myself.
> Such is sometimes life" I agree that you question show Nova Roma in a good
> light. I disagree that it reflected poorly on you. You asked a question.
> You received a number of answers that refuted the central tenetof the
> accusation against Nova Roma. We have a new and informed citizen and you
> have a community willing to answer uncomfortable questions. Sounds like a
> win, win to me. Vale Ti. Galerius PaulinusCensor
>
>
>
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> From: yehya_61@...
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 17:01:36 +0000
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
>
>
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> Salve!
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>
> "Just because someone sends you, unasked for, an email which contains
> allegations of the sort you describe does not place you under any sort of
> responsibility legally or in terms of a sense of honour to respect those
> imposed conditions. Something like that was once attempted on myself, and
> the person responsible got short shrift."
>
>
>
> Normally I would agree but then again I should have stopped reading at the
> beginning when I read the conditions. It is my own fault for continuing to
> read after the warning as I view that as tacit acceptance of the conditions
> being imposed.
>
>
>
> I don't like whispering campaigns or gossip and I don't like being a party
> to them. Nor do I like being placed in the position I found myself but I am
> not a child. I act based on my own understanding of honor because at the
> end of the day it is myself, and my creator, I need to justify my actions
> to and no one else.
>
>
>
> I understand why this happened as it was based on something I had posted
> on another thread. But in the end I think it showed Nova Roma, and the
> majority of its members, in a good light and reflected poorly on myself.
> Such is sometimes life
>
>
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> Vale!
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> Gaius Claudius
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87633 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Ave!

So you joined first, ok......and this raises other questions then! So you
read the website.....you have been in NR long enough to observe...so then
why ask now? What prompted you to ask? Wasn't the evidence clear that NR
wasn't misogynistic from the time you joined the lists til now?

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Yehya <yehya_61@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
>
> Salve!
>
>
> "Interesting. Personally I think its a serious accusation and if someone
> is cowardly enough to open the conversation without being forthright and
> completely honest, especially when given hearsay is as serious as a charge
> of being misogynistic elements - as you have so clarified. It is no
> different than the tactics of using paid informers. So, I would suggest you
> give up your source or find another organization to belong to. Because I
> also find it telling that you seemed to have no problem joining an
> organization that you have been told might have misogynistic elements.
> Either way its damn telling."
>
> I joined first so I didn't join an organization I had been told was
> anything other than what it appeared to be. I didn't solicit the private
> message and it was sent with the direction to keep it private.
>
> I thought the charge was serious enough to investigate but being new here
> there seem to be undercurrents I was unaware of when joining.
>
> I would be happy to discuss the matter privately.
>
> Vale!
>
> G Claudius Axenrothus
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87634 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Ave Sulla

*laughs*. Didn't I see somewhere that you gave out your phone number and you are available 24/7? That must be woven into the jokes. Do I feel a parody comIng on?

Vale

Julia



Sent from my iphone4
--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Can I just say this is such a joke thread that is just straining to come
> out......I'm really trying to keep this on the back alley but
> but....but.....the jokes there are thousands of them!!!!!
>
> Vale,
>
> Sulla
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Jean-François Arnoud
> <jfarnoud94@...>wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
> >
> > > Domina
> > > Married women only, with or without children.
> >
> > No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the
> > woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus,
> > Ovid... This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the
> > title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is
> > said "uxor".
> >
> > > But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is
> > "boss."
> >
> > Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They
> > are not their "boss".
> >
> > > So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
> >
> > The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
> >
> > > Virgo
> > > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore
> > considered Virgo.- unless they are
> > > concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix
> > Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
> >
> > Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who
> > means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the
> > lovers. :o)
> >
> > >Feminae
> > >Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra
> > and Aeternia;))
> >
> > Mulieres is better.
> > Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is
> > always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if
> > you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas.
> >
> > Valete optime,
> >
> > C. Petronius Dexter
> > Arcoiali scribebat
> > pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87635 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Ave!

Yes for taxes. LOL

ROFLMAO!!!!!! Oh no....see you're trying to get me not just moderated but
banned from the ML! I see you plotting away! Good try! Good try indeed!

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Ave Sulla
>
> *laughs*. Didn't I see somewhere that you gave out your phone number and
> you are available 24/7? That must be woven into the jokes. Do I feel a
> parody comIng on?
>
> Vale
>
> Julia
>
> Sent from my iphone4
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Can I just say this is such a joke thread that is just straining to come
> > out......I'm really trying to keep this on the back alley but
> > but....but.....the jokes there are thousands of them!!!!!
> >
> > Vale,
> >
> > Sulla
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Jean-Fran�ois Arnoud
> > <jfarnoud94@...>wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
> > >
> > > > Domina
> > > > Married women only, with or without children.
> > >
> > > No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called
> the
> > > woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of
> Catullus,
> > > Ovid... This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the
> > > title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman
> is
> > > said "uxor".
> > >
> > > > But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or
> is
> > > "boss."
> > >
> > > Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves.
> They
> > > are not their "boss".
> > >
> > > > So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata
> boss;)
> > >
> > > The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
> > >
> > > > Virgo
> > > > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are
> therefore
> > > considered Virgo.- unless they are
> > > > concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used.
> Praetrix
> > > Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
> > >
> > > Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who
> > > means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the
> > > lovers. :o)
> > >
> > > >Feminae
> > > >Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I,
> Magistra
> > > and Aeternia;))
> > >
> > > Mulieres is better.
> > > Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is
> > > always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck,
> if
> > > you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas.
> > >
> > > Valete optime,
> > >
> > > C. Petronius Dexter
> > > Arcoiali scribebat
> > > pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87636 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Cn. Lentulus M. Pompeio et omnibus sal.

>>> If that citizen had failed to pay taxes in previous years he or she
should make arrangements with the CFO to pay those back taxes. <<<

If I read your message correctly, does it mean that a person who was capite census and wishes to be assiduus this year had to pay all the taxes retroactively, for all past years when he was capite census?

I direct this question not to you, but to anybody who knows the answer.

Vale!



--- Mar 6/3/12, M. Pompeius Caninus <m.pompeius@...> ha scritto:

Da: M. Pompeius Caninus <m.pompeius@...>
Oggetto: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
A: "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Data: Martedì 6 marzo 2012, 19:34
















 









Salve, Silvane!



You need to know which Century you are assigned to so check your account in the Album Civium. Once you have your Century, simply match that Century number to the Tax Class, then look for the taxes required for your Tax Class. For instance, a citizen in Century 29 should pay $25.00, unless other arrangements have been made privately with the CFO. If that citizen had failed to pay taxes in previous years he or she should make arrangements with the CFO to pay those back taxes. 



Bene vale!

 

M. Pompeius Caninus

America Boreoccidentalis

Vivat Nova Roma!



_
















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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87637 From: William Dowie Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the lowest rate?

G. Quinctius Flamininus



________________________________
From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


 
Salve, et salvete omnes,

1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album

2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.

3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your tax is $9

Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.

Hope this is clear;)

Vale, et valete,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@...> wrote:
>
> Salve/Salvete!
>
> This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?
>
> C. Laelius Silvanus
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> >
> > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> >
> > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
> >
> > Optime valete
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> >
> > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> >
> > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> >
> > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> >
> > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> >
> > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
> >
> > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> >
> > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> >
> > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
> >
> > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> >
> > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87638 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
M. Caninus Cn. Lentulo et omnibus S.P.D.

The Senatus Consultum states:

VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis. 


So, it appears that the CFO will make a decision on how much, if any, back taxes must be paid to return to assiduus status in 2765. I cannot speak for the CFO but I am sure that getting some money is better than getting no money. So, if one was capite census for multiple years it may be somewhat unlikely that *all* taxes retroactively will be required. 

Bene vale et valete!
 
M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!




________________________________
From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus <cn_corn_lent@...>
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


 
Cn. Lentulus M. Pompeio et omnibus sal.

>>> If that citizen had failed to pay taxes in previous years he or she
should make arrangements with the CFO to pay those back taxes. <<<

If I read your message correctly, does it mean that a person who was capite census and wishes to be assiduus this year had to pay all the taxes retroactively, for all past years when he was capite census?

I direct this question not to you, but to anybody who knows the answer.

Vale!

--- Mar 6/3/12, M. Pompeius Caninus <m.pompeius@...> ha scritto:

Da: M. Pompeius Caninus <m.pompeius@...>
Oggetto: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
A: "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Data: Martedì 6 marzo 2012, 19:34

 

Salve, Silvane!

You need to know which Century you are assigned to so check your account in the Album Civium. Once you have your Century, simply match that Century number to the Tax Class, then look for the taxes required for your Tax Class. For instance, a citizen in Century 29 should pay $25.00, unless other arrangements have been made privately with the CFO. If that citizen had failed to pay taxes in previous years he or she should make arrangements with the CFO to pay those back taxes. 

Bene vale!

 

M. Pompeius Caninus

America Boreoccidentalis

Vivat Nova Roma!

_

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87639 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Cn. Caesar C. Quinctio sal.

I posted an edict that covers this. The CFO (Sulla) will check out how many century points you have. I will step through the process.

More for others benefit that yours (as you are a long time citizen and likely know this), you access your century points my looking yourself up in the Album civium and clicking on details. Your century point total is 55. By checking through the centuries you reach the last occurrence off a citizen with 55 points like you (http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album?cmd=show-century¢ury=28). So for the purpose of the tax you will be assessed as though you were in century 28 (as per the edict it being the highest occurrence of a similar placement of someone with the same points and thus avoids accusations of unfairness to use the highest occurrence).

Century 28 falls into the third class and the rate for the third class is $25 USD. So the rate for this year’s tax for you would be $25 USD.

Optime vale.


From: William Dowie
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 2:42 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the lowest rate?

G. Quinctius Flamininus

________________________________
From: luciaiuliaaquila <mailto:luciaiuliaaquila%40hotmail.com>
To: mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.



Salve, et salvete omnes,

1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album

2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.

3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your tax is $9

Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.

Hope this is clear;)

Vale, et valete,

Julia

--- In mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@...> wrote:
>
> Salve/Salvete!
>
> This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?
>
> C. Laelius Silvanus
>
> --- In mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> >
> > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> >
> > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
> >
> > Optime valete
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> >
> > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> >
> > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> >
> > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> >
> > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> >
> > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
> >
> > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
> >
> > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> >
> > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> >
> > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> >
> > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
> >
> > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> >
> > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87640 From: GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Salvete omnes. Hello listeners.
Welcome to Nova Roma News Radio, broadcasting to you from the eternal city.

Today is day six of the Ludi Novi Romani, so its semi-final day. Our next program features the second semi-final race. Our reporter, Caeso Tarquinius Scipio, is down at the Circus Maximus – so come in Scipio!

Yes, Salvete omnes, hello everybody and welcome back to the races. Its ideal weather for racing, today, and we have another great race coming up. The four drivers are Eudoxius driving Mellivora Capensis owned by Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix in Praesina colours, that very exciting young military auriga, Spero of Rome driving Elpidius for L. Iulia Aquila of Albata, and they're up against Hirtius driving Flamma owned by Aulus Vitellius Celsus for Russata, and Stolo driving Incitatus for C Petronius Dexter, representing Veneta. Stolo gave us a fine display in the quarter finals, so anything could happen in this next race.

The crowds are out in force here today, and you should see the colours splashed along the stands. All the factions have tunics in their house colours, and they've armed themselves with streamers and pom-poms, and it looks like they've been practicing their cheer routines. Each of the four factions have a team running in this race, so everyone is going to have good reason to cheer loudly.

The teams are ready in the stalls, the gates are closed ready for the start, and yes, here comes V. Valerius Volusus with the mappa ready to send them off. He holds it high to get full attention, lets it fall, the gates spring open and they're away.

Its a good clean start, they're all powering down to the first straight, in a tight bunch still at the moment, but Eudoxius seems to be just slightly in front. Sulla will be pleased that his team are showing their worth, and now Stolo and Spero are closing up to fight for second place. Hirtius is beginning to move up – his strong horses will move very fast on the straights.

Down the straight they go, picking up speed, looking for openings. Stolo has moved up to take on Spero before the turn, he wants to get the best line while he has time, and Hirtius is on the outside – he's taking a chance that he can cut across while they're still on the straight. He'll need a bit more speed – but his team is giving him what he demands, and he's ahead of Spero and challenging Stolo for second place. They're right on the turn now, Eudoxius in the lead, then Stolo and Hirtius side by side, and Spero right on their heels. Hirtius is really taking an early chance here, and they're side by side as they go into the turn. Hirtius looks as if he's got the speed to take Stolo, but Stolo has the advantage of the nearside.

They're all out of sight at the moment, but as they come back into view its Eudoxius still in the lead, but its Hirtius in second place, Hirtius has managed to keep up the pressure right round the curve and force Stolo back into third place. Stolo is not going to be happy about that. As they start down the straight its Stolo going all out to get second place back. A real race has developed between Stolo and Hirtius, and the crowds are urging them on. Just look at them go, They're glaring at each other, gritting their teeth, pushing their teams forward, firing their whips. The thunder of hooves and roar of the wheels is driving the crowd mad, they're yelling in delight as these two roar down the straight. This is where Hirtius should have the advantage, but Stolo is holding his own, and they're beginning to move up on Eudoxius. He's looking behind him and putting on a bit more speed. He wants to stop them catching him before he reaches the turn. Spero is still in last place.

As they reach the turn its Eudoxius, then Stolo and Hirtius neck and neck, and now Spero beginning to move up. It looks as if there'll be a fight on this turn, Stolo and Hirtius both want to get to the inside, lets see how they come out.

And here they come, Eudoxius still in the lead, Hirtius just ahead of Stolo but only by a whisker, and Spero right on their heels. My goodness, ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be such a fast race, with action all the way. Hirtius has seized his chance to show his speed on this straight. He's immediately closing on Eudoxius, leaving Stolo falling behind,and as the markers fall they're neck and neck. And now Spero is moving up on Stolo, that rig really is moving well, with dust flying up from the hooves and wheels as they storm up the straight. I can see L. Iulia Aquila and her party jumping up to get a closer view, and its the turn of the Albata fans to bellow their support. The noise is deafening, oh the excitement, just look at that rig go! They're changing position so fast I can hardly keep up. Its Eudoxius from Hirtus, then Spero has passed Stolo, but there is almost nothing between them.

Eudoxius will just get to the turn first, with Hirtius and Spero both trying to get onto the inside, and Stolo right behind. They're out of sight for the moment, but there is a lot of noise and dust, and some loud gasps from those down at the end of the circus. I;m straining to see who will come out first – wait, that's Spero, Spero has taken the lead, Eudoxius and Hirtus are side by side right behind him, and Stolo is trying to take third place.

Now its into the straight, and this is where Hirtius will want to make a bid to move up. But no, its Stolo who has recovered best from that turn – he must have deliberately held clear, and all three rigs, Stolo, Hirtius and Eudoxius are now neck and neck, with Spero in the lead. And now its Stolo and Hirtius moving clear from Eudoxius – I can see Sulla getting very hot under his collar and making threatening – perhaps I should say encouraging – signs at Eudoxius. It seems to be working, Eudoxius has pulled back into line with the other two, and all three rigs are now racing neck and neck down the straight. Spero is only just ahead as they reach the turn, Hirtius is on the inside with a good line, Stolo is almost inside his traces, and Eudoxius is being pushed out to the right.

Round they come, and its Spero in the lead, then Hirtius and Stolo and a lot of screeching and groaning of wood and metal going on, then Eudoxius still keeping wide but holding his ground. It looks as if Stolo is having problems with his steering, he is having to haul his team off to the right in order to steer a straight course. Eudoxius has seen that, and has charged towards him, bumping Stolo towards the spina. The markers fall, and Stolo is right up against the spina, That's a lot of crashing and grinding, and Stolo is taking damage. He's managed to pull out, but Eudoxius is straight back into him, back he goes into the spina, and again he pulls out. That rig won't take much more of this, but Stolo refuses to give up. He's desperate to get clear of Eudoxius, but Hirtius is too close in front. He can't pull far enough to the right to get past Hirtius, and he doesn't have enough speed. He's suddenly slowed his team, Eudoxius has rushed past into third place, and Stolo is trying to stabilise his rig.

Spero is nearly at the turn, with Hirtius and now Eudoxius right on his tail. Stolo has managed to get a bit more control, but is in last place and in a poor line for the turn. I can just see Eudoxius wedging himself into the left side and trying to push Hirtius out – if he doesn't crash himself he could move up a place here. He fires his whip time after time, and Hirtius gives ground.

As they come out of the turn its Spero, then Eudoxius, then Hirtius and Stolo in the rear. Spero and Eudoxius are making a break now, charging down the straight, whips firing, wheels clashing, hooves thundering, the crowd are completely out of control and are baying for blood here. Everyone is on his feet, no one can sit when there is this amount of excitement. This is a race that will go down in the record books, and everyone here will have tales to tell their families and neighbours when they get back home.

Eudoxius is just in the lead, there's not much in it – a whisker I'd say, but he's determined not to lose this chance. A glance over at Sulla confirms that failure is not an option here. The whips fire again, Spero is being stung by whipcord, but he doesn't flinch, his head is down, he grits his teeth, he roars at his team and they go neck and neck towards the turn.

Meanwhile at the back of the field its Stolo making a surprising bid to catch Hirtius. His rig seems to have held together despite the odds, and he is slowly moving up. Hirtius is blocking him, but suddenly Hirtius has moved too far right, and Stolo is going to wedge himself in to the spina to overtake. This looks like a desperate move, Hirtius pulls back hard to the left, he bumps Stolo, the wheels crash, Stolo bounces off the spina and back out into Hirtius, pieces of wood and canvas fly, Stolo has lost control, he pulls hard on his right, but the rig won't turn, the right hand wheel is shattered, he's going down on the right, he's over, he's finished, he chops his knife through the reins and throws himself clear. Out race the wrecking crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still standing, and throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by Stolo, he gave his all against impossible odds at the end there, but sadly he could not survive those crashes.

Up at the front Eudoxius and Spero are disappearing round the turn, and Hirtius is now clear to catch up if he can. His tactics for this race were to move fast on the straight, and hurry in the final laps, but has he left it too late? Well, he's certainly going for it, hurtling down the straight in pursuit of the leaders, they've disappeared on the turn and Hirtius is still on the straight. I think its going to be too late for him. Coming out of the turn now its Eudoxius from Spero, not much between them still, and no sign of Hirtius yet. Wait, here he comes, he had a clear run on the turn so got a perfect line and has saved precious seconds. Now he has the straight ahead of him, no one in his way, he is designed for speed and he gives it everything he's got, Spero looks back in amazement at the rig closing up behind them. But its all too late, they are too close to the line, Eudoxius demands every last ounce of stamina from his team, Spero's team are right alongside, and Hirtius is right on their heels.

It's almost to close to call, but the results show that at the line, as the markers go down for the last time, its Eudoxius just clear from Spero, and Hirtius close behind. I can see much rejoicing in the Sulla and Iulia Aquila camps as they prepare for parties tonight before the final contest tomorrow,

Stolo is bandaged but unbowed, but his chariot, Incitatus will need a complete rebuild.

And so that's the last race we have here today, but we'll be back here tomorrow for the finals. Be sure to join us then.

And now back to the studio.

Valete omnes
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87641 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Salve Quinti Flaminine!

Good to see you on the ML!

You are in century 51 which is capite censi You will then pay the lowest rate of taxes and your century will be reassigned according to century points you may have earned etc.

Vale bene,

Julia



--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, William Dowie <swjagatai@...> wrote:
>
> OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the lowest rate?
>
> G. Quinctius Flamininus
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
>
>  
> Salve, et salvete omnes,
>
> 1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
> http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album
>
> 2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.
>
> 3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your tax is $9
>
> Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.
>
> Hope this is clear;)
>
> Vale, et valete,
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@> wrote:
> >
> > Salve/Salvete!
> >
> > This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?
> >
> > C. Laelius Silvanus
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> > >
> > > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
> > >
> > > Optime valete
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > >
> > > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> > > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> > >
> > > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> > >
> > > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> > >
> > > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> > >
> > > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
> > >
> > > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
> > >
> > > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
> > >
> > > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> > >
> > > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > >
> > > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > >
> > > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> > >
> > > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
> > >
> > > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> > >
> > > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87642 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Salve Quinti!

And so I stand corrected by our Consul because you are a longtime citizen!

Vale bene

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:
>
> Cn. Caesar C. Quinctio sal.
>
> I posted an edict that covers this. The CFO (Sulla) will check out how many century points you have. I will step through the process.
>
> More for others benefit that yours (as you are a long time citizen and likely know this), you access your century points my looking yourself up in the Album civium and clicking on details. Your century point total is 55. By checking through the centuries you reach the last occurrence off a citizen with 55 points like you (http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album?cmd=show-century¢ury=28). So for the purpose of the tax you will be assessed as though you were in century 28 (as per the edict it being the highest occurrence of a similar placement of someone with the same points and thus avoids accusations of unfairness to use the highest occurrence).
>
> Century 28 falls into the third class and the rate for the third class is $25 USD. So the rate for this year’s tax for you would be $25 USD.
>
> Optime vale.
>
>
> From: William Dowie
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 2:42 PM
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
>
> OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the lowest rate?
>
> G. Quinctius Flamininus
>
> ________________________________
> From: luciaiuliaaquila <mailto:luciaiuliaaquila%40hotmail.com>
> To: mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
>
>
> Salve, et salvete omnes,
>
> 1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
> http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album
>
> 2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.
>
> 3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your tax is $9
>
> Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.
>
> Hope this is clear;)
>
> Vale, et valete,
>
> Julia
>
> --- In mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@> wrote:
> >
> > Salve/Salvete!
> >
> > This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know what tax class one is in?
> >
> > C. Laelius Silvanus
> >
> > --- In mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> > >
> > > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765 .A.U.C. (2012).
> > >
> > > Optime valete
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > >
> > > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C.
> > > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> > >
> > > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> > >
> > > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> > >
> > > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> > >
> > > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
> > >
> > > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
> > >
> > > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
> > >
> > > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> > >
> > > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > >
> > > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > >
> > > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> > >
> > > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case basis.
> > >
> > > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> > >
> > > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87643 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Caesar Iuliae sal.

No, he will be assessed by virtue of his century points as per the edict. In other words, what he would have paid had he been assidui all along, taking the highest incidence of someone with 55 century points as I explained to him just now. The Senatus consultum did not cover century 51 citizens. The edict does.

Optime vale

From: luciaiuliaaquila
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:24 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.



Salve Quinti Flaminine!

Good to see you on the ML!

You are in century 51 which is capite censi You will then pay the lowest rate of taxes and your century will be reassigned according to century points you may have earned etc.

Vale bene,

Julia




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87644 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Caesar Iuliae sal.

To clear up any confusion my reference to him being a long time citizen may have caused, this was in reference to him accessing the details of his century points from the album page. I assume he knows this, but other newer citizens may not. Maybe even some older citizens don’t! His length of citizenship has nothing to do with his tax payment.

Optime vale

From: luciaiuliaaquila
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:30 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


Salve Quinti!

And so I stand corrected by our Consul because you are a longtime citizen!

Vale bene

Julia




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87645 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Ave backatcha!

> ROFLMAO!!!!!! Oh no....see you're trying to get me not just moderated but
> banned from the ML!

Naw, just testing your word skills:)

>I see you plotting away!

Moi?;)

>Good try! Good try indeed!

I aim to please! *laughs* just want to keep you on your toes!

Vale,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Ave!
>
> Yes for taxes. LOL
>
> ROFLMAO!!!!!! Oh no....see you're trying to get me not just moderated but
> banned from the ML! I see you plotting away!
>
> Vale,
>
> Sulla
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Ave Sulla
> >
> > *laughs*. Didn't I see somewhere that you gave out your phone number and
> > you are available 24/7? That must be woven into the jokes. Do I feel a
> > parody comIng on?
> >
> > Vale
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > Sent from my iphone4
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Can I just say this is such a joke thread that is just straining to come
> > > out......I'm really trying to keep this on the back alley but
> > > but....but.....the jokes there are thousands of them!!!!!
> > >
> > > Vale,
> > >
> > > Sulla
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Jean-François Arnoud
> > > <jfarnoud94@>wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
> > > >
> > > > > Domina
> > > > > Married women only, with or without children.
> > > >
> > > > No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called
> > the
> > > > woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of
> > Catullus,
> > > > Ovid... This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the
> > > > title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman
> > is
> > > > said "uxor".
> > > >
> > > > > But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or
> > is
> > > > "boss."
> > > >
> > > > Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves.
> > They
> > > > are not their "boss".
> > > >
> > > > > So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata
> > boss;)
> > > >
> > > > The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
> > > >
> > > > > Virgo
> > > > > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are
> > therefore
> > > > considered Virgo.- unless they are
> > > > > concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used.
> > Praetrix
> > > > Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
> > > >
> > > > Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who
> > > > means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the
> > > > lovers. :o)
> > > >
> > > > >Feminae
> > > > >Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I,
> > Magistra
> > > > and Aeternia;))
> > > >
> > > > Mulieres is better.
> > > > Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is
> > > > always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck,
> > if
> > > > you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas.
> > > >
> > > > Valete optime,
> > > >
> > > > C. Petronius Dexter
> > > > Arcoiali scribebat
> > > > pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87646 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Ave!

Respectfully, no that is not correct. The Consul just posted on this. I
would refer you back to his post.

Respectfully,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:24 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
>
> Salve Quinti Flaminine!
>
> Good to see you on the ML!
>
> You are in century 51 which is capite censi You will then pay the lowest
> rate of taxes and your century will be reassigned according to century
> points you may have earned etc.
>
> Vale bene,
>
> Julia
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, William Dowie <swjagatai@...> wrote:
> >
> > OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so
> now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the lowest
> rate?
> >
> > G. Quinctius Flamininus
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
>
> > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
> > Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX
> FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> >
> >
> > �
> > Salve, et salvete omnes,
> >
> > 1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
> > http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album
> >
> > 2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your
> name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.
> >
> > 3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII
> (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your
> tax is $9
> >
> > Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.
> >
> > Hope this is clear;)
> >
> > Vale, et valete,
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Salve/Salvete!
> > >
> > > This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know
> what tax class one is in?
> > >
> > > C. Laelius Silvanus
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar"
> <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> > > >
> > > > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765
> .A.U.C. (2012).
> > > >
> > > > Optime valete
> > > >
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > > >
> > > > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765
> A.U.C.
> > > > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > > > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > > > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > > > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > > > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> > > >
> > > > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes,
> using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de
> comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > > > Class 1 rate �����" Centuries 1 to 15
> > > > Class 2 rate �����" Centuries 16 to 27
> > > > Class 3 rate �����" Centuries 28 to 37
> > > > Class 4 rate �����" Centuries 38 to 45
> > > > Class 5 rate �����" Centuries 46 to 50
>
> > > >
> > > > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> > > >
> > > > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be
> calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a
> citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50
> cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> > > >
> > > > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is
> deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted
> it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the
> full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui
> until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal
> account.
> > > >
> > > > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will
> be specified by the CFO.
> > > >
> > > > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be
> specified by the CFO.
> > > >
> > > > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May
> 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount
> specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in
> century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and
> payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> > > >
> > > > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable
> for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and
> September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable
> as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount
> specified at X.A for class I.
> > > >
> > > > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable
> for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st
> and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
> payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the
> amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > > >
> > > > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November
> 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and
> payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods,
> will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and
> payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> > > >
> > > > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for
> 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the
> discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case
> basis.
> > > >
> > > > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> > > >
> > > > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova
> Roma.
> > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > > > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > > > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > > > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87647 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Cn. Caesar Cn Lentulo sal.

The only arrears we will collect on will be last year’s. I have spoken with the CFO on this. I will issue an edict to that effect shortly so everyone knows where they stand and there are no disputes. Otherwise it will get far too confusing and prohibitive.

Optime vale


From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 2:32 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


Cn. Lentulus M. Pompeio et omnibus sal.

>>> If that citizen had failed to pay taxes in previous years he or she
should make arrangements with the CFO to pay those back taxes. <<<

If I read your message correctly, does it mean that a person who was capite census and wishes to be assiduus this year had to pay all the taxes retroactively, for all past years when he was capite census?

I direct this question not to you, but to anybody who knows the answer.

Vale!




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87648 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Ave!

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:35 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Ave backatcha!
>
>
> > ROFLMAO!!!!!! Oh no....see you're trying to get me not just moderated but
> > banned from the ML!
>
> Naw, just testing your word skills:)
>

Now everyone that believes that..raise your hand! ROFL!!!!


>
>
> >I see you plotting away!
>
> Moi?;)
>
>
Yeah you! ;) hehehe


>
> >Good try! Good try indeed!
>
> I aim to please! *laughs* just want to keep you on your toes!
>

LOL oh sure....hehehe just for my own benefit heheheheheh ;)

Vale and take care!

Sulla


>
> Vale,
>
> Julia
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ave!
> >
> > Yes for taxes. LOL
> >
> > ROFLMAO!!!!!! Oh no....see you're trying to get me not just moderated but
> > banned from the ML! I see you plotting away!
> >
> > Vale,
> >
> > Sulla
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:47 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Ave Sulla
> > >
> > > *laughs*. Didn't I see somewhere that you gave out your phone number
> and
> > > you are available 24/7? That must be woven into the jokes. Do I feel a
> > > parody comIng on?
> > >
> > > Vale
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > > Sent from my iphone4
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Can I just say this is such a joke thread that is just straining to
> come
> > > > out......I'm really trying to keep this on the back alley but
> > > > but....but.....the jokes there are thousands of them!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Vale,
> > > >
> > > > Sulla
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Jean-Fran�ois Arnoud
> > > > <jfarnoud94@>wrote:
>
> > > >
> > > > > **
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
> > > > >
> > > > > > Domina
> > > > > > Married women only, with or without children.
> > > > >
> > > > > No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may
> called
> > > the
> > > > > woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of
> > > Catullus,
> > > > > Ovid... This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became
> the
> > > > > title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married
> woman
> > > is
> > > > > said "uxor".
> > > > >
> > > > > > But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has
> slaves or
> > > is
> > > > > "boss."
> > > > >
> > > > > Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves.
> > > They
> > > > > are not their "boss".
> > > > >
> > > > > > So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as
> Albata
> > > boss;)
> > > > >
> > > > > The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
> > > > >
> > > > > > Virgo
> > > > > > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are
> > > therefore
> > > > > considered Virgo.- unless they are
> > > > > > concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used.
> > > Praetrix
> > > > > Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
> > > > >
> > > > > Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word
> "puella" who
> > > > > means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for
> the
> > > > > lovers. :o)
> > > > >
> > > > > >Feminae
> > > > > >Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I,
> > > Magistra
> > > > > and Aeternia;))
> > > > >
> > > > > Mulieres is better.
> > > > > Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck)
> is
> > > > > always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means
> duck,
> > > if
> > > > > you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas.
> > > > >
> > > > > Valete optime,
> > > > >
> > > > > C. Petronius Dexter
> > > > > Arcoiali scribebat
> > > > > pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
> > > > >
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87649 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Iulia Caesari sal,

I understand and stand corrected however there is correlation between length of citizenship and century points ergo a longtime citizen has more. So, forgive me for being redundant, a cive who has been a citizen for a few years and who has not paid taxes should contact out CFO, Sulla.

To clarify further new citizens pay tax at the lowest rate.


Vale bene

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:
>
> Caesar Iuliae sal.
>
> To clear up any confusion my reference to him being a long time citizen may have caused, this was in reference to him accessing the details of his century points from the album page. I assume he knows this, but other newer citizens may not. Maybe even some older citizens don’t! His length of citizenship has nothing to do with his tax payment.
>
> Optime vale
>
> From: luciaiuliaaquila
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:30 PM
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
>
> Salve Quinti!
>
> And so I stand corrected by our Consul because you are a longtime citizen!
>
> Vale bene
>
> Julia
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87650 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Ave!

That is correct. This is why I gave both my email address and phone number
to anyone who has any questions. I am here to help. I have the tax
records from last year as well, given that I would say just about any
question someone might have regarding their tax payment, I can answer it.

And let me give my contact info again:

Email- robert.woolwine@...
phone 4805672265
Yahoo id - robertcw72

Respectfully,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:43 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Iulia Caesari sal,
>
> I understand and stand corrected however there is correlation between
> length of citizenship and century points ergo a longtime citizen has more.
> So, forgive me for being redundant, a cive who has been a citizen for a few
> years and who has not paid taxes should contact out CFO, Sulla.
>
> To clarify further new citizens pay tax at the lowest rate.
>
> Vale bene
>
> Julia
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar"
> <gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:
> >
> > Caesar Iuliae sal.
> >
> > To clear up any confusion my reference to him being a long time citizen
> may have caused, this was in reference to him accessing the details of his
> century points from the album page. I assume he knows this, but other newer
> citizens may not. Maybe even some older citizens don���t! His length of
> citizenship has nothing to do with his tax payment.
>
> >
> > Optime vale
> >
> > From: luciaiuliaaquila
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:30 PM
> > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX
> FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> >
> >
> > Salve Quinti!
> >
> > And so I stand corrected by our Consul because you are a longtime
> citizen!
> >
> > Vale bene
> >
> > Julia
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87651 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Ave Sulla,

Darn are you slow today! I was already corrected then admitted the error of my ways, groveled an apology (not really:))
And here again you tore open the wound once more! Oh the shame!
*laughs*

Gotta be a little quicker on the uptake!

Vale bene

Julia
--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Ave!
>
> Respectfully, no that is not correct. The Consul just posted on this. I
> would refer you back to his post.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Sulla
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:24 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > Salve Quinti Flaminine!
> >
> > Good to see you on the ML!
> >
> > You are in century 51 which is capite censi You will then pay the lowest
> > rate of taxes and your century will be reassigned according to century
> > points you may have earned etc.
> >
> > Vale bene,
> >
> > Julia
> >
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, William Dowie <swjagatai@> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so
> > now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the lowest
> > rate?
> > >
> > > G. Quinctius Flamininus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@>
> >
> > > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
> > > Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX
> > FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > >
> > >
> > > Â
> > > Salve, et salvete omnes,
> > >
> > > 1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
> > > http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album
> > >
> > > 2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find your
> > name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.
> > >
> > > 3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century VIII
> > (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so your
> > tax is $9
> > >
> > > Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.
> > >
> > > Hope this is clear;)
> > >
> > > Vale, et valete,
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Salve/Salvete!
> > > >
> > > > This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know
> > what tax class one is in?
> > > >
> > > > C. Laelius Silvanus
> > > >
> > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar"
> > <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765
> > .A.U.C. (2012).
> > > > >
> > > > > Optime valete
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > > > >
> > > > > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765
> > A.U.C.
> > > > > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > > > > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > > > > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > > > > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > > > > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> > > > >
> > > > > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes,
> > using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia altera de
> > comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > > > > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > > > > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > > > > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > > > > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > > > > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> >
> > > > >
> > > > > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> > > > >
> > > > > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be
> > calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a
> > citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50
> > cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> > > > >
> > > > > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is
> > deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted
> > it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have paid the
> > full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui
> > until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal
> > account.
> > > > >
> > > > > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will
> > be specified by the CFO.
> > > > >
> > > > > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be
> > specified by the CFO.
> > > > >
> > > > > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May
> > 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount
> > specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen is in
> > century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax due and
> > payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> > > > >
> > > > > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable
> > for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and
> > September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable
> > as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount
> > specified at X.A for class I.
> > > > >
> > > > > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable
> > for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October 1st
> > and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
> > payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the
> > amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > > > >
> > > > > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November
> > 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due and
> > payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods,
> > will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and
> > payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> > > > >
> > > > > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for
> > 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the
> > discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-by-case
> > basis.
> > > > >
> > > > > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> > > > >
> > > > > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova
> > Roma.
> > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > > > > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > > > > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
> > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > > > > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> > > > >
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87652 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Ave!

Yeah well....thats what I get for talking to the Consul on Gtalk at the
same time....lol ;) Just let the wound fester just a bit more...I am
sure someone else might come along and correct ya again! hehehehehehhe ;)

Vale,

Sula

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:49 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Ave Sulla,
>
> Darn are you slow today! I was already corrected then admitted the error
> of my ways, groveled an apology (not really:))
> And here again you tore open the wound once more! Oh the shame!
> *laughs*
>
> Gotta be a little quicker on the uptake!
>
> Vale bene
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ave!
> >
> > Respectfully, no that is not correct. The Consul just posted on this. I
> > would refer you back to his post.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Sulla
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:24 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Salve Quinti Flaminine!
> > >
> > > Good to see you on the ML!
> > >
> > > You are in century 51 which is capite censi You will then pay the
> lowest
> > > rate of taxes and your century will be reassigned according to century
> > > points you may have earned etc.
> > >
> > > Vale bene,
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, William Dowie <swjagatai@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so
> > > now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the
> lowest
> > > rate?
> > > >
> > > > G. Quinctius Flamininus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@>
> > >
> > > > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
> > > > Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL
> TAX
> > > FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > �
> > > > Salve, et salvete omnes,
> > > >
> > > > 1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
> > > > http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album
> > > >
> > > > 2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find
> your
> > > name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.
> > > >
> > > > 3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century
> VIII
> > > (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so
> your
> > > tax is $9
> > > >
> > > > Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this is clear;)
> > > >
> > > > Vale, et valete,
> > > >
> > > > Julia
> > > >
> > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Salve/Salvete!
> > > > >
> > > > > This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know
> > > what tax class one is in?
> > > > >
> > > > > C. Laelius Silvanus
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar"
> > > <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765
> > > .A.U.C. (2012).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Optime valete
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > >
> > > > > > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for
> 2765
> > > A.U.C.
> > > > > > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > > > > > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > > > > > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > > > > > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > > > > > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> > > > > >
> > > > > > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following
> classes,
> > > using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia
> altera de
> > > comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > > > > > Class 1 rate �����" Centuries 1 to 15
> > > > > > Class 2 rate �����" Centuries 16 to 27
> > > > > > Class 3 rate �����" Centuries 28 to 37
> > > > > > Class 4 rate �����" Centuries 38 to 45
> > > > > > Class 5 rate �����" Centuries 46 to 50
> > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal
> must be
> > > calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the
> tax a
> > > citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50
> > > cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is
> > > deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who
> remitted
> > > it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have
> paid the
> > > full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the
> assidui
> > > until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman
> PayPal
> > > account.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to
> will
> > > be specified by the CFO.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be
> > > specified by the CFO.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by
> May
> > > 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the
> amount
> > > specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen
> is in
> > > century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax
> due and
> > > payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and
> payable
> > > for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and
> > > September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
> payable
> > > as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount
> > > specified at X.A for class I.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and
> payable
> > > for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October
> 1st
> > > and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
> > > payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double
> the
> > > amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November
> > > 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due
> and
> > > payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax
> periods,
> > > will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and
> > > payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for
> > > 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the
> > > discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual
> case-by-case
> > > basis.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of
> Nova
> > > Roma.
> > > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > > > > > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > > > > > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on
> Taxation
> > > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > > > > > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > > > > >
> http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87653 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Caesar Iuliae sal.

In the sense that you accumulate century points up to 50 months I believe for just being a citizen, yes there is a link. Anyone who didn’t pay for last year and who wants to pay should indeed contact Sulla, 24/7 (lol). We are only going to collect back to last year because the records before that are sparse and not under his control, so it is safest only to go to the point Sulla was appointed CFO and has records from.

Naturally if someone wanted to make a donation on top of that for any missed years, well that would be voluntary.

Brand new citizens who have not held any offices yet and have minimal century points would pay at the lowest rate as they would would fall into the 5th class simply by virtue of being so new and not having accrued many points. We need to be careful over the definition of new, so everyone who hasn’t paid (for whatever reason) can contact Sulla, new or old citizens, so they can have it straight from the man himself.

Optime vale


From: luciaiuliaaquila
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:43 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.


Iulia Caesari sal,

I understand and stand corrected however there is correlation between length of citizenship and century points ergo a longtime citizen has more. So, forgive me for being redundant, a cive who has been a citizen for a few years and who has not paid taxes should contact out CFO, Sulla.

To clarify further new citizens pay tax at the lowest rate.

Vale bene

Julia

--- In mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar" <gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:
>
> Caesar Iuliae sal.
>
> To clear up any confusion my reference to him being a long time citizen may have caused, this was in reference to him accessing the details of his century points from the album page. I assume he knows this, but other newer citizens may not. Maybe even some older citizens don’t! His length of citizenship has nothing to do with his tax payment.
>
> Optime vale
>
> From: luciaiuliaaquila
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:30 PM
> To: mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
>
> Salve Quinti!
>
> And so I stand corrected by our Consul because you are a longtime citizen!
>
> Vale bene
>
> Julia
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87654 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Ave

*laughs* That was my first thought when I saw Caesar's correction - a wave of corrections should be coming through as the day-sleepers awake and folks get home from work - tomorrow it will be the Europeans turn *sigh* Oh well at least I will get attention;)

Or not. Because I think anyone who knew anything has already spoken (those inclined to speak that is)

Woe it me, woe is me!

Vale optime

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Ave!
>
> Yeah well....thats what I get for talking to the Consul on Gtalk at the
> same time....lol ;) Just let the wound fester just a bit more...I am
> sure someone else might come along and correct ya again! hehehehehehhe ;)
>
> Vale,
>
> Sula
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:49 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Ave Sulla,
> >
> > Darn are you slow today! I was already corrected then admitted the error
> > of my ways, groveled an apology (not really:))
> > And here again you tore open the wound once more! Oh the shame!
> > *laughs*
> >
> > Gotta be a little quicker on the uptake!
> >
> > Vale bene
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Ave!
> > >
> > > Respectfully, no that is not correct. The Consul just posted on this. I
> > > would refer you back to his post.
> > >
> > > Respectfully,
> > >
> > > Sulla
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:24 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > > luciaiuliaaquila@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Salve Quinti Flaminine!
> > > >
> > > > Good to see you on the ML!
> > > >
> > > > You are in century 51 which is capite censi You will then pay the
> > lowest
> > > > rate of taxes and your century will be reassigned according to century
> > > > points you may have earned etc.
> > > >
> > > > Vale bene,
> > > >
> > > > Julia
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, William Dowie <swjagatai@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, I have never paid Nova Roma taxes before and I am going to do so
> > > > now. My century is LI, which isn't listed, do I then just pay at the
> > lowest
> > > > rate?
> > > > >
> > > > > G. Quinctius Flamininus
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ________________________________
> > > > > From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@>
> > > >
> > > > > To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 1:36 PM
> > > > > Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL
> > TAX
> > > > FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Â
> > > > > Salve, et salvete omnes,
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Log into the album civium (or you can just go to it):
> > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/civitas/album
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) input your name (nomen or cognomen) in the field and then find
> > your
> > > > name and click on it, this will bring you to your photo and info.
> > > > >
> > > > > 3)Look at your "Century" for your numbers, for example I am Century
> > VIII
> > > > (8) and in class 1 my tax is $42, you are XLIX (49) and in class 5 so
> > your
> > > > tax is $9
> > > > >
> > > > > Taxes are due May 31st, after that there is a penalty.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope this is clear;)
> > > > >
> > > > > Vale, et valete,
> > > > >
> > > > > Julia
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Laelius Silvanus" <scipio1108@
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Salve/Salvete!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This may sound like a really stupid question, but how does one know
> > > > what tax class one is in?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > C. Laelius Silvanus
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar"
> > > > <gn_iulius_caesar@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cn Iulius Caesar consul sal.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Please find details of the annual tax rates for the year 2765
> > > > .A.U.C. (2012).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Optime valete
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for
> > 2765
> > > > A.U.C.
> > > > > > > Class 1 rate - $42.00
> > > > > > > Class 2 rate - $34.00
> > > > > > > Class 3 rate - $25.00
> > > > > > > Class 4 rate - $17.00
> > > > > > > Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > II. The following centuries shall fall into the following
> > classes,
> > > > using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex Octavia
> > altera de
> > > > comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
> > > > > > > Class 1 rate â€" Centuries 1 to 15
> > > > > > > Class 2 rate â€" Centuries 16 to 27
> > > > > > > Class 3 rate â€" Centuries 28 to 37
> > > > > > > Class 4 rate â€" Centuries 38 to 45
> > > > > > > Class 5 rate â€" Centuries 46 to 50
> > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal
> > must be
> > > > calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the
> > tax a
> > > > citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50
> > > > cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is
> > > > deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal account, then the citizen who
> > remitted
> > > > it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have
> > paid the
> > > > full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the
> > assidui
> > > > until the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman
> > PayPal
> > > > account.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to
> > will
> > > > be specified by the CFO.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be
> > > > specified by the CFO.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by
> > May
> > > > 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the
> > amount
> > > > specified at X.A for the class he/she is in. For example if a citizen
> > is in
> > > > century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class II then the tax
> > due and
> > > > payable by the citizen is equal to that for class II.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and
> > payable
> > > > for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. then between June 1st and
> > > > September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
> > payable
> > > > as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount
> > > > specified at X.A for class I.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and
> > payable
> > > > for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. then between October
> > 1st
> > > > and October 31st of of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
> > > > payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double
> > the
> > > > amount specified at X.A for class I.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November
> > > > 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All arrears of the annual tax due
> > and
> > > > payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax
> > periods,
> > > > will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and
> > > > payable, in addition to the annual tax due for 2766 A.U.C.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for
> > > > 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from previous tax periods are at the
> > > > discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual
> > case-by-case
> > > > basis.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of
> > Nova
> > > > Roma.
> > > > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
> > > > > > > B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
> > > > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
> > > > > > > C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on
> > Taxation
> > > > > > > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
> > > > > > > D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
> > > > > > >
> > http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87655 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
Ave!

I want to just add some info here that I will be posting regular reminders
to the NR lists. Reminding the tax and my contact information. So, if
anyone has any questions no one could say they didnt have an opportunity to
get their questions answered.

Respectfully,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar <
gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Caesar Iuliae sal.
>
> In the sense that you accumulate century points up to 50 months I believe
> for just being a citizen, yes there is a link. Anyone who didn�t pay for
> last year and who wants to pay should indeed contact Sulla, 24/7 (lol). We
> are only going to collect back to last year because the records before that
> are sparse and not under his control, so it is safest only to go to the
> point Sulla was appointed CFO and has records from.
>
> Naturally if someone wanted to make a donation on top of that for any
> missed years, well that would be voluntary.
>
> Brand new citizens who have not held any offices yet and have minimal
> century points would pay at the lowest rate as they would would fall into
> the 5th class simply by virtue of being so new and not having accrued many
> points. We need to be careful over the definition of new, so everyone who
> hasn�t paid (for whatever reason) can contact Sulla, new or old citizens,
> so they can have it straight from the man himself.
>
> Optime vale
>
> From: luciaiuliaaquila
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:43 PM
>
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX
> FOR 2765 A.U.C.
>
> Iulia Caesari sal,
>
> I understand and stand corrected however there is correlation between
> length of citizenship and century points ergo a longtime citizen has more.
> So, forgive me for being redundant, a cive who has been a citizen for a few
> years and who has not paid taxes should contact out CFO, Sulla.
>
> To clarify further new citizens pay tax at the lowest rate.
>
> Vale bene
>
> Julia
>
> --- In mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com, "Gnaeus Iulius Caesar"
> <gn_iulius_caesar@...> wrote:
> >
> > Caesar Iuliae sal.
> >
> > To clear up any confusion my reference to him being a long time citizen
> may have caused, this was in reference to him accessing the details of his
> century points from the album page. I assume he knows this, but other newer
> citizens may not. Maybe even some older citizens don���t! His length of
> citizenship has nothing to do with his tax payment.
> >
> > Optime vale
> >
> > From: luciaiuliaaquila
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:30 PM
> > To: mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX
> FOR 2765 A.U.C.
> >
> >
> > Salve Quinti!
> >
> > And so I stand corrected by our Consul because you are a longtime
> citizen!
> >
> > Vale bene
> >
> > Julia
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87656 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Salvete!

Let me see if I understand this ...thread. A post concerning appropriate
forms of feminine address has morphed into ....Sulla's availability 7 days a
week, 24 hours a day? Um ...questions arise! Many, many questions arise!
But why do I have a mental picture of an old fashioned phone booth, with
...but no, thee are no phone booths left, I don't think so ...where ...ah!
In the best ancient tradition, of course! A wall with a ...message? Hmmm.
Abut consultations on taxes, of course ..of *course*!

Valete bene!
Caeca, laughing in bemusement!
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87657 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: Ludi Romani, semi finals, race 1
Salvete omnes!

Albata! Albata! Albata!

Sad to see young Iulius Aquila's chariot Decimator not make it to the finals but his driver, Serapis Tutor (as in teacher not as in the royal Tudors), drove well from what i can make out!

We at the house of Iulii and Albata are very pleased with our young Aetius Canius driving Ignis Natus to place in the finals!

Congratulations as well to Veneta's P. Porcius Licinius owner of Fulmen driven by Mugitus!

Victoria Vique Velocitate!

Vale, et valete,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Maria Caeca" <c.mariacaeca@...> wrote:
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> Semi finals, race 1
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> Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen all across the Republic! This is NR LIVE, I'm Arianrhod with Hermanus, my husband, and this is the semifinal races of the Ludi Novi Romani!
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> Her: Before we begin the race, though, we have a special report on the 2nd quarter final race, where Cn. Cornelius' chariot was disqualified, costing Russata the win. In our studio with us is Fantastica, who has an update.
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> Fan: I do, indeed,Hermanus. We have learned from the press relations office of the Curule Aedilicia that the chariot in question was disqualified, because the owner was caught trying to hire the sabotage of the Albata entry in that race. The owner was banned from racing in these races,but not for the entire year, as could have happened, and received a very hefty fine .twice the amount paid for his attempt.
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> AR: Do either the chariot owner, Lentulus, or the Aedile have anything to say abut this?
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> FAN: (laughs). Well, the owner protests his innocence with great vigor, saying he had no knowledge of this .and the Aedile made no direct comment, other than to say that there is always a cost to taking certain kinds of risks. All she would say to this reporter was, and I quote, was "We discovered a serious problem. I dealt with it."
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> HER: So .hopefully, we will see Fodor Sophia in other races .but I'd be willing to bet the owned will be *much* more careful in future.
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> AR: OK, the parade of chariots has started. This race is all blue and white! And Albata fans and Veneta fans are tossing blue and white pompoms at one another, and engaging in god natured shouting matches. Blue and white banners and ribbons are everywhere, and the heads of both factios are in their boxes, surrounded by friends and well wishers. Fist, we have Fulmen driven by Mugitus and owned by P. Porcius Licinus. It's going to be a noisy race, (laughs). It's a good thing our microphones can't pick up exactly *what* Licinus shouts ..the Praetors would take us off the air! Next, we have Tudor Decimator, driven by Serapis, and owned by M. Iulius Aquila. He's the grandson of Pontifex L. Iulia Aquila, you know, and he will be racing against his grandmother's chariot in this race.
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> AR: Oh, my! But knowing the Pontifex and he grandson as I do, they are probably rooting for each other. Of course, they would love a 1, 2 finish .although they differ as to who would be in each winning spot!
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> HER: Yes, noting like a family affair! Last, for Veneta is Ballista, driven superbly in the last race by Valens, and owned by the Pontifex Maximus C. Petronius Dexter.
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> AR: Who is *also* one of our Praetors, so watch your language, especially when things heat up.
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> HER: *my* language? *laughs* you, little Welsh girl, can make a battle hardened legionary blush!
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> AR: From whom do you think I learned? OK .the parade has finished, and the Aedile is escorted to her place above the tack. The crowd is going insane and she waits a minute, then raises the mappa, and lets it fall. They[re off!
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> HER: Leaving the gate, it's Ballista, Ignis Natus, Tudor Decimator, then Fulmen, and Mugitus has already started shouting .probably telling the others to get out of his way.
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> AR: well,it's certainly a leisurely start! They're all conserving energy, but it looks like they're out for a Spring picnic, for all love!
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> HER: they go into the 1st turn, and Ballista has the perfect line. Out they come, and here comes Ignis Natus to challenge Ballista .and Fulmen is challenging Tudor Decimator. Young Serapis just flicked his whip at Mugitus, who laughs and flicks his back. Is that greeting, or threat? But .ah! Serapis used the momentary distraction to edge ahead of Fulmen, and is keeping him blocked in, unable to pass. The lap marker falls for the 1st lap, and it's Ballista by a nostril, then Ignis Natus, then a small gap, then Tudor Decimator and Fulmen, practically on his backboard! But Ignis Natus is making a move, and Canius is trying to crowd Valens, who isn't having any.
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> AR: is Canius smiling, yet?
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> HER: Not that I can see, which is good for Ballista! OK, oh,wow ..Serapis tried to block Mugitus and went the wrong way, and Fulmen takes advantage to slip just ahead of Serapis, who is trying to get back into 3rd place, and, into the turn they go! Canius has the best line, and gives his horses their head to sweep through the turn. Out they come .and Ignis Natus has a nice lead, but Fulmen is challenging Ballista, now, with Decimator right behind him. Ballista keep his place,though, and Valens doesn't even look back, but seems to be measuring the distance between him and the leader. The 2nd lap marker drops, and it's Canius in 1st, followed by Valens in Ballista, then Canius in Ignis Natus,and Mugitus in Fulmen right behind, and into to the 3rd lap.
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> AR: Here comes Serapis! He is passing everybody! He's now in 2nd, challenging Ballista,but Ballista isn't giving any ground, so he settles in 2nd, while Canius and Mugitus battle for the 3rd position, and I think .yes,Canius is smiling. That is very dangerous! Fulmen ties to pass, and Canius cracks his whip, just in front of the opposing horses noses. They shy a little, but Mugitus keeps control, though it costs him 3rd place, and in to the turn they go, with Ballista getting the perfect line, and Valens is taking that turn closely,but not dangerously. They come out, and the crowd is wild. Serapis is now challenging Ballista again, and this time, he gets ahead, and Fulmen is moving up on Canius, and .tries to crowd Canius into the wall, but Canius keeps his line. Fulmen draws into 3rd, and the 3rd lap marker drops. So it's Ballista and Tudor Decimator fighting neck and neck for 1st, and Fulmen and Ignis Natus fighting for 3rd, but there aren't 2 chariot lengths between all of them!
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> Into the next turn.and Decimator slips inside Ballista's line,and is going to risk a very close pass of the Spina. If it works, it will put him in front, but if it doesn't .OK,they have all come out OK, and, indeed, Decimator has pulled in front,and Serapis raises an arm in victory. Not quite yet, lad.
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> OK, the 3rd lap marker has dropped, and we are almost half way through this race. It looks like everyone is going to take this lap a little easy.conserving energy for the finish. They keep place into the turn, but Fulmen.men slips through Canius' guard and comes out in 3rd. Canius has something else in mind, however, and forces past Fulmen, or ties to, but Fulmen is challenging Ballista for 2nd, the they ace, the 2 Veneta chariots, side by side, and into the turn, with Serapis in Tudor Decimator getting the line this time. Out they come,and it's Decimator, Fulmen with Ballista right behind, and then Ignis Natus, holding back, I think.
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> Ah,now then! As the 4th marker drops, and the 5th lap begins, Canius starts his challenge of Ballista, trying to creep ahead. Fulmen is moving up on Tudor Decimator, and I think Mugitus is trying to deafen Serapis, who is laughing. Into the turn they go, and ut in the same positions,and keep them until the marker drops and the 6th lap begins.
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> Canius gives his hoses their heads,and he pulls ahead of Ballista, while Serapis increases his lead over Fulmen ..and Mugitus is furious! But they go into the turn, and this time, it looks like Fulmen will take the risk, and hug the Spina, trying to get an advantage, but they come out, and Decimator is still in front by a length, now, with Fulmen next, then Canius, who is starting to challenge Fulmen, and the lap marker drops. We're in the final lap .now we'll have some *fun*! Canius is making his move on Fulmen,but Fulmen is pounding down this course, with Decimator in his sighs. Decimator tries to keep the lead,but Fulmen is catching him up, and Serapis can't get what he needs from his horses. So, going into the final turn, it's Serapis, with Fulmen jus behind, Then Canius, then Ballista, and out they come for the final stretch. Look at Fulmen go! He's gabbed the lead, just,and here comes Canius! Ignis Natus has passed the other Albata chariot ..and, it looks like it's going to be Fulmen, Ignis Natus, Tudor Decimator, and Ballista. It isn't quite a photo finish,but there isn't much room between any of them!
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> It has certainly turned ut to be an exciting race, and after some entertainment, sponsored this time, I'm told by the Midatlantica Provincia, we'll be back with more from the Circus Maximus! Bye for now!
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87658 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Salvete omnes!

Excellent race report Crispe! Dis Gratias [rich thanks]

Very exciting to see Elpidius driven by Spero place so well! Now i hope they break this "coming in second" in the final race!
Yes I am a tough Domina when need be, my methods remain a mystery to those who are not on the receiving end of such...mysteries.*wickedly delicious grin*

Congratulations to the one and only Cornelius Sulla ower of Mellivora Capensis(oughta be a law against long and difficult names *laughs*)drive by Eudoxius.


Bene valete in pacem deorum!

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS" <jbshr1pwa@...> wrote:
>
>
> Salvete omnes. Hello listeners.
> Welcome to Nova Roma News Radio, broadcasting to you from the eternal city.
>
> Today is day six of the Ludi Novi Romani, so its semi-final day. Our next program features the second semi-final race. Our reporter, Caeso Tarquinius Scipio, is down at the Circus Maximus – so come in Scipio!
>
> Yes, Salvete omnes, hello everybody and welcome back to the races. Its ideal weather for racing, today, and we have another great race coming up. The four drivers are Eudoxius driving Mellivora Capensis owned by Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix in Praesina colours, that very exciting young military auriga, Spero of Rome driving Elpidius for L. Iulia Aquila of Albata, and they're up against Hirtius driving Flamma owned by Aulus Vitellius Celsus for Russata, and Stolo driving Incitatus for C Petronius Dexter, representing Veneta. Stolo gave us a fine display in the quarter finals, so anything could happen in this next race.
>
> The crowds are out in force here today, and you should see the colours splashed along the stands. All the factions have tunics in their house colours, and they've armed themselves with streamers and pom-poms, and it looks like they've been practicing their cheer routines. Each of the four factions have a team running in this race, so everyone is going to have good reason to cheer loudly.
>
> The teams are ready in the stalls, the gates are closed ready for the start, and yes, here comes V. Valerius Volusus with the mappa ready to send them off. He holds it high to get full attention, lets it fall, the gates spring open and they're away.
>
> Its a good clean start, they're all powering down to the first straight, in a tight bunch still at the moment, but Eudoxius seems to be just slightly in front. Sulla will be pleased that his team are showing their worth, and now Stolo and Spero are closing up to fight for second place. Hirtius is beginning to move up – his strong horses will move very fast on the straights.
>
> Down the straight they go, picking up speed, looking for openings. Stolo has moved up to take on Spero before the turn, he wants to get the best line while he has time, and Hirtius is on the outside – he's taking a chance that he can cut across while they're still on the straight. He'll need a bit more speed – but his team is giving him what he demands, and he's ahead of Spero and challenging Stolo for second place. They're right on the turn now, Eudoxius in the lead, then Stolo and Hirtius side by side, and Spero right on their heels. Hirtius is really taking an early chance here, and they're side by side as they go into the turn. Hirtius looks as if he's got the speed to take Stolo, but Stolo has the advantage of the nearside.
>
> They're all out of sight at the moment, but as they come back into view its Eudoxius still in the lead, but its Hirtius in second place, Hirtius has managed to keep up the pressure right round the curve and force Stolo back into third place. Stolo is not going to be happy about that. As they start down the straight its Stolo going all out to get second place back. A real race has developed between Stolo and Hirtius, and the crowds are urging them on. Just look at them go, They're glaring at each other, gritting their teeth, pushing their teams forward, firing their whips. The thunder of hooves and roar of the wheels is driving the crowd mad, they're yelling in delight as these two roar down the straight. This is where Hirtius should have the advantage, but Stolo is holding his own, and they're beginning to move up on Eudoxius. He's looking behind him and putting on a bit more speed. He wants to stop them catching him before he reaches the turn. Spero is still in last place.
>
> As they reach the turn its Eudoxius, then Stolo and Hirtius neck and neck, and now Spero beginning to move up. It looks as if there'll be a fight on this turn, Stolo and Hirtius both want to get to the inside, lets see how they come out.
>
> And here they come, Eudoxius still in the lead, Hirtius just ahead of Stolo but only by a whisker, and Spero right on their heels. My goodness, ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be such a fast race, with action all the way. Hirtius has seized his chance to show his speed on this straight. He's immediately closing on Eudoxius, leaving Stolo falling behind,and as the markers fall they're neck and neck. And now Spero is moving up on Stolo, that rig really is moving well, with dust flying up from the hooves and wheels as they storm up the straight. I can see L. Iulia Aquila and her party jumping up to get a closer view, and its the turn of the Albata fans to bellow their support. The noise is deafening, oh the excitement, just look at that rig go! They're changing position so fast I can hardly keep up. Its Eudoxius from Hirtus, then Spero has passed Stolo, but there is almost nothing between them.
>
> Eudoxius will just get to the turn first, with Hirtius and Spero both trying to get onto the inside, and Stolo right behind. They're out of sight for the moment, but there is a lot of noise and dust, and some loud gasps from those down at the end of the circus. I;m straining to see who will come out first – wait, that's Spero, Spero has taken the lead, Eudoxius and Hirtus are side by side right behind him, and Stolo is trying to take third place.
>
> Now its into the straight, and this is where Hirtius will want to make a bid to move up. But no, its Stolo who has recovered best from that turn – he must have deliberately held clear, and all three rigs, Stolo, Hirtius and Eudoxius are now neck and neck, with Spero in the lead. And now its Stolo and Hirtius moving clear from Eudoxius – I can see Sulla getting very hot under his collar and making threatening – perhaps I should say encouraging – signs at Eudoxius. It seems to be working, Eudoxius has pulled back into line with the other two, and all three rigs are now racing neck and neck down the straight. Spero is only just ahead as they reach the turn, Hirtius is on the inside with a good line, Stolo is almost inside his traces, and Eudoxius is being pushed out to the right.
>
> Round they come, and its Spero in the lead, then Hirtius and Stolo and a lot of screeching and groaning of wood and metal going on, then Eudoxius still keeping wide but holding his ground. It looks as if Stolo is having problems with his steering, he is having to haul his team off to the right in order to steer a straight course. Eudoxius has seen that, and has charged towards him, bumping Stolo towards the spina. The markers fall, and Stolo is right up against the spina, That's a lot of crashing and grinding, and Stolo is taking damage. He's managed to pull out, but Eudoxius is straight back into him, back he goes into the spina, and again he pulls out. That rig won't take much more of this, but Stolo refuses to give up. He's desperate to get clear of Eudoxius, but Hirtius is too close in front. He can't pull far enough to the right to get past Hirtius, and he doesn't have enough speed. He's suddenly slowed his team, Eudoxius has rushed past into third place, and Stolo is trying to stabilise his rig.
>
> Spero is nearly at the turn, with Hirtius and now Eudoxius right on his tail. Stolo has managed to get a bit more control, but is in last place and in a poor line for the turn. I can just see Eudoxius wedging himself into the left side and trying to push Hirtius out – if he doesn't crash himself he could move up a place here. He fires his whip time after time, and Hirtius gives ground.
>
> As they come out of the turn its Spero, then Eudoxius, then Hirtius and Stolo in the rear. Spero and Eudoxius are making a break now, charging down the straight, whips firing, wheels clashing, hooves thundering, the crowd are completely out of control and are baying for blood here. Everyone is on his feet, no one can sit when there is this amount of excitement. This is a race that will go down in the record books, and everyone here will have tales to tell their families and neighbours when they get back home.
>
> Eudoxius is just in the lead, there's not much in it – a whisker I'd say, but he's determined not to lose this chance. A glance over at Sulla confirms that failure is not an option here. The whips fire again, Spero is being stung by whipcord, but he doesn't flinch, his head is down, he grits his teeth, he roars at his team and they go neck and neck towards the turn.
>
> Meanwhile at the back of the field its Stolo making a surprising bid to catch Hirtius. His rig seems to have held together despite the odds, and he is slowly moving up. Hirtius is blocking him, but suddenly Hirtius has moved too far right, and Stolo is going to wedge himself in to the spina to overtake. This looks like a desperate move, Hirtius pulls back hard to the left, he bumps Stolo, the wheels crash, Stolo bounces off the spina and back out into Hirtius, pieces of wood and canvas fly, Stolo has lost control, he pulls hard on his right, but the rig won't turn, the right hand wheel is shattered, he's going down on the right, he's over, he's finished, he chops his knife through the reins and throws himself clear. Out race the wrecking crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still standing, and throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by Stolo, he gave his all against impossible odds at the end there, but sadly he could not survive those crashes.
>
> Up at the front Eudoxius and Spero are disappearing round the turn, and Hirtius is now clear to catch up if he can. His tactics for this race were to move fast on the straight, and hurry in the final laps, but has he left it too late? Well, he's certainly going for it, hurtling down the straight in pursuit of the leaders, they've disappeared on the turn and Hirtius is still on the straight. I think its going to be too late for him. Coming out of the turn now its Eudoxius from Spero, not much between them still, and no sign of Hirtius yet. Wait, here he comes, he had a clear run on the turn so got a perfect line and has saved precious seconds. Now he has the straight ahead of him, no one in his way, he is designed for speed and he gives it everything he's got, Spero looks back in amazement at the rig closing up behind them. But its all too late, they are too close to the line, Eudoxius demands every last ounce of stamina from his team, Spero's team are right alongside, and Hirtius is right on their heels.
>
> It's almost to close to call, but the results show that at the line, as the markers go down for the last time, its Eudoxius just clear from Spero, and Hirtius close behind. I can see much rejoicing in the Sulla and Iulia Aquila camps as they prepare for parties tonight before the final contest tomorrow,
>
> Stolo is bandaged but unbowed, but his chariot, Incitatus will need a complete rebuild.
>
> And so that's the last race we have here today, but we'll be back here tomorrow for the finals. Be sure to join us then.
>
> And now back to the studio.
>
> Valete omnes
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87659 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #4 (Latin Quiz)
***Answer in private message to <cnaeus_cornelius@...>, and NOT TO the mailing list!***
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Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.


Foreigners and citizens! Don't hesitate. Waste no more time. This is your ludus to participate in and to get richer -- and more Roman. You can still join the Certamen Latinum. All past questions are open to answering. Join the Certamen Latinum, and show your Romanitas in your efforts to honor our common perennial language: the Latin.

There are 7 citizens participating, and no foreigners, however, I know Dear Guest of Nova Roma, that you read this message. Yes, YOU. Gotcha! :) Now you have to participate :)

And today, I will release the first temporary ranking of the contestants, as they stand now:


RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS


1st - V. Aemilia Regilla - 105 pts
2nd - L. Aelia Corva - 104 pts 
2nd - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 104 pts
2nd - M. Pompeius Caninus - 104 pts 
3rd - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 102.5 pts
4th - T. Valeria Celeris - 93 pts
5th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)

What an excellent company! Aemilia Regilla is currently first with only one point, who is chased by a frightening wild horde of excellent Latinist-in-the-making: last year's all Latin contest's winner P. Annaeus Placidus, and by M. Pompeius Caninus, who had almost won last year's Ludi Novi Romani Certamen Latinum. And there is among them Aelia Corva, who may have surprises for us! Maybe this brand new citizen will take everything, and will be the queen of this year's Certamen Latinum? A. Liburnius Hadrianus is a very close to them, and he has all chance to win this contast, an excellent player he has been proven so far, just like another brand new civis, Valeria Celeris, citizen just since a couple of days, but if she works hard for this Certamen, she may get famous in Nova Roma very soon for her brillian victory in Latin. Our praetrix Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana has unfortunately withdrawn from the race, but I think it is still high honor for us, and we
can be grateful, to have the name of such a high ranking dignitary among the conestants. She is the highest ranking magistrate who has ever participates in this Certamen.

So, come on, foreigners and Nova Romans: join to this exciting race, and be you the first, second or third. But only if you check in one time, this is worth it, because you will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.

In order to make it possible for everyone to participate in all previous and current questions, the deadlines for Question #1, Question #2 and Question #3 are extended up to tomorrow's Question's posting. You can send all previous questions to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> the posting of tomorrow's Question (24 hours from now). Today's Question #4 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.

You can find the previous questions #here:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum



March 6th - Day 6 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 4 of the Certamen Latinum



I. INTRODUCTION 4 - Declining Nouns in the Dative and Ablative Cases


We have so far discussed the dictionary forms of the Latin nouns and verbs. Yesterday we tried out how to decline nouns in the nominative, accusative and genitive cases, both in singular and plural. We continue our tasting the declensions with declining nouns today in the remaining two cases, dative, and ablative.

Please review the information about how to determine which declension a noun belongs to, following this link:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension

We continue learning how to change the endings of the Latin nouns pertaining to different declensions, in the dative and ablative cases.

The indirect object expresses the recipient of an action, like in the following sentence: I give a book to Hortensius - where "to Hortensius" is the indirect object. In Latin, the indirect object form of a noun is called the 'dative case'. Learn more here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative

The adverbial form of a noun is called the 'ablative case' in Latin. The ablative can express time (in, on, at), manner (by, with), (in, on, at) place, (for, to) cause and similar adverbials. Check this out, on our website:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative

The inflection (declension) of nouns is done by cutting off the declension specific genitive ending (-ae, -i, -is, -ús, -ei) and replacing them with the various case endings that you'll find on our website, following the links given above.


II. QUESTION 4


Put the following nouns into the *singular* and *plural* *dative* and *ablative* cases (10 x 4pts), using our website as your guide to how to decline the nouns. Use these same links I have given above:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!

fides, -ei, f = faith, credibility
televisio, -onis, f = television
magistratus, -ús, m = magistrate, magistracy
dea, -ae, f = goddess
pons, pontis, m = bridge
pax, pacis, f = peace
forum, -i, n = square, forum
filius, -ií, m = son
corpus, -oris, n = body
aeroplanum, -i, n = airplane


III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:


res, -ei, f = thing;

- after analyzing this dictionary form, you see that its genitive abbreviated is "-ei", which means that its genitive form written out is: "rei". The genitive ending "-ei" marks the Fifth Declension. It means you have to cut off this "-ei" ending, and the remaining "r-" will be the invariable stem to which you will add the case endings. Therefore you go to the website, and search for the respective dative and ablative forms that are needed. You will find them and you can give the following forms:

SINGULAR
dative = rei (1 pt)
ablative = re (1 pt)
PLURAL
dative = rebus (1 pt)
ablative = rebus (1 pt)


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


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Subject: (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #4 (Latin Quiz
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Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.


Foreigners
and citizens! Don't hesitate. Waste no more time. This is your ludus to
participate in and to get richer -- and more Roman. You can still join
the Certamen Latinum. All past questions are open to answering. Join the
Certamen Latinum, and show your Romanitas in your efforts to honor our
common perennial language: the Latin.

There are 7 citizens
participating, and no foreigners, however, I know Dear Guest of Nova
Roma, that you read this message. Yes, YOU. Gotcha! :) Now you have to
participate :)

And today, I will release the first temporary ranking of
the contestants, as they stand now:


RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS


1st - V. Aemilia Regilla - 105 pts
2nd - L. Aelia Corva - 104 pts 
2nd - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 104 pts
2nd - M. Pompeius Caninus - 104 pts 
3rd - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 102.5 pts
4th - T. Valeria Celeris - 93 pts
5th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)

What
an excellent company! Aemilia Regilla is currently first with only one
point, who is chased by a frightening wild horde of excellent
Latinist-in-the-making: last year's all Latin contest's winner P.
Annaeus Placidus, and by M. Pompeius Caninus, who had almost won last
year's Ludi Novi Romani Certamen Latinum. And there is among them Aelia
Corva, who may have surprises for us! Maybe this brand new citizen will
take everything, and will be the queen of this year's Certamen Latinum?
A.
Liburnius Hadrianus is a very close to them, and he has all chance to
win this contast, an excellent player he has been proven so far, just
like another brand new civis, Valeria Celeris, citizen just since a
couple of days, but if she works hard for this Certamen, she may get
famous in Nova Roma very soon for her brillian victory in Latin. Our
praetrix Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana has unfortunately withdrawn from the
race, but I think it is still high honor for us, and we can be
grateful, to have the name of such a high ranking dignitary among the
conestants. She is the highest ranking magistrate who has ever
participates in this Certamen.

So, come on, foreigners and Nova
Romans: join to this exciting race, and be you the first, second or
third. But only if you check in one time, this is worth it, because you
will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.

In
order to make it possible for everyone to participate in all previous
and current questions, the deadlines for Question #1, Question #2 and
Question #3 are extended up to tomorrow's Question's posting. You can
send all previous questions to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> the
posting of tomorrow's Question (24 hours from now). Today's Question #4 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.

You can find the previous questions #here:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum



March 6th - Day 6 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 4 of the Certamen Latinum



I. INTRODUCTION 4 - Declining Nouns in the Dative and Ablative Cases


We
have so far discussed the dictionary forms of the Latin nouns and
verbs. Yesterday we tried out how to decline
nouns in the nominative, accusative and genitive cases, both in
singular and plural. We continue our tasting the declensions with
declining nouns today in the remaining two cases, dative, and ablative.

Please review the information about how to determine which declension a noun belongs to, following this link:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension

We
continue learning how to change the endings of the Latin nouns
pertaining to different declensions, in the dative and ablative cases.

The
indirect object expresses the recipient of an action, like in the
following sentence: I give a book to Hortensius - where "to Hortensius"
is the indirect object. In Latin, the indirect object form of a noun is
called the 'dative case'. Learn more here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative

The
adverbial form of a noun is called the 'ablative case' in Latin. The
ablative can express time (in, on, at), manner (by, with), (in, on, at)
place,
(for, to) cause and similar adverbials. Check this out, on our website:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative

The inflection (declension) of nouns is done by cutting off
the declension specific genitive ending (-ae, -i, -is, -ús, -ei) and
replacing them with the various case endings that you'll find on our
website, following the links given above.


II. QUESTION 4


Put
the following nouns into the *singular* and *plural* *dative* and
*ablative* cases (10 x 4pts), using our website as your guide to how to
decline the nouns. Use these same links I have given above:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!

fides, -ei, f = faith, credibility
televisio, -onis, f = television
magistratus, -ús, m =
magistrate, magistracy
dea, -ae, f = goddess
pons, pontis, m = bridge
pax, pacis, f = peace
forum, -i, n = square, forum
filius, -ií, m = son
corpus, -oris, n = body
aeroplanum, -i, n = airplane


III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:


res, -ei, f = thing;

-
after analyzing this dictionary form, you see that its genitive
abbreviated is "-ei", which means that its genitive form written out is:
"rei". The genitive ending "-ei" marks the Fifth Declension. It means
you have to cut off this "-ei" ending, and the remaining "r-" will be
the invariable stem to which you will add the case endings. Therefore
you go to the website, and search for the respective dative and ablative
forms that are needed. You will find them and you can give the
following forms:

SINGULAR
dative = rei (1 pt)
ablative = re (1 pt)

PLURAL
dative = rebus (1 pt)
ablative = rebus (1 pt)


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


One
question a day will be posted, participants must send their answers not
to this e-mail address but to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> within
48 hours of the posting of the question. ***Posting answers to the
mailing list is FORBIDDEN!***

The correct answers of the previous day and interim results will be announced together with the posting of the next questions.


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87661 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #4 (Latin
Avete cives!

It's so good it's worth mentioning twice! Gratias tibi Lentule amice!

Not sure why but yahoo seems to be duplicating some of the emails... esp. Scholastica's and Lentulus with some regularity! Gotta love yahoo!

Now Lentule, can I catch up with the past days? I ask because I may be able make some time to sit down with all the questions before the end of this Ludus.

Vale, et valete,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Cn. Cornelius Lentulus" <cn_corn_lent@...> wrote:
>
> ***Answer in private message to <cnaeus_cornelius@...>, and NOT TO the mailing list!***
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.
>
>
> Foreigners
> and citizens! Don't hesitate. Waste no more time. This is your ludus to
> participate in and to get richer -- and more Roman. You can still join
> the Certamen Latinum. All past questions are open to answering. Join the
> Certamen Latinum, and show your Romanitas in your efforts to honor our
> common perennial language: the Latin.
>
> There are 7 citizens
> participating, and no foreigners, however, I know Dear Guest of Nova
> Roma, that you read this message. Yes, YOU. Gotcha! :) Now you have to
> participate :)
>
> And today, I will release the first temporary ranking of
> the contestants, as they stand now:
>
>
> RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS
>
>
> 1st - V. Aemilia Regilla - 105 pts
> 2nd - L. Aelia Corva - 104 pts 
> 2nd - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 104 pts
> 2nd - M. Pompeius Caninus - 104 pts 
> 3rd - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 102.5 pts
> 4th - T. Valeria Celeris - 93 pts
> 5th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)
>
> What
> an excellent company! Aemilia Regilla is currently first with only one
> point, who is chased by a frightening wild horde of excellent
> Latinist-in-the-making: last year's all Latin contest's winner P.
> Annaeus Placidus, and by M. Pompeius Caninus, who had almost won last
> year's Ludi Novi Romani Certamen Latinum. And there is among them Aelia
> Corva, who may have surprises for us! Maybe this brand new citizen will
> take everything, and will be the queen of this year's Certamen Latinum?
> A.
> Liburnius Hadrianus is a very close to them, and he has all chance to
> win this contast, an excellent player he has been proven so far, just
> like another brand new civis, Valeria Celeris, citizen just since a
> couple of days, but if she works hard for this Certamen, she may get
> famous in Nova Roma very soon for her brillian victory in Latin. Our
> praetrix Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana has unfortunately withdrawn from the
> race, but I think it is still high honor for us, and we can be
> grateful, to have the name of such a high ranking dignitary among the
> conestants. She is the highest ranking magistrate who has ever
> participates in this Certamen.
>
> So, come on, foreigners and Nova
> Romans: join to this exciting race, and be you the first, second or
> third. But only if you check in one time, this is worth it, because you
> will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.
>
> In
> order to make it possible for everyone to participate in all previous
> and current questions, the deadlines for Question #1, Question #2 and
> Question #3 are extended up to tomorrow's Question's posting. You can
> send all previous questions to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> the
> posting of tomorrow's Question (24 hours from now). Today's Question #4 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.
>
> You can find the previous questions #here:
>
> http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum
>
>
>
> March 6th - Day 6 of the Ludi Novi Romani â€" Question 4 of the Certamen Latinum
>
>
>
> I. INTRODUCTION 4 - Declining Nouns in the Dative and Ablative Cases
>
>
> We
> have so far discussed the dictionary forms of the Latin nouns and
> verbs. Yesterday we tried out how to decline
> nouns in the nominative, accusative and genitive cases, both in
> singular and plural. We continue our tasting the declensions with
> declining nouns today in the remaining two cases, dative, and ablative.
>
> Please review the information about how to determine which declension a noun belongs to, following this link:
>
> http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension
>
> We
> continue learning how to change the endings of the Latin nouns
> pertaining to different declensions, in the dative and ablative cases.
>
> The
> indirect object expresses the recipient of an action, like in the
> following sentence: I give a book to Hortensius - where "to Hortensius"
> is the indirect object. In Latin, the indirect object form of a noun is
> called the 'dative case'. Learn more here:
>
> http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative
>
> The
> adverbial form of a noun is called the 'ablative case' in Latin. The
> ablative can express time (in, on, at), manner (by, with), (in, on, at)
> place,
> (for, to) cause and similar adverbials. Check this out, on our website:
>
> http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative
>
> The inflection (declension) of nouns is done by cutting off
> the declension specific genitive ending (-ae, -i, -is, -ús, -ei) and
> replacing them with the various case endings that you'll find on our
> website, following the links given above.
>
>
> II. QUESTION 4
>
>
> Put
> the following nouns into the *singular* and *plural* *dative* and
> *ablative* cases (10 x 4pts), using our website as your guide to how to
> decline the nouns. Use these same links I have given above:
> http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative
> http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative
>
> Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!
>
> fides, -ei, f = faith, credibility
> televisio, -onis, f = television
> magistratus, -ús, m =
> magistrate, magistracy
> dea, -ae, f = goddess
> pons, pontis, m = bridge
> pax, pacis, f = peace
> forum, -i, n = square, forum
> filius, -ií, m = son
> corpus, -oris, n = body
> aeroplanum, -i, n = airplane
>
>
> III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:
>
>
> res, -ei, f = thing;
>
> -
> after analyzing this dictionary form, you see that its genitive
> abbreviated is "-ei", which means that its genitive form written out is:
> "rei". The genitive ending "-ei" marks the Fifth Declension. It means
> you have to cut off this "-ei" ending, and the remaining "r-" will be
> the invariable stem to which you will add the case endings. Therefore
> you go to the website, and search for the respective dative and ablative
> forms that are needed. You will find them and you can give the
> following forms:
>
> SINGULAR
> dative = rei (1 pt)
> ablative = re (1 pt)
>
> PLURAL
> dative = rebus (1 pt)
> ablative = rebus (1 pt)
>
>
> IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM
>
>
> One
> question a day will be posted, participants must send their answers not
> to this e-mail address but to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> within
> 48 hours of the posting of the question. ***Posting answers to the
> mailing list is FORBIDDEN!***
>
> The correct answers of the previous day and interim results will be announced together with the posting of the next questions.
>
>
> SEE TODAY'S QUESTION ON OUR WEBSITE:
> http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_6th_-_Day_6_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_4_of_the_Certamen_Latinum
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87662 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Ave!

The Honey Badger wins again! ;)

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Salvete omnes!
>
> Excellent race report Crispe! Dis Gratias [rich thanks]
>
> Very exciting to see Elpidius driven by Spero place so well! Now i hope
> they break this "coming in second" in the final race!
> Yes I am a tough Domina when need be, my methods remain a mystery to those
> who are not on the receiving end of such...mysteries.*wickedly delicious
> grin*
>
> Congratulations to the one and only Cornelius Sulla ower of Mellivora
> Capensis(oughta be a law against long and difficult names *laughs*)drive by
> Eudoxius.
>
> Bene valete in pacem deorum!
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS" <jbshr1pwa@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Salvete omnes. Hello listeners.
> > Welcome to Nova Roma News Radio, broadcasting to you from the eternal
> city.
> >
> > Today is day six of the Ludi Novi Romani, so its semi-final day. Our
> next program features the second semi-final race. Our reporter, Caeso
> Tarquinius Scipio, is down at the Circus Maximus � so come in Scipio!
> >
> > Yes, Salvete omnes, hello everybody and welcome back to the races. Its
> ideal weather for racing, today, and we have another great race coming up.
> The four drivers are Eudoxius driving Mellivora Capensis owned by Lucius
> Cornelius Sulla Felix in Praesina colours, that very exciting young
> military auriga, Spero of Rome driving Elpidius for L. Iulia Aquila of
> Albata, and they're up against Hirtius driving Flamma owned by Aulus
> Vitellius Celsus for Russata, and Stolo driving Incitatus for C Petronius
> Dexter, representing Veneta. Stolo gave us a fine display in the quarter
> finals, so anything could happen in this next race.
> >
> > The crowds are out in force here today, and you should see the colours
> splashed along the stands. All the factions have tunics in their house
> colours, and they've armed themselves with streamers and pom-poms, and it
> looks like they've been practicing their cheer routines. Each of the four
> factions have a team running in this race, so everyone is going to have
> good reason to cheer loudly.
> >
> > The teams are ready in the stalls, the gates are closed ready for the
> start, and yes, here comes V. Valerius Volusus with the mappa ready to send
> them off. He holds it high to get full attention, lets it fall, the gates
> spring open and they're away.
> >
> > Its a good clean start, they're all powering down to the first straight,
> in a tight bunch still at the moment, but Eudoxius seems to be just
> slightly in front. Sulla will be pleased that his team are showing their
> worth, and now Stolo and Spero are closing up to fight for second place.
> Hirtius is beginning to move up � his strong horses will move very fast on
> the straights.
> >
> > Down the straight they go, picking up speed, looking for openings. Stolo
> has moved up to take on Spero before the turn, he wants to get the best
> line while he has time, and Hirtius is on the outside � he's taking a
> chance that he can cut across while they're still on the straight. He'll
> need a bit more speed � but his team is giving him what he demands, and
> he's ahead of Spero and challenging Stolo for second place. They're right
> on the turn now, Eudoxius in the lead, then Stolo and Hirtius side by side,
> and Spero right on their heels. Hirtius is really taking an early chance
> here, and they're side by side as they go into the turn. Hirtius looks as
> if he's got the speed to take Stolo, but Stolo has the advantage of the
> nearside.
> >
> > They're all out of sight at the moment, but as they come back into view
> its Eudoxius still in the lead, but its Hirtius in second place, Hirtius
> has managed to keep up the pressure right round the curve and force Stolo
> back into third place. Stolo is not going to be happy about that. As they
> start down the straight its Stolo going all out to get second place back. A
> real race has developed between Stolo and Hirtius, and the crowds are
> urging them on. Just look at them go, They're glaring at each other,
> gritting their teeth, pushing their teams forward, firing their whips. The
> thunder of hooves and roar of the wheels is driving the crowd mad, they're
> yelling in delight as these two roar down the straight. This is where
> Hirtius should have the advantage, but Stolo is holding his own, and
> they're beginning to move up on Eudoxius. He's looking behind him and
> putting on a bit more speed. He wants to stop them catching him before he
> reaches the turn. Spero is still in last place.
> >
> > As they reach the turn its Eudoxius, then Stolo and Hirtius neck and
> neck, and now Spero beginning to move up. It looks as if there'll be a
> fight on this turn, Stolo and Hirtius both want to get to the inside, lets
> see how they come out.
> >
> > And here they come, Eudoxius still in the lead, Hirtius just ahead of
> Stolo but only by a whisker, and Spero right on their heels. My goodness,
> ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be such a fast race, with action all
> the way. Hirtius has seized his chance to show his speed on this straight.
> He's immediately closing on Eudoxius, leaving Stolo falling behind,and as
> the markers fall they're neck and neck. And now Spero is moving up on
> Stolo, that rig really is moving well, with dust flying up from the hooves
> and wheels as they storm up the straight. I can see L. Iulia Aquila and her
> party jumping up to get a closer view, and its the turn of the Albata fans
> to bellow their support. The noise is deafening, oh the excitement, just
> look at that rig go! They're changing position so fast I can hardly keep
> up. Its Eudoxius from Hirtus, then Spero has passed Stolo, but there is
> almost nothing between them.
> >
> > Eudoxius will just get to the turn first, with Hirtius and Spero both
> trying to get onto the inside, and Stolo right behind. They're out of sight
> for the moment, but there is a lot of noise and dust, and some loud gasps
> from those down at the end of the circus. I;m straining to see who will
> come out first � wait, that's Spero, Spero has taken the lead, Eudoxius and
> Hirtus are side by side right behind him, and Stolo is trying to take third
> place.
> >
> > Now its into the straight, and this is where Hirtius will want to make a
> bid to move up. But no, its Stolo who has recovered best from that turn �
> he must have deliberately held clear, and all three rigs, Stolo, Hirtius
> and Eudoxius are now neck and neck, with Spero in the lead. And now its
> Stolo and Hirtius moving clear from Eudoxius � I can see Sulla getting very
> hot under his collar and making threatening � perhaps I should say
> encouraging � signs at Eudoxius. It seems to be working, Eudoxius has
> pulled back into line with the other two, and all three rigs are now racing
> neck and neck down the straight. Spero is only just ahead as they reach the
> turn, Hirtius is on the inside with a good line, Stolo is almost inside his
> traces, and Eudoxius is being pushed out to the right.
> >
> > Round they come, and its Spero in the lead, then Hirtius and Stolo and a
> lot of screeching and groaning of wood and metal going on, then Eudoxius
> still keeping wide but holding his ground. It looks as if Stolo is having
> problems with his steering, he is having to haul his team off to the right
> in order to steer a straight course. Eudoxius has seen that, and has
> charged towards him, bumping Stolo towards the spina. The markers fall, and
> Stolo is right up against the spina, That's a lot of crashing and grinding,
> and Stolo is taking damage. He's managed to pull out, but Eudoxius is
> straight back into him, back he goes into the spina, and again he pulls
> out. That rig won't take much more of this, but Stolo refuses to give up.
> He's desperate to get clear of Eudoxius, but Hirtius is too close in front.
> He can't pull far enough to the right to get past Hirtius, and he doesn't
> have enough speed. He's suddenly slowed his team, Eudoxius has rushed past
> into third place, and Stolo is trying to stabilise his rig.
> >
> > Spero is nearly at the turn, with Hirtius and now Eudoxius right on his
> tail. Stolo has managed to get a bit more control, but is in last place and
> in a poor line for the turn. I can just see Eudoxius wedging himself into
> the left side and trying to push Hirtius out � if he doesn't crash himself
> he could move up a place here. He fires his whip time after time, and
> Hirtius gives ground.
> >
> > As they come out of the turn its Spero, then Eudoxius, then Hirtius and
> Stolo in the rear. Spero and Eudoxius are making a break now, charging down
> the straight, whips firing, wheels clashing, hooves thundering, the crowd
> are completely out of control and are baying for blood here. Everyone is on
> his feet, no one can sit when there is this amount of excitement. This is a
> race that will go down in the record books, and everyone here will have
> tales to tell their families and neighbours when they get back home.
> >
> > Eudoxius is just in the lead, there's not much in it � a whisker I'd
> say, but he's determined not to lose this chance. A glance over at Sulla
> confirms that failure is not an option here. The whips fire again, Spero is
> being stung by whipcord, but he doesn't flinch, his head is down, he grits
> his teeth, he roars at his team and they go neck and neck towards the turn.
> >
> > Meanwhile at the back of the field its Stolo making a surprising bid to
> catch Hirtius. His rig seems to have held together despite the odds, and he
> is slowly moving up. Hirtius is blocking him, but suddenly Hirtius has
> moved too far right, and Stolo is going to wedge himself in to the spina to
> overtake. This looks like a desperate move, Hirtius pulls back hard to the
> left, he bumps Stolo, the wheels crash, Stolo bounces off the spina and
> back out into Hirtius, pieces of wood and canvas fly, Stolo has lost
> control, he pulls hard on his right, but the rig won't turn, the right hand
> wheel is shattered, he's going down on the right, he's over, he's finished,
> he chops his knife through the reins and throws himself clear. Out race the
> wrecking crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still
> standing, and throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by
> Stolo, he gave his all against impossible odds at the end there, but sadly
> he could not survive those crashes.
> >
> > Up at the front Eudoxius and Spero are disappearing round the turn, and
> Hirtius is now clear to catch up if he can. His tactics for this race were
> to move fast on the straight, and hurry in the final laps, but has he left
> it too late? Well, he's certainly going for it, hurtling down the straight
> in pursuit of the leaders, they've disappeared on the turn and Hirtius is
> still on the straight. I think its going to be too late for him. Coming out
> of the turn now its Eudoxius from Spero, not much between them still, and
> no sign of Hirtius yet. Wait, here he comes, he had a clear run on the turn
> so got a perfect line and has saved precious seconds. Now he has the
> straight ahead of him, no one in his way, he is designed for speed and he
> gives it everything he's got, Spero looks back in amazement at the rig
> closing up behind them. But its all too late, they are too close to the
> line, Eudoxius demands every last ounce of stamina from his team, Spero's
> team are right alongside, and Hirtius is right on their heels.
> >
> > It's almost to close to call, but the results show that at the line, as
> the markers go down for the last time, its Eudoxius just clear from Spero,
> and Hirtius close behind. I can see much rejoicing in the Sulla and Iulia
> Aquila camps as they prepare for parties tonight before the final contest
> tomorrow,
> >
> > Stolo is bandaged but unbowed, but his chariot, Incitatus will need a
> complete rebuild.
> >
> > And so that's the last race we have here today, but we'll be back here
> tomorrow for the finals. Be sure to join us then.
> >
> > And now back to the studio.
> >
> > Valete omnes
> >
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87663 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova_roma_] (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latin
Salvete,

After Day 1, my entry to this competition got "Lost At Sea" its somewhere
in the waves floating across the backs of turtles.


Sadly mundane matters and prior project commitments, were not on my side
this week..


Next quiz, definitely attempting again...


Valete,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87664 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: R: [Nova-Roma] Re: (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Lat
Lentulus Iuliae Aquilae sal.


Sure you can! Unfortunately, Yahoo messed up my messages, and some of the links don't work. I would have tried a third posting - but I was already being afraid of being annoing with the double post. :(
Now it is up to the contestants to resurrect the dead links.

Vale!

--- Mer 7/3/12, luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...> ha scritto:

Da: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
Oggetto: [Nova-Roma] Re: (corrected links) LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #4 (Latin Quiz)
A: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Data: Mercoledì 7 marzo 2012, 01:13
















 









Avete cives!



It's so good it's worth mentioning twice! Gratias tibi Lentule amice!



Not sure why but yahoo seems to be duplicating some of the emails... esp. Scholastica's and Lentulus with some regularity! Gotta love yahoo!



Now Lentule, can I catch up with the past days? I ask because I may be able make some time to sit down with all the questions before the end of this Ludus.



Vale, et valete,



Julia



--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Cn. Cornelius Lentulus" <cn_corn_lent@...> wrote:

>

> ***Answer in private message to <cnaeus_cornelius@...>, and NOT TO the mailing list!***

> ----------------------------------------------------------

>

> Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.

>

>

> Foreigners

> and citizens! Don't hesitate. Waste no more time. This is your ludus to

> participate in and to get richer -- and more Roman. You can still join

> the Certamen Latinum. All past questions are open to answering. Join the

> Certamen Latinum, and show your Romanitas in your efforts to honor our

> common perennial language: the Latin.

>

> There are 7 citizens

> participating, and no foreigners, however, I know Dear Guest of Nova

> Roma, that you read this message. Yes, YOU. Gotcha! :) Now you have to

> participate :)

>

> And today, I will release the first temporary ranking of

> the contestants, as they stand now:

>

>

> RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS

>

>

> 1st - V. Aemilia Regilla - 105 pts

> 2nd - L. Aelia Corva - 104 pts 

> 2nd - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 104 pts

> 2nd - M. Pompeius Caninus - 104 pts 

> 3rd - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 102.5 pts

> 4th - T. Valeria Celeris - 93 pts

> 5th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)

>

> What

> an excellent company! Aemilia Regilla is currently first with only one

> point, who is chased by a frightening wild horde of excellent

> Latinist-in-the-making: last year's all Latin contest's winner P.

> Annaeus Placidus, and by M. Pompeius Caninus, who had almost won last

> year's Ludi Novi Romani Certamen Latinum. And there is among them Aelia

> Corva, who may have surprises for us! Maybe this brand new citizen will

> take everything, and will be the queen of this year's Certamen Latinum?

> A.

> Liburnius Hadrianus is a very close to them, and he has all chance to

> win this contast, an excellent player he has been proven so far, just

> like another brand new civis, Valeria Celeris, citizen just since a

> couple of days, but if she works hard for this Certamen, she may get

> famous in Nova Roma very soon for her brillian victory in Latin. Our

> praetrix Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana has unfortunately withdrawn from the

> race, but I think it is still high honor for us, and we can be

> grateful, to have the name of such a high ranking dignitary among the

> conestants. She is the highest ranking magistrate who has ever

> participates in this Certamen.

>

> So, come on, foreigners and Nova

> Romans: join to this exciting race, and be you the first, second or

> third. But only if you check in one time, this is worth it, because you

> will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.

>

> In

> order to make it possible for everyone to participate in all previous

> and current questions, the deadlines for Question #1, Question #2 and

> Question #3 are extended up to tomorrow's Question's posting. You can

> send all previous questions to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> the

> posting of tomorrow's Question (24 hours from now). Today's Question #4 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.

>

> You can find the previous questions #here:

>

> http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum

>

>

>

> March 6th - Day 6 of the Ludi Novi Romani â€" Question 4 of the Certamen Latinum

>

>

>

> I. INTRODUCTION 4 - Declining Nouns in the Dative and Ablative Cases

>

>

> We

> have so far discussed the dictionary forms of the Latin nouns and

> verbs. Yesterday we tried out how to decline

> nouns in the nominative, accusative and genitive cases, both in

> singular and plural. We continue our tasting the declensions with

> declining nouns today in the remaining two cases, dative, and ablative.

>

> Please review the information about how to determine which declension a noun belongs to, following this link:

>

> http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension

>

> We

> continue learning how to change the endings of the Latin nouns

> pertaining to different declensions, in the dative and ablative cases.

>

> The

> indirect object expresses the recipient of an action, like in the

> following sentence: I give a book to Hortensius - where "to Hortensius"

> is the indirect object. In Latin, the indirect object form of a noun is

> called the 'dative case'. Learn more here:

>

> http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative

>

> The

> adverbial form of a noun is called the 'ablative case' in Latin. The

> ablative can express time (in, on, at), manner (by, with), (in, on, at)

> place,

> (for, to) cause and similar adverbials. Check this out, on our website:

>

> http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative

>

> The inflection (declension) of nouns is done by cutting off

> the declension specific genitive ending (-ae, -i, -is, -ús, -ei) and

> replacing them with the various case endings that you'll find on our

> website, following the links given above.

>

>

> II. QUESTION 4

>

>

> Put

> the following nouns into the *singular* and *plural* *dative* and

> *ablative* cases (10 x 4pts), using our website as your guide to how to

> decline the nouns. Use these same links I have given above:

> http://novaroma.org/nr/Dative

> http://novaroma.org/nr/Ablative

>

> Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!

>

> fides, -ei, f = faith, credibility

> televisio, -onis, f = television

> magistratus, -ús, m =

> magistrate, magistracy

> dea, -ae, f = goddess

> pons, pontis, m = bridge

> pax, pacis, f = peace

> forum, -i, n = square, forum

> filius, -ií, m = son

> corpus, -oris, n = body

> aeroplanum, -i, n = airplane

>

>

> III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:

>

>

> res, -ei, f = thing;

>

> -

> after analyzing this dictionary form, you see that its genitive

> abbreviated is "-ei", which means that its genitive form written out is:

> "rei". The genitive ending "-ei" marks the Fifth Declension. It means

> you have to cut off this "-ei" ending, and the remaining "r-" will be

> the invariable stem to which you will add the case endings. Therefore

> you go to the website, and search for the respective dative and ablative

> forms that are needed. You will find them and you can give the

> following forms:

>

> SINGULAR

> dative = rei (1 pt)

> ablative = re (1 pt)

>

> PLURAL

> dative = rebus (1 pt)

> ablative = rebus (1 pt)

>

>

> IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM

>

>

> One

> question a day will be posted, participants must send their answers not

> to this e-mail address but to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> within

> 48 hours of the posting of the question. ***Posting answers to the

> mailing list is FORBIDDEN!***

>

> The correct answers of the previous day and interim results will be announced together with the posting of the next questions.

>

>

> SEE TODAY'S QUESTION ON OUR WEBSITE:

> http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_6th_-_Day_6_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_4_of_the_Certamen_Latinum

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87665 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Salve Sulla, et salvete omnes!

Optime factum![well done]

Hmmm i meant "driven by", not "drive by" referring to your chariot *laughs* but hey this ludi has been wrought with Freudian slips, if you are observant enough;) Tantummodo iocabar [just kidding]

Btw:

Semper Albata! Albata Victoria! [Always Albata, Albata Victorius]

Vale, et valete,

DOMINA Factionis Albatae

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Ave!
>
> The Honey Badger wins again! ;)
>
> Vale,
>
> Sulla
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Salvete omnes!
> >
> > Excellent race report Crispe! Dis Gratias [rich thanks]
> >
> > Very exciting to see Elpidius driven by Spero place so well! Now i hope
> > they break this "coming in second" in the final race!
> > Yes I am a tough Domina when need be, my methods remain a mystery to those
> > who are not on the receiving end of such...mysteries.*wickedly delicious
> > grin*
> >
> > Congratulations to the one and only Cornelius Sulla ower of Mellivora
> > Capensis(oughta be a law against long and difficult names *laughs*)drive by
> > Eudoxius.
> >
> > Bene valete in pacem deorum!
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS" <jbshr1pwa@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Salvete omnes. Hello listeners.
> > > Welcome to Nova Roma News Radio, broadcasting to you from the eternal
> > city.
> > >
> > > Today is day six of the Ludi Novi Romani, so its semi-final day. Our
> > next program features the second semi-final race. Our reporter, Caeso
> > Tarquinius Scipio, is down at the Circus Maximus – so come in Scipio!
> > >
> > > Yes, Salvete omnes, hello everybody and welcome back to the races. Its
> > ideal weather for racing, today, and we have another great race coming up.
> > The four drivers are Eudoxius driving Mellivora Capensis owned by Lucius
> > Cornelius Sulla Felix in Praesina colours, that very exciting young
> > military auriga, Spero of Rome driving Elpidius for L. Iulia Aquila of
> > Albata, and they're up against Hirtius driving Flamma owned by Aulus
> > Vitellius Celsus for Russata, and Stolo driving Incitatus for C Petronius
> > Dexter, representing Veneta. Stolo gave us a fine display in the quarter
> > finals, so anything could happen in this next race.
> > >
> > > The crowds are out in force here today, and you should see the colours
> > splashed along the stands. All the factions have tunics in their house
> > colours, and they've armed themselves with streamers and pom-poms, and it
> > looks like they've been practicing their cheer routines. Each of the four
> > factions have a team running in this race, so everyone is going to have
> > good reason to cheer loudly.
> > >
> > > The teams are ready in the stalls, the gates are closed ready for the
> > start, and yes, here comes V. Valerius Volusus with the mappa ready to send
> > them off. He holds it high to get full attention, lets it fall, the gates
> > spring open and they're away.
> > >
> > > Its a good clean start, they're all powering down to the first straight,
> > in a tight bunch still at the moment, but Eudoxius seems to be just
> > slightly in front. Sulla will be pleased that his team are showing their
> > worth, and now Stolo and Spero are closing up to fight for second place.
> > Hirtius is beginning to move up – his strong horses will move very fast on
> > the straights.
> > >
> > > Down the straight they go, picking up speed, looking for openings. Stolo
> > has moved up to take on Spero before the turn, he wants to get the best
> > line while he has time, and Hirtius is on the outside – he's taking a
> > chance that he can cut across while they're still on the straight. He'll
> > need a bit more speed – but his team is giving him what he demands, and
> > he's ahead of Spero and challenging Stolo for second place. They're right
> > on the turn now, Eudoxius in the lead, then Stolo and Hirtius side by side,
> > and Spero right on their heels. Hirtius is really taking an early chance
> > here, and they're side by side as they go into the turn. Hirtius looks as
> > if he's got the speed to take Stolo, but Stolo has the advantage of the
> > nearside.
> > >
> > > They're all out of sight at the moment, but as they come back into view
> > its Eudoxius still in the lead, but its Hirtius in second place, Hirtius
> > has managed to keep up the pressure right round the curve and force Stolo
> > back into third place. Stolo is not going to be happy about that. As they
> > start down the straight its Stolo going all out to get second place back. A
> > real race has developed between Stolo and Hirtius, and the crowds are
> > urging them on. Just look at them go, They're glaring at each other,
> > gritting their teeth, pushing their teams forward, firing their whips. The
> > thunder of hooves and roar of the wheels is driving the crowd mad, they're
> > yelling in delight as these two roar down the straight. This is where
> > Hirtius should have the advantage, but Stolo is holding his own, and
> > they're beginning to move up on Eudoxius. He's looking behind him and
> > putting on a bit more speed. He wants to stop them catching him before he
> > reaches the turn. Spero is still in last place.
> > >
> > > As they reach the turn its Eudoxius, then Stolo and Hirtius neck and
> > neck, and now Spero beginning to move up. It looks as if there'll be a
> > fight on this turn, Stolo and Hirtius both want to get to the inside, lets
> > see how they come out.
> > >
> > > And here they come, Eudoxius still in the lead, Hirtius just ahead of
> > Stolo but only by a whisker, and Spero right on their heels. My goodness,
> > ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be such a fast race, with action all
> > the way. Hirtius has seized his chance to show his speed on this straight.
> > He's immediately closing on Eudoxius, leaving Stolo falling behind,and as
> > the markers fall they're neck and neck. And now Spero is moving up on
> > Stolo, that rig really is moving well, with dust flying up from the hooves
> > and wheels as they storm up the straight. I can see L. Iulia Aquila and her
> > party jumping up to get a closer view, and its the turn of the Albata fans
> > to bellow their support. The noise is deafening, oh the excitement, just
> > look at that rig go! They're changing position so fast I can hardly keep
> > up. Its Eudoxius from Hirtus, then Spero has passed Stolo, but there is
> > almost nothing between them.
> > >
> > > Eudoxius will just get to the turn first, with Hirtius and Spero both
> > trying to get onto the inside, and Stolo right behind. They're out of sight
> > for the moment, but there is a lot of noise and dust, and some loud gasps
> > from those down at the end of the circus. I;m straining to see who will
> > come out first – wait, that's Spero, Spero has taken the lead, Eudoxius and
> > Hirtus are side by side right behind him, and Stolo is trying to take third
> > place.
> > >
> > > Now its into the straight, and this is where Hirtius will want to make a
> > bid to move up. But no, its Stolo who has recovered best from that turn –
> > he must have deliberately held clear, and all three rigs, Stolo, Hirtius
> > and Eudoxius are now neck and neck, with Spero in the lead. And now its
> > Stolo and Hirtius moving clear from Eudoxius – I can see Sulla getting very
> > hot under his collar and making threatening – perhaps I should say
> > encouraging – signs at Eudoxius. It seems to be working, Eudoxius has
> > pulled back into line with the other two, and all three rigs are now racing
> > neck and neck down the straight. Spero is only just ahead as they reach the
> > turn, Hirtius is on the inside with a good line, Stolo is almost inside his
> > traces, and Eudoxius is being pushed out to the right.
> > >
> > > Round they come, and its Spero in the lead, then Hirtius and Stolo and a
> > lot of screeching and groaning of wood and metal going on, then Eudoxius
> > still keeping wide but holding his ground. It looks as if Stolo is having
> > problems with his steering, he is having to haul his team off to the right
> > in order to steer a straight course. Eudoxius has seen that, and has
> > charged towards him, bumping Stolo towards the spina. The markers fall, and
> > Stolo is right up against the spina, That's a lot of crashing and grinding,
> > and Stolo is taking damage. He's managed to pull out, but Eudoxius is
> > straight back into him, back he goes into the spina, and again he pulls
> > out. That rig won't take much more of this, but Stolo refuses to give up.
> > He's desperate to get clear of Eudoxius, but Hirtius is too close in front.
> > He can't pull far enough to the right to get past Hirtius, and he doesn't
> > have enough speed. He's suddenly slowed his team, Eudoxius has rushed past
> > into third place, and Stolo is trying to stabilise his rig.
> > >
> > > Spero is nearly at the turn, with Hirtius and now Eudoxius right on his
> > tail. Stolo has managed to get a bit more control, but is in last place and
> > in a poor line for the turn. I can just see Eudoxius wedging himself into
> > the left side and trying to push Hirtius out – if he doesn't crash himself
> > he could move up a place here. He fires his whip time after time, and
> > Hirtius gives ground.
> > >
> > > As they come out of the turn its Spero, then Eudoxius, then Hirtius and
> > Stolo in the rear. Spero and Eudoxius are making a break now, charging down
> > the straight, whips firing, wheels clashing, hooves thundering, the crowd
> > are completely out of control and are baying for blood here. Everyone is on
> > his feet, no one can sit when there is this amount of excitement. This is a
> > race that will go down in the record books, and everyone here will have
> > tales to tell their families and neighbours when they get back home.
> > >
> > > Eudoxius is just in the lead, there's not much in it – a whisker I'd
> > say, but he's determined not to lose this chance. A glance over at Sulla
> > confirms that failure is not an option here. The whips fire again, Spero is
> > being stung by whipcord, but he doesn't flinch, his head is down, he grits
> > his teeth, he roars at his team and they go neck and neck towards the turn.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile at the back of the field its Stolo making a surprising bid to
> > catch Hirtius. His rig seems to have held together despite the odds, and he
> > is slowly moving up. Hirtius is blocking him, but suddenly Hirtius has
> > moved too far right, and Stolo is going to wedge himself in to the spina to
> > overtake. This looks like a desperate move, Hirtius pulls back hard to the
> > left, he bumps Stolo, the wheels crash, Stolo bounces off the spina and
> > back out into Hirtius, pieces of wood and canvas fly, Stolo has lost
> > control, he pulls hard on his right, but the rig won't turn, the right hand
> > wheel is shattered, he's going down on the right, he's over, he's finished,
> > he chops his knife through the reins and throws himself clear. Out race the
> > wrecking crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still
> > standing, and throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by
> > Stolo, he gave his all against impossible odds at the end there, but sadly
> > he could not survive those crashes.
> > >
> > > Up at the front Eudoxius and Spero are disappearing round the turn, and
> > Hirtius is now clear to catch up if he can. His tactics for this race were
> > to move fast on the straight, and hurry in the final laps, but has he left
> > it too late? Well, he's certainly going for it, hurtling down the straight
> > in pursuit of the leaders, they've disappeared on the turn and Hirtius is
> > still on the straight. I think its going to be too late for him. Coming out
> > of the turn now its Eudoxius from Spero, not much between them still, and
> > no sign of Hirtius yet. Wait, here he comes, he had a clear run on the turn
> > so got a perfect line and has saved precious seconds. Now he has the
> > straight ahead of him, no one in his way, he is designed for speed and he
> > gives it everything he's got, Spero looks back in amazement at the rig
> > closing up behind them. But its all too late, they are too close to the
> > line, Eudoxius demands every last ounce of stamina from his team, Spero's
> > team are right alongside, and Hirtius is right on their heels.
> > >
> > > It's almost to close to call, but the results show that at the line, as
> > the markers go down for the last time, its Eudoxius just clear from Spero,
> > and Hirtius close behind. I can see much rejoicing in the Sulla and Iulia
> > Aquila camps as they prepare for parties tonight before the final contest
> > tomorrow,
> > >
> > > Stolo is bandaged but unbowed, but his chariot, Incitatus will need a
> > complete rebuild.
> > >
> > > And so that's the last race we have here today, but we'll be back here
> > tomorrow for the finals. Be sure to join us then.
> > >
> > > And now back to the studio.
> > >
> > > Valete omnes
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87666 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Salvete omnes!

Sulla is a stand up guy but with all of the weapons in his villa I may not be surprised to learn he was involved in a "drive by" especially to knock off the competition. LOL

Valete!
 
M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!




________________________________
From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 3:34 PM
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.


 
Salve Sulla, et salvete omnes!

Optime factum![well done]

Hmmm i meant "driven by", not "drive by" referring to your chariot *laughs* but hey this ludi has been wrought with Freudian slips, if you are observant enough;) Tantummodo iocabar [just kidding]

Btw:

Semper Albata! Albata Victoria! [Always Albata, Albata Victorius]

Vale, et valete,

DOMINA Factionis Albatae

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...> wrote:
>
> Ave!
>
> The Honey Badger wins again! ;)
>
> Vale,
>
> Sulla
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Salvete omnes!
> >
> > Excellent race report Crispe! Dis Gratias [rich thanks]
> >
> > Very exciting to see Elpidius driven by Spero place so well! Now i hope
> > they break this "coming in second" in the final race!
> > Yes I am a tough Domina when need be, my methods remain a mystery to those
> > who are not on the receiving end of such...mysteries.*wickedly delicious
> > grin*
> >
> > Congratulations to the one and only Cornelius Sulla ower of Mellivora
> > Capensis(oughta be a law against long and difficult names *laughs*)drive by
> > Eudoxius.
> >
> > Bene valete in pacem deorum!
> >
> > Julia
> >
> > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS" <jbshr1pwa@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Salvete omnes. Hello listeners.
> > > Welcome to Nova Roma News Radio, broadcasting to you from the eternal
> > city.
> > >
> > > Today is day six of the Ludi Novi Romani, so its semi-final day. Our
> > next program features the second semi-final race. Our reporter, Caeso
> > Tarquinius Scipio, is down at the Circus Maximus – so come in Scipio!
> > >
> > > Yes, Salvete omnes, hello everybody and welcome back to the races. Its
> > ideal weather for racing, today, and we have another great race coming up.
> > The four drivers are Eudoxius driving Mellivora Capensis owned by Lucius
> > Cornelius Sulla Felix in Praesina colours, that very exciting young
> > military auriga, Spero of Rome driving Elpidius for L. Iulia Aquila of
> > Albata, and they're up against Hirtius driving Flamma owned by Aulus
> > Vitellius Celsus for Russata, and Stolo driving Incitatus for C Petronius
> > Dexter, representing Veneta. Stolo gave us a fine display in the quarter
> > finals, so anything could happen in this next race.
> > >
> > > The crowds are out in force here today, and you should see the colours
> > splashed along the stands. All the factions have tunics in their house
> > colours, and they've armed themselves with streamers and pom-poms, and it
> > looks like they've been practicing their cheer routines. Each of the four
> > factions have a team running in this race, so everyone is going to have
> > good reason to cheer loudly.
> > >
> > > The teams are ready in the stalls, the gates are closed ready for the
> > start, and yes, here comes V. Valerius Volusus with the mappa ready to send
> > them off. He holds it high to get full attention, lets it fall, the gates
> > spring open and they're away.
> > >
> > > Its a good clean start, they're all powering down to the first straight,
> > in a tight bunch still at the moment, but Eudoxius seems to be just
> > slightly in front. Sulla will be pleased that his team are showing their
> > worth, and now Stolo and Spero are closing up to fight for second place.
> > Hirtius is beginning to move up – his strong horses will move very fast on
> > the straights.
> > >
> > > Down the straight they go, picking up speed, looking for openings. Stolo
> > has moved up to take on Spero before the turn, he wants to get the best
> > line while he has time, and Hirtius is on the outside – he's taking a
> > chance that he can cut across while they're still on the straight. He'll
> > need a bit more speed – but his team is giving him what he demands, and
> > he's ahead of Spero and challenging Stolo for second place. They're right
> > on the turn now, Eudoxius in the lead, then Stolo and Hirtius side by side,
> > and Spero right on their heels. Hirtius is really taking an early chance
> > here, and they're side by side as they go into the turn. Hirtius looks as
> > if he's got the speed to take Stolo, but Stolo has the advantage of the
> > nearside.
> > >
> > > They're all out of sight at the moment, but as they come back into view
> > its Eudoxius still in the lead, but its Hirtius in second place, Hirtius
> > has managed to keep up the pressure right round the curve and force Stolo
> > back into third place. Stolo is not going to be happy about that. As they
> > start down the straight its Stolo going all out to get second place back. A
> > real race has developed between Stolo and Hirtius, and the crowds are
> > urging them on. Just look at them go, They're glaring at each other,
> > gritting their teeth, pushing their teams forward, firing their whips. The
> > thunder of hooves and roar of the wheels is driving the crowd mad, they're
> > yelling in delight as these two roar down the straight. This is where
> > Hirtius should have the advantage, but Stolo is holding his own, and
> > they're beginning to move up on Eudoxius. He's looking behind him and
> > putting on a bit more speed. He wants to stop them catching him before he
> > reaches the turn. Spero is still in last place.
> > >
> > > As they reach the turn its Eudoxius, then Stolo and Hirtius neck and
> > neck, and now Spero beginning to move up. It looks as if there'll be a
> > fight on this turn, Stolo and Hirtius both want to get to the inside, lets
> > see how they come out.
> > >
> > > And here they come, Eudoxius still in the lead, Hirtius just ahead of
> > Stolo but only by a whisker, and Spero right on their heels. My goodness,
> > ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be such a fast race, with action all
> > the way. Hirtius has seized his chance to show his speed on this straight.
> > He's immediately closing on Eudoxius, leaving Stolo falling behind,and as
> > the markers fall they're neck and neck. And now Spero is moving up on
> > Stolo, that rig really is moving well, with dust flying up from the hooves
> > and wheels as they storm up the straight. I can see L. Iulia Aquila and her
> > party jumping up to get a closer view, and its the turn of the Albata fans
> > to bellow their support. The noise is deafening, oh the excitement, just
> > look at that rig go! They're changing position so fast I can hardly keep
> > up. Its Eudoxius from Hirtus, then Spero has passed Stolo, but there is
> > almost nothing between them.
> > >
> > > Eudoxius will just get to the turn first, with Hirtius and Spero both
> > trying to get onto the inside, and Stolo right behind. They're out of sight
> > for the moment, but there is a lot of noise and dust, and some loud gasps
> > from those down at the end of the circus. I;m straining to see who will
> > come out first – wait, that's Spero, Spero has taken the lead, Eudoxius and
> > Hirtus are side by side right behind him, and Stolo is trying to take third
> > place.
> > >
> > > Now its into the straight, and this is where Hirtius will want to make a
> > bid to move up. But no, its Stolo who has recovered best from that turn –
> > he must have deliberately held clear, and all three rigs, Stolo, Hirtius
> > and Eudoxius are now neck and neck, with Spero in the lead. And now its
> > Stolo and Hirtius moving clear from Eudoxius – I can see Sulla getting very
> > hot under his collar and making threatening – perhaps I should say
> > encouraging – signs at Eudoxius. It seems to be working, Eudoxius has
> > pulled back into line with the other two, and all three rigs are now racing
> > neck and neck down the straight. Spero is only just ahead as they reach the
> > turn, Hirtius is on the inside with a good line, Stolo is almost inside his
> > traces, and Eudoxius is being pushed out to the right.
> > >
> > > Round they come, and its Spero in the lead, then Hirtius and Stolo and a
> > lot of screeching and groaning of wood and metal going on, then Eudoxius
> > still keeping wide but holding his ground. It looks as if Stolo is having
> > problems with his steering, he is having to haul his team off to the right
> > in order to steer a straight course. Eudoxius has seen that, and has
> > charged towards him, bumping Stolo towards the spina. The markers fall, and
> > Stolo is right up against the spina, That's a lot of crashing and grinding,
> > and Stolo is taking damage. He's managed to pull out, but Eudoxius is
> > straight back into him, back he goes into the spina, and again he pulls
> > out. That rig won't take much more of this, but Stolo refuses to give up.
> > He's desperate to get clear of Eudoxius, but Hirtius is too close in front.
> > He can't pull far enough to the right to get past Hirtius, and he doesn't
> > have enough speed. He's suddenly slowed his team, Eudoxius has rushed past
> > into third place, and Stolo is trying to stabilise his rig.
> > >
> > > Spero is nearly at the turn, with Hirtius and now Eudoxius right on his
> > tail. Stolo has managed to get a bit more control, but is in last place and
> > in a poor line for the turn. I can just see Eudoxius wedging himself into
> > the left side and trying to push Hirtius out – if he doesn't crash himself
> > he could move up a place here. He fires his whip time after time, and
> > Hirtius gives ground.
> > >
> > > As they come out of the turn its Spero, then Eudoxius, then Hirtius and
> > Stolo in the rear. Spero and Eudoxius are making a break now, charging down
> > the straight, whips firing, wheels clashing, hooves thundering, the crowd
> > are completely out of control and are baying for blood here. Everyone is on
> > his feet, no one can sit when there is this amount of excitement. This is a
> > race that will go down in the record books, and everyone here will have
> > tales to tell their families and neighbours when they get back home.
> > >
> > > Eudoxius is just in the lead, there's not much in it – a whisker I'd
> > say, but he's determined not to lose this chance. A glance over at Sulla
> > confirms that failure is not an option here. The whips fire again, Spero is
> > being stung by whipcord, but he doesn't flinch, his head is down, he grits
> > his teeth, he roars at his team and they go neck and neck towards the turn.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile at the back of the field its Stolo making a surprising bid to
> > catch Hirtius. His rig seems to have held together despite the odds, and he
> > is slowly moving up. Hirtius is blocking him, but suddenly Hirtius has
> > moved too far right, and Stolo is going to wedge himself in to the spina to
> > overtake. This looks like a desperate move, Hirtius pulls back hard to the
> > left, he bumps Stolo, the wheels crash, Stolo bounces off the spina and
> > back out into Hirtius, pieces of wood and canvas fly, Stolo has lost
> > control, he pulls hard on his right, but the rig won't turn, the right hand
> > wheel is shattered, he's going down on the right, he's over, he's finished,
> > he chops his knife through the reins and throws himself clear. Out race the
> > wrecking crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still
> > standing, and throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by
> > Stolo, he gave his all against impossible odds at the end there, but sadly
> > he could not survive those crashes.
> > >
> > > Up at the front Eudoxius and Spero are disappearing round the turn, and
> > Hirtius is now clear to catch up if he can. His tactics for this race were
> > to move fast on the straight, and hurry in the final laps, but has he left
> > it too late? Well, he's certainly going for it, hurtling down the straight
> > in pursuit of the leaders, they've disappeared on the turn and Hirtius is
> > still on the straight. I think its going to be too late for him. Coming out
> > of the turn now its Eudoxius from Spero, not much between them still, and
> > no sign of Hirtius yet. Wait, here he comes, he had a clear run on the turn
> > so got a perfect line and has saved precious seconds. Now he has the
> > straight ahead of him, no one in his way, he is designed for speed and he
> > gives it everything he's got, Spero looks back in amazement at the rig
> > closing up behind them. But its all too late, they are too close to the
> > line, Eudoxius demands every last ounce of stamina from his team, Spero's
> > team are right alongside, and Hirtius is right on their heels.
> > >
> > > It's almost to close to call, but the results show that at the line, as
> > the markers go down for the last time, its Eudoxius just clear from Spero,
> > and Hirtius close behind. I can see much rejoicing in the Sulla and Iulia
> > Aquila camps as they prepare for parties tonight before the final contest
> > tomorrow,
> > >
> > > Stolo is bandaged but unbowed, but his chariot, Incitatus will need a
> > complete rebuild.
> > >
> > > And so that's the last race we have here today, but we'll be back here
> > tomorrow for the finals. Be sure to join us then.
> > >
> > > And now back to the studio.
> > >
> > > Valete omnes
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87667 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: CONSULAR EDICT : COLLECTION OF ANNUAL TAX ARREARS
Cn. Iulius Caesar consul sal.

EX OFFICIO

CONSULAR EDICT CnIC 65-03 : COLLECTION OF ANNUAL TAX ARREARS

The collection of any arrears of the annual tax that a citizen may owe for previous years shall be limited to only collection of those arrears accrued during the tax year commencing in 2764 A.U.C. (2011) and ending on February 29th 2765 A.U.C. (2012). This limitation does not affect collection of arrears owed for the tax year 1st March 2765 A.U.C. to 31st December 2765 A.U.C. nor arrears accrued in any subsequent tax years.

Optime valete

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87668 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Ave!

Well I was born in Compton...... ;)

Vale,

Sulla

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:47 PM, M. Pompeius Caninus <m.pompeius@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Salvete omnes!
>
> Sulla is a stand up guy but with all of the weapons in his villa I may not
> be surprised to learn he was involved in a "drive by" especially to knock
> off the competition. LOL
>
> Valete!
>
> M. Pompeius Caninus
> America Boreoccidentalis
> Vivat Nova Roma!
>
> ________________________________
> From: luciaiuliaaquila <luciaiuliaaquila@...>
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 3:34 PM
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 � SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
>
>
>
>
> Salve Sulla, et salvete omnes!
>
> Optime factum![well done]
>
> Hmmm i meant "driven by", not "drive by" referring to your chariot
> *laughs* but hey this ludi has been wrought with Freudian slips, if you are
> observant enough;) Tantummodo iocabar [just kidding]
>
> Btw:
>
> Semper Albata! Albata Victoria! [Always Albata, Albata Victorius]
>
> Vale, et valete,
>
> DOMINA Factionis Albatae
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Robert Woolwine <robert.woolwine@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ave!
> >
> > The Honey Badger wins again! ;)
> >
> > Vale,
> >
> > Sulla
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM, luciaiuliaaquila <
> > luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Salvete omnes!
> > >
> > > Excellent race report Crispe! Dis Gratias [rich thanks]
> > >
> > > Very exciting to see Elpidius driven by Spero place so well! Now i hope
> > > they break this "coming in second" in the final race!
> > > Yes I am a tough Domina when need be, my methods remain a mystery to
> those
> > > who are not on the receiving end of such...mysteries.*wickedly
> delicious
> > > grin*
> > >
> > > Congratulations to the one and only Cornelius Sulla ower of Mellivora
> > > Capensis(oughta be a law against long and difficult names
> *laughs*)drive by
> > > Eudoxius.
> > >
> > > Bene valete in pacem deorum!
> > >
> > > Julia
> > >
> > > --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS" <jbshr1pwa@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Salvete omnes. Hello listeners.
> > > > Welcome to Nova Roma News Radio, broadcasting to you from the eternal
> > > city.
> > > >
> > > > Today is day six of the Ludi Novi Romani, so its semi-final day. Our
> > > next program features the second semi-final race. Our reporter, Caeso
> > > Tarquinius Scipio, is down at the Circus Maximus � so come in Scipio!
> > > >
> > > > Yes, Salvete omnes, hello everybody and welcome back to the races.
> Its
> > > ideal weather for racing, today, and we have another great race coming
> up.
> > > The four drivers are Eudoxius driving Mellivora Capensis owned by
> Lucius
> > > Cornelius Sulla Felix in Praesina colours, that very exciting young
> > > military auriga, Spero of Rome driving Elpidius for L. Iulia Aquila of
> > > Albata, and they're up against Hirtius driving Flamma owned by Aulus
> > > Vitellius Celsus for Russata, and Stolo driving Incitatus for C
> Petronius
> > > Dexter, representing Veneta. Stolo gave us a fine display in the
> quarter
> > > finals, so anything could happen in this next race.
> > > >
> > > > The crowds are out in force here today, and you should see the
> colours
> > > splashed along the stands. All the factions have tunics in their house
> > > colours, and they've armed themselves with streamers and pom-poms, and
> it
> > > looks like they've been practicing their cheer routines. Each of the
> four
> > > factions have a team running in this race, so everyone is going to have
> > > good reason to cheer loudly.
> > > >
> > > > The teams are ready in the stalls, the gates are closed ready for the
> > > start, and yes, here comes V. Valerius Volusus with the mappa ready to
> send
> > > them off. He holds it high to get full attention, lets it fall, the
> gates
> > > spring open and they're away.
> > > >
> > > > Its a good clean start, they're all powering down to the first
> straight,
> > > in a tight bunch still at the moment, but Eudoxius seems to be just
> > > slightly in front. Sulla will be pleased that his team are showing
> their
> > > worth, and now Stolo and Spero are closing up to fight for second
> place.
> > > Hirtius is beginning to move up � his strong horses will move very
> fast on
> > > the straights.
> > > >
> > > > Down the straight they go, picking up speed, looking for openings.
> Stolo
> > > has moved up to take on Spero before the turn, he wants to get the best
> > > line while he has time, and Hirtius is on the outside � he's taking a
> > > chance that he can cut across while they're still on the straight.
> He'll
> > > need a bit more speed � but his team is giving him what he demands, and
> > > he's ahead of Spero and challenging Stolo for second place. They're
> right
> > > on the turn now, Eudoxius in the lead, then Stolo and Hirtius side by
> side,
> > > and Spero right on their heels. Hirtius is really taking an early
> chance
> > > here, and they're side by side as they go into the turn. Hirtius looks
> as
> > > if he's got the speed to take Stolo, but Stolo has the advantage of the
> > > nearside.
> > > >
> > > > They're all out of sight at the moment, but as they come back into
> view
> > > its Eudoxius still in the lead, but its Hirtius in second place,
> Hirtius
> > > has managed to keep up the pressure right round the curve and force
> Stolo
> > > back into third place. Stolo is not going to be happy about that. As
> they
> > > start down the straight its Stolo going all out to get second place
> back. A
> > > real race has developed between Stolo and Hirtius, and the crowds are
> > > urging them on. Just look at them go, They're glaring at each other,
> > > gritting their teeth, pushing their teams forward, firing their whips.
> The
> > > thunder of hooves and roar of the wheels is driving the crowd mad,
> they're
> > > yelling in delight as these two roar down the straight. This is where
> > > Hirtius should have the advantage, but Stolo is holding his own, and
> > > they're beginning to move up on Eudoxius. He's looking behind him and
> > > putting on a bit more speed. He wants to stop them catching him before
> he
> > > reaches the turn. Spero is still in last place.
> > > >
> > > > As they reach the turn its Eudoxius, then Stolo and Hirtius neck and
> > > neck, and now Spero beginning to move up. It looks as if there'll be a
> > > fight on this turn, Stolo and Hirtius both want to get to the inside,
> lets
> > > see how they come out.
> > > >
> > > > And here they come, Eudoxius still in the lead, Hirtius just ahead of
> > > Stolo but only by a whisker, and Spero right on their heels. My
> goodness,
> > > ladies and gentlemen, this is going to be such a fast race, with
> action all
> > > the way. Hirtius has seized his chance to show his speed on this
> straight.
> > > He's immediately closing on Eudoxius, leaving Stolo falling behind,and
> as
> > > the markers fall they're neck and neck. And now Spero is moving up on
> > > Stolo, that rig really is moving well, with dust flying up from the
> hooves
> > > and wheels as they storm up the straight. I can see L. Iulia Aquila
> and her
> > > party jumping up to get a closer view, and its the turn of the Albata
> fans
> > > to bellow their support. The noise is deafening, oh the excitement,
> just
> > > look at that rig go! They're changing position so fast I can hardly
> keep
> > > up. Its Eudoxius from Hirtus, then Spero has passed Stolo, but there is
> > > almost nothing between them.
> > > >
> > > > Eudoxius will just get to the turn first, with Hirtius and Spero both
> > > trying to get onto the inside, and Stolo right behind. They're out of
> sight
> > > for the moment, but there is a lot of noise and dust, and some loud
> gasps
> > > from those down at the end of the circus. I;m straining to see who will
> > > come out first � wait, that's Spero, Spero has taken the lead,
> Eudoxius and
> > > Hirtus are side by side right behind him, and Stolo is trying to take
> third
> > > place.
> > > >
> > > > Now its into the straight, and this is where Hirtius will want to
> make a
> > > bid to move up. But no, its Stolo who has recovered best from that
> turn �
> > > he must have deliberately held clear, and all three rigs, Stolo,
> Hirtius
> > > and Eudoxius are now neck and neck, with Spero in the lead. And now its
> > > Stolo and Hirtius moving clear from Eudoxius � I can see Sulla getting
> very
> > > hot under his collar and making threatening � perhaps I should say
> > > encouraging � signs at Eudoxius. It seems to be working, Eudoxius has
> > > pulled back into line with the other two, and all three rigs are now
> racing
> > > neck and neck down the straight. Spero is only just ahead as they
> reach the
> > > turn, Hirtius is on the inside with a good line, Stolo is almost
> inside his
> > > traces, and Eudoxius is being pushed out to the right.
> > > >
> > > > Round they come, and its Spero in the lead, then Hirtius and Stolo
> and a
> > > lot of screeching and groaning of wood and metal going on, then
> Eudoxius
> > > still keeping wide but holding his ground. It looks as if Stolo is
> having
> > > problems with his steering, he is having to haul his team off to the
> right
> > > in order to steer a straight course. Eudoxius has seen that, and has
> > > charged towards him, bumping Stolo towards the spina. The markers
> fall, and
> > > Stolo is right up against the spina, That's a lot of crashing and
> grinding,
> > > and Stolo is taking damage. He's managed to pull out, but Eudoxius is
> > > straight back into him, back he goes into the spina, and again he pulls
> > > out. That rig won't take much more of this, but Stolo refuses to give
> up.
> > > He's desperate to get clear of Eudoxius, but Hirtius is too close in
> front.
> > > He can't pull far enough to the right to get past Hirtius, and he
> doesn't
> > > have enough speed. He's suddenly slowed his team, Eudoxius has rushed
> past
> > > into third place, and Stolo is trying to stabilise his rig.
> > > >
> > > > Spero is nearly at the turn, with Hirtius and now Eudoxius right on
> his
> > > tail. Stolo has managed to get a bit more control, but is in last
> place and
> > > in a poor line for the turn. I can just see Eudoxius wedging himself
> into
> > > the left side and trying to push Hirtius out � if he doesn't crash
> himself
> > > he could move up a place here. He fires his whip time after time, and
> > > Hirtius gives ground.
> > > >
> > > > As they come out of the turn its Spero, then Eudoxius, then Hirtius
> and
> > > Stolo in the rear. Spero and Eudoxius are making a break now, charging
> down
> > > the straight, whips firing, wheels clashing, hooves thundering, the
> crowd
> > > are completely out of control and are baying for blood here. Everyone
> is on
> > > his feet, no one can sit when there is this amount of excitement. This
> is a
> > > race that will go down in the record books, and everyone here will have
> > > tales to tell their families and neighbours when they get back home.
> > > >
> > > > Eudoxius is just in the lead, there's not much in it � a whisker I'd
> > > say, but he's determined not to lose this chance. A glance over at
> Sulla
> > > confirms that failure is not an option here. The whips fire again,
> Spero is
> > > being stung by whipcord, but he doesn't flinch, his head is down, he
> grits
> > > his teeth, he roars at his team and they go neck and neck towards the
> turn.
> > > >
> > > > Meanwhile at the back of the field its Stolo making a surprising bid
> to
> > > catch Hirtius. His rig seems to have held together despite the odds,
> and he
> > > is slowly moving up. Hirtius is blocking him, but suddenly Hirtius has
> > > moved too far right, and Stolo is going to wedge himself in to the
> spina to
> > > overtake. This looks like a desperate move, Hirtius pulls back hard to
> the
> > > left, he bumps Stolo, the wheels crash, Stolo bounces off the spina and
> > > back out into Hirtius, pieces of wood and canvas fly, Stolo has lost
> > > control, he pulls hard on his right, but the rig won't turn, the right
> hand
> > > wheel is shattered, he's going down on the right, he's over, he's
> finished,
> > > he chops his knife through the reins and throws himself clear. Out
> race the
> > > wrecking crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still
> > > standing, and throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by
> > > Stolo, he gave his all against impossible odds at the end there, but
> sadly
> > > he could not survive those crashes.
> > > >
> > > > Up at the front Eudoxius and Spero are disappearing round the turn,
> and
> > > Hirtius is now clear to catch up if he can. His tactics for this race
> were
> > > to move fast on the straight, and hurry in the final laps, but has he
> left
> > > it too late? Well, he's certainly going for it, hurtling down the
> straight
> > > in pursuit of the leaders, they've disappeared on the turn and Hirtius
> is
> > > still on the straight. I think its going to be too late for him.
> Coming out
> > > of the turn now its Eudoxius from Spero, not much between them still,
> and
> > > no sign of Hirtius yet. Wait, here he comes, he had a clear run on the
> turn
> > > so got a perfect line and has saved precious seconds. Now he has the
> > > straight ahead of him, no one in his way, he is designed for speed and
> he
> > > gives it everything he's got, Spero looks back in amazement at the rig
> > > closing up behind them. But its all too late, they are too close to the
> > > line, Eudoxius demands every last ounce of stamina from his team,
> Spero's
> > > team are right alongside, and Hirtius is right on their heels.
> > > >
> > > > It's almost to close to call, but the results show that at the line,
> as
> > > the markers go down for the last time, its Eudoxius just clear from
> Spero,
> > > and Hirtius close behind. I can see much rejoicing in the Sulla and
> Iulia
> > > Aquila camps as they prepare for parties tonight before the final
> contest
> > > tomorrow,
> > > >
> > > > Stolo is bandaged but unbowed, but his chariot, Incitatus will need a
> > > complete rebuild.
> > > >
> > > > And so that's the last race we have here today, but we'll be back
> here
> > > tomorrow for the finals. Be sure to join us then.
> > > >
> > > > And now back to the studio.
> > > >
> > > > Valete omnes
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87669 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Triclinius chat, day 6
Metamorphosis



The Eagle was crowded when Mythia came in, even though it was still early. But, this was Ludi time, and everyone wanted to talk, as much as they wanted to eat and drink. She tried to slip into her favorite table without drawing attention, but she wasn't successful.



"Mythia" roared Vinius! "Are you trying to hide from me? Get over here, Wench!" She turned, laughing, and pretending outage. "Be careful how you address me, innkeeper! I have skills at which you can only guess!" But she crossed the room, and accepted his bear hug. "I trust you came hungry?" he asked, "for good *and* gossip? We have both in plenty!"



"I did indeed, and I smell that wonderful roast pig .as to gossip, well .that, to. I'll sit over there, I think" she said, pointing to a table along the far side of the room, where she could sit unobserved, but see the whole room.



The door opened, and a large group of people entered, with 2 men at their center. Mythia looked, and began to smile with delight. One of them, an old man with a flowing beard and long staff, caught her eye, and beckoned her to him with a finger.



"Well, well, little one," he said, turning to his military friend. "This is the girl I told you about. All in all, she was raised by a Roman army .and has as much time in the field as most legionaries."



"The Centurion nodded to her, giving her a quizzical look. "I'm honored to meet you, Ma'am" he said ."would you join us in the other room?" She assented with a smile, and so found herself in the comfortable back room of the Eagle.



"So, Merlinius" she said when all had settled and good wine had been poured. "Do we get to hear one of your wonderful tales?"



"Not this night, little kitten. Tonight, we get to hear one of *your* wonderful tales, I think." She looked down, started to protest, then smiled. "As you wish" she said.



"You know that, as a girl, I spent a lot of time with our legions in Gaul, and in other places, but that was later. Well, when I was around 13, the General, who had taken an interest in my welfare, spoke rather bluntly to Marcius and told him that I needed both a parent and a husband. He asked if Marcius would be willing to adopt me formally, and he said yes .so my Tata became, in law as well as in truth, my father, and I became Marcia. Then it was decided to send me to a town in Italy. Not Rome, but a town in the Italian Alps, where my father had a sister. I lived with her family for a year or so, and they were very kind. I missed my footloose life, but I was growing older and understood more why it wasn't a good idea for a young girl to live in an army camp, not if she ever wanted a husband and household of her own, at any rate. They even found me a young man, though I think my dowry was more interesting to him than I was." She laughed, a bit ruefully. "I was a Gaul, after all, and seen as a hoyden, though the dowry made up for my .disadvantages, some, anyway. I liked Lucius well enough, and he didn't dislike me, but we weren't fond of one another by any stretch."



But, it was a decent marriage arrangement, and I knew that my Aunt had my best interests at heart. For one thing, she and my father had always been close, and she would take care of me, FO his sake, if not mine. So, the betrothal announcement was set for a month away, to take place in early March. There would be a feast, of course, and everyone in our house was very busy."



She stopped speaking, then, and put her hands around her wine cup, looking into the liquid as into a mirror. Some noticed that Merlinius' expression changed, too, as if he knew what was to come. She sighed, and then looked up. "There was one guest no one expected, or wanted. You see, soon after the agreement, the plague came to our town, and to much of Italy, as we learned, later. But, for us .we were concerned with only our own. My Aunt Marcia was skilled in herbal medicine, and she and I made what we could, and helped to tend the sick .but there was little we could do, and nothing we could do to stop the spread. Soon death had visited every house. Lucius was on of the first to go, and my uncle, and our neighbors, and, finally, my aunt. I became ill, also, and had accepted that I would not survive. I don't *remember* someone finding me. I don't remember much of that time, except for one thing."



She took a deep drink, then, and smiled at Merlinius. "I do remember hands on my temples, and I know that I felt as though I was floating. Everything seemed far away, and yet I could hear, and even see with a kind of clarity I've never known before, or since. It seemed sometimes that I swam in an ocean of stars, and sometimes as though I walked through solid rock, as though it were the lightest cloth, moving aside for me. At one point, I came to a fire .not a wild fire, but fierce, for all that, and it frightened me, because I knew it could consume me in an instant. But I couldn't leave it, either, and something drew me closer and closer. I stood on stone that seemed to be melting beneath my feet, and, from the heart of that fire, a heart that wasn't yellow or even red, but blinding white, I heard a vice, that seemed to say nothing in a language my mind could understand, but words that my soul understood and accepted easily and absolutely. To this day, I cannot tell you what she (for it was a *she*) said, but, that voice, and those words, bestowed the gift of life upon me, and exacted certain promises from me, too. When I finally came to myself, I was as weak as the kitten for which I had been named so long ago, and this man, who you know as Merlinius was washing my forehead with a cool cloth that was scented with sweet herbs. He stayed with me, and took care of me, until I recovered, and then he told me that I was the only survivor in my small village. So, once again, I had to leave my home .alone .but not, because I traveled with Merlinius for a year or so, until he could deliver me back to my father's legion." She laughed then, gently. "Once again, I was in an army camp .but something had changed within me, and though I knew some of it, and had learned much from Merlinius, much that made me very valuable in the camp, I still had much to learn, and much to experience. But .that, too, is part of life, is it not?"



"So you already knew Merlinius," murmured Crispus, looking at Mythia carefully. "Why, I wonder, does that not surprise me?"



Merlinius stood up, then, and placed his hand on Mythos's head. "Oh, yes, I know this one, better than even she realizes, but that is a tale for another time .about wells, wars, and soldiers. Now my friend and I must go, before some of our lads take their leave too seriously, and get into trouble. I think we need to go down to that taberna by the river, my friend .you know the one .to stop a fight that could get very nasty."



Several of the men rose at once, offering their help, but Merlinius waved them back to their seats. "Stay, stay" said Merlinius, and enjoy!" As he stepped into the next room, a band began to play and sing a merry marching song, and Mythia found herself tapping hr foot in time, and then she laughed out loud. "Ah! The public version! Those aren't the words to that song I learned while sitting on my father's shoulders!"



"So .what *were* those words?" Asked Pompeius Caninus, with a wicked smile. "oh .no.no," she said, "I think not! I am, after all, no longer a barbarian hoyden!"


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87670 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: appointment of scribe
EX OFFICIO



I, C. Maria Caeca, Curule Aedile in Nova Roma, hereby appoint M. Pompeius Caninus as scribe in the Curule Aedilicia. This edict takes effect immediately. No oath is required.



Given under my hand on March 6, 2765 A.U.C.

CN. Iulius Caesar and C. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus COS.


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87671 From: Jean-François Arnoud Date: 2012-03-06
Subject: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
C. Petronius Regillae salutem,
 
>The one of the favorite word for the lovers is puella or virgo?
 
Puella.
 
Here passim in Ovid.
 
Dum licet et loris passim potes ire solutis
elige cui dicas:"Tu mihi sola places".
Haec tibi non tenues veniet delapsa per auras:
Quaerenda est oculis apta puella tuis.
 
Now, that you still are fancy-free, now is the time for you to choose a woman and say to her: "You are the only woman that I care for." She's not going to be wafted down to you from heaven on the wings of the wind. You must use your own-eyes to discover the girl that suits you.
 
Optime vale.
 

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat Nonis Martiis Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.



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Envoyé le : Mardi 6 mars 2012 19h43
Objet : Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens

Salve!

The one of the favorite word for the lovers is puella or virgo?
 
--
V.A. Regilla

Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae


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Para: "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 14:32
Assunto: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens


 


C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
 
> Domina
> Married women only, with or without children.
 
No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus, Ovid...  This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is said "uxor".
 
> But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss."
 
Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They are not their "boss". 
 
> So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
 
The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
 
> Virgo
> Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore considered Virgo.- unless they are
> concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
 
Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the lovers. :o)
 
>Feminae
>Refers to any female.  Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra and Aeternia;))
 
Mulieres is better.
Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas. 
 
Valete optime,

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat
pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87672 From: petronius_dexter Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
C Petronius Quiritibus salutem,

>>> he chops his knife through the reins and throws himself clear.

The coward!

>>> Out race the wrecking crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still standing, and throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by Stolo, he gave his all against impossible odds at the end there, but sadly he could not survive those crashes.

Fortunately my horses are save.
I just crucified Stolo on this morning.

Optime valete.

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat
Nonis Martiis Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87673 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Devotional to Vesta
Salve et Salvete,

As with your other devotions offered. This one was equally well written
and moving. I very much enjoyed reading it.

Thank you for sharing them.

Vale et Valete,

T. Valeria Celeris
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87674 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
Salve!

Thank you, Dexter. My English is not so good, I didn't understand all your answer (I don't know what is fancy-free, for example) but it's ok.

What I understood is that puella was used by poets for referring to a girl in a passionately way.

I'm thinking of writing a poem to my husband (in Portuguese) and I would like to use a latin word for referring to him. My love or my dear, in a passionately way but for a man.
 
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V.A. Regilla

Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae


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Para: "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 7 de Março de 2012 1:55
Assunto: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens


 
C. Petronius Regillae salutem,
 
>The one of the favorite word for the lovers is puella or virgo?
 
Puella.
 
Here passim in Ovid.
 
Dum licet et loris passim potes ire solutis
elige cui dicas:"Tu mihi sola places".
Haec tibi non tenues veniet delapsa per auras:
Quaerenda est oculis apta puella tuis.
 
Now, that you still are fancy-free, now is the time for you to choose a woman and say to her: "You are the only woman that I care for." She's not going to be wafted down to you from heaven on the wings of the wind. You must use your own-eyes to discover the girl that suits you.
 
Optime vale.
 

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat Nonis Martiis Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.

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De : Denise D. <aemilia.regilla@...>
À : "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Envoyé le : Mardi 6 mars 2012 19h43
Objet : Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens

Salve!

The one of the favorite word for the lovers is puella or virgo?
 
--
V.A. Regilla

Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae

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De: Jean-François Arnoud <jfarnoud94@...>
Para: "Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com" <Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com>
Enviadas: Terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 14:32
Assunto: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens

 

C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
 
> Domina
> Married women only, with or without children.
 
No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus, Ovid...  This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the title of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is said "uxor".
 
> But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss."
 
Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They are not their "boss". 
 
> So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
 
The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
 
> Virgo
> Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore considered Virgo.- unless they are
> concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
 
Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the lovers. :o)
 
>Feminae
>Refers to any female.  Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra and Aeternia;))
 
Mulieres is better.
Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas. 
 
Valete optime,

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat
pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87675 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: CONSULAR EDICT : APPOINTMENT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE (I
Cn. Iulius Caesar consul sal.

EX OFFICIO

CONSULAR EDICT CnIC 65-04 : APPOINTMENT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE (ITTF)

In accordance with the Section III of the SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE CREATION OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE, I hereby appoint Marcus Pompeius Caninus to serve on the ITTF.

No oath is required.

Optime valete

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87676 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Certamen Historicum - Day 7
M. Pompeius Caninus omnibus in foro S. P. D.

Citizens and friends, come join the history quiz! There is no daily deadline for entries. The final deadline has been extended: you may submit answers to any and all questions until 08 March 2765. The rules are listed at the very bottom of this announcement. Questions from the earlier days in this Ludi Novi Romani are also included in case you may have missed any questions.


Ludi Novi Romani - Certamen Historicum - Day 7 - 07 March
14. Nova Roma has an officially recognized group that is dedicated to Apollo and the Muses. Who were the consuls of Nova Roma when this group was formed?
15. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Limonum?
16. A three part question regarding the first wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero:
       a. What was her name?
       b. How old was she when she died?
       c. What was the name of her half-sister, who was a Vestal Virgin?
17. Who are the current tribuni plebis in Nova Roma?


Those are the last of the questions for this Certamen Historicum. If you have not yet joined this certamen, there is still time to answer all of the questions and join the others who have participated.

Current Certamen Historicum Leaders       Points
Tiberius Galerius Paulinus                                       12
Vibia Aemilia Regilla                                                  12
Publius Annæus Constantinus Placidus             11
Servius Marius Paullus                                                 4


If you missed any questions, the questions for Day 1 through Day 5 are shown below. Please feel free to answer these questions. Answer any question or questions that you may have missed. However, it is not necessary to answer any questions for which you have already submitted an answer. 


Ludi Novi Romani - Certamen Historicum - Day 1 - 01 March
1. What is the highest office on the cursus honorum?
2. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Tomis?

Ludi Novi Romani - Certamen Historicum - Day 2 - 02 March
3. Which citizen of Nova Roma served the shortest time ever officially as a provincial governor?
4. By a law of the Comitia Tributa Sextus Peducaeus had the investigation of what religious portent taken out of the hands of the pontifices?

Ludi Novi Romani - Certamen Historicum - Day 3 - 03 March
5. How many citizens of gens Iulius were assidui at the end of 2764?
6. Who was the governor of Britannia in 51 AD?

Ludi Novi Romani - Certamen Historicum - Day 4 - 04 March
7. The citizens of Nova Roma are members of urban and rural tribes. How does a member of a rural tribe become a member of an urban tribe?
8. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Olbia?

Ludi Novi Romani - Certamen Historicum - Day 5 - 05 March
9. Who were the aediles of Oppidum Bucurestium in the year 2761?
10. Who was the plebeian tribune who was born in 163 BC and would later be killed by the Boni due to his political agenda?

Ludi Novi Romani - Certamen Historicum - Day 6 - 06 March
11. Who earned a triumph for victory over the Celtiberi in 93 BC?
12. Nova Roma has a few fora where official business takes place, such as taking an oath of office or recording a law. What are the names of at least three of these fora and where would one find them?
13. A Nova Roma citizen assigned to Century XLVII, who lives in the United States of America in the macronational world, should pay how much in annual taxes to Nova Roma for the year 2765 AUC?


Rules of the Certamen Historicum
1. Do not post answers to the mailing lists and do not post answers by simply hitting the Reply button.
2. Submit your answers to m.pompeius@... with the subject heading 'Certamen Historicum'.
3. Each correct answer is worth 1 point. An extra point may be awarded for an especially detailed and excellent answer.
4. New questions will be posted at about 01:00 Rome Time (1:00 AM Central European Time / GMT +1) each day of the Ludi Novi Romani.
5. Entries may be submitted at any time before 23:59 Rome Time (11:59 PM Central European Time / GMT +1) on 8 March 2765.
6. The current standings will be posted each evening so you may find the best practice is to send in your answers each day for the current day's questions to ensure your standings are updated on this page.
7. A list of the top ten contestants, including the winner, will be posted on this page no later than 12 March 2765.
8. Any questions, concerns or requests should be addressed to m.pompeius@... no later than 15 March 2765.
9. My decision is final in interpreting what is and what is not a correct answer.

Optime valete!
 
M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87677 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: NONIS MARTIIS
Cato omnibus in foro SPD

Hodiernus dies est Nonis Martiis; hic dies fastus est.

"The Nones of March are free of meetings, because it's thought
The temple of Veiovis was consecrated today before the two groves.
When Romulus ringed his grove with a high stone wall,
He said: `Whoever takes refuge here, they will be safe.'
O from how tenuous a beginning the Romans sprang!
How little that crowd of old are to be envied!
But so the strange name won't confuse you, unknowingly,
Learn who this god is, and why he is so called.
He is the young Jupiter: see his youthful face:
Then see his hand, holding no lightening bolt.
Jove carried his lightning bolts after the Giants dared
Their attempt on the heavens: at first he was unarmed.
Ossa blazed with his new fires, and Pelion higher than Ossa,
And Olympus rooted to the solid earth.
A she-goat stands there too: they say the Cretan nymphs
Nursed the god: and she gave her milk to the infant Jove.
Now I'm called on to explain the name. Farmers call
Stunted grain vegrandia, and what's feeble vesca.
If that's the meaning, why should I not suspect
That the shrine of Veiovis is that of Little Jupiter?
Now when the stars glitter in the dark-blue sky,
Look up: you'll see the head of Gorgonian Pegasus.
It's said he leapt from the fecund neck of dead Medusa,
His mane drenched with her blood.
As he glided above the clouds, beneath the stars,
The sky was his earth, wings acted instead of feet,
And soon he champed indignantly on the fresh bit,
So that his light hoof created Helicon's Aonian spring.
Now he enjoys the sky, that his wings once sought,
And glitters there brightly with his fifteen stars." - Ovid, Fasti III

"Secondly, finding that many of the cities in Italy were very badly
governed, both by tyrannies and by oligarchies, he undertook to
welcome and attract to himself the fugitives from these cities, who
were very numerous, paying no regard either to their calamities or to
their fortunes, provided only they were free men. His purpose was to
increase the power of the Romans and to lessen that of their
neighbours; but he invented a specious pretext for his course, making
it appear that he was showing honour to a god. For he consecrated the
place between the Capitol and the citadel which is now called in the
language of the Romans "the space between the two groves," — a term
that was really descriptive at that time of the actual conditions, as
the place was shaded by thick woods on both sides where it joined the
hills, — and made it an asylum for suppliants. And built a temple
there, — but to what god or divinity he dedicated it I cannot say for
certain, — he engaged, under the colour of religion, to protect those
who fled to it from suffering any harm at the hands of their enemies;
and if they chose to remain with him, he promised them citizenship and
a share of the land he should take from the enemy. And people came
flocking thither from all parts, fleeing from their calamities at
home; nor had they afterwards any thought of removing to any other
place, but were held there by daily instances of his sociability and
kindness." - Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1.15.1-4

"Meantime the City was growing by the extension of its walls in
various directions an increase due rather to the anticipation of its
future population than to any present overcrowding. His next care was
to secure an addition to the population that the size of the City
might not be a source of weakness. It had been the ancient policy of
the founders of cities to get together a multitude of people of
obscure and low origin and then to spread the fiction that they were
the children of the soil. In accordance with this policy, Romulus
opened a place of refuge on the spot where, as you go down from the
Capitol, you find an enclosed space between two groves. A promiscuous
crowd of freemen and slaves, eager for change, fled thither from the
neighbouring states. This was the first accession of strength to the
nascent greatness of the city." - Livy, History of Rome 1.7

Veiovis (Vediovis) is one of the oldest of the Roman gods. He is a god
of healing, and was later associated with the Greek Asclepius. He was
mostly worshipped in Rome and Bovillae in Latium. On the Capitoline
Hill and on the Tiber Island temples were erected in his honor. In
spring, goats were sacrificed to avert plagues. Veiovis is portrayed
as a young man, holding a bunch of arrows (or lightning bolts) in his
hand, and is accompanied by a goat. He is probably based on the
Etruscan god Veive.

The Temple of Veiovis was only brought to light in 1939, during the
excavation underneath Piazza del Campidoglio for the creation of the
Gallery Junction. The parts of the building which make up the Palazzo
Senatorio are superimposed both over the temple and over the nearby
Tabularium, thereby managing to obscure the Roman building almost
completely and as a result saving it from destruction.

According to ancient sources, and based on the discovery, in the area
of the cella, of a marble statue used for religious purposes, it has
been possible to identify the divinity to whom this temple was
dedicated: Veiovis, the youthful God of the underworld who was the
ancient Italic version of Jupiter. Latin authors define its position
as being "inter duos lucos", that is to say between two sacred woods
situated on the two heights of the Capitoline Hill. In the same area
was also situated the Asylum, where, legend has it, Romulus extended
hospitality to fugitives from other parts of the Latium region, in
order to populate the new city which he founded.

Consecrated in 196 B.C. by Consul Lucius Furius Purpurio in the Battle
of Cremona during the war against the Boii Gauls, the temple was then
dedicated in 192 B.C. by Quintus Marcius Ralla.

Valete bene!

Cato
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87678 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Romani, semi finals, race 1
Congrats Licinus and Julia! It was a very good race.



Valete,

Crassus



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Sent: terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 19:42
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Ludi Romani, semi finals, race 1





Semi finals, race 1

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen all across the Republic! This is NR
LIVE, I'm Arianrhod with Hermanus, my husband, and this is the semifinal
races of the Ludi Novi Romani!

Her: Before we begin the race, though, we have a special report on the 2nd
quarter final race, where Cn. Cornelius' chariot was disqualified, costing
Russata the win. In our studio with us is Fantastica, who has an update.

Fan: I do, indeed,Hermanus. We have learned from the press relations office
of the Curule Aedilicia that the chariot in question was disqualified,
because the owner was caught trying to hire the sabotage of the Albata entry
in that race. The owner was banned from racing in these races,but not for
the entire year, as could have happened, and received a very hefty fine
.twice the amount paid for his attempt.

AR: Do either the chariot owner, Lentulus, or the Aedile have anything to
say abut this?

FAN: (laughs). Well, the owner protests his innocence with great vigor,
saying he had no knowledge of this .and the Aedile made no direct comment,
other than to say that there is always a cost to taking certain kinds of
risks. All she would say to this reporter was, and I quote, was "We
discovered a serious problem. I dealt with it."

HER: So .hopefully, we will see Fodor Sophia in other races .but I'd be
willing to bet the owned will be *much* more careful in future.

AR: OK, the parade of chariots has started. This race is all blue and white!
And Albata fans and Veneta fans are tossing blue and white pompoms at one
another, and engaging in god natured shouting matches. Blue and white
banners and ribbons are everywhere, and the heads of both factios are in
their boxes, surrounded by friends and well wishers. Fist, we have Fulmen
driven by Mugitus and owned by P. Porcius Licinus. It's going to be a noisy
race, (laughs). It's a good thing our microphones can't pick up exactly
*what* Licinus shouts ..the Praetors would take us off the air! Next, we
have Tudor Decimator, driven by Serapis, and owned by M. Iulius Aquila. He's
the grandson of Pontifex L. Iulia Aquila, you know, and he will be racing
against his grandmother's chariot in this race.

AR: Oh, my! But knowing the Pontifex and he grandson as I do, they are
probably rooting for each other. Of course, they would love a 1, 2 finish
.although they differ as to who would be in each winning spot!

HER: Yes, noting like a family affair! Last, for Veneta is Ballista, driven
superbly in the last race by Valens, and owned by the Pontifex Maximus C.
Petronius Dexter.

AR: Who is *also* one of our Praetors, so watch your language, especially
when things heat up.

HER: *my* language? *laughs* you, little Welsh girl, can make a battle
hardened legionary blush!

AR: From whom do you think I learned? OK .the parade has finished, and the
Aedile is escorted to her place above the tack. The crowd is going insane
and she waits a minute, then raises the mappa, and lets it fall. They[re
off!

HER: Leaving the gate, it's Ballista, Ignis Natus, Tudor Decimator, then
Fulmen, and Mugitus has already started shouting .probably telling the
others to get out of his way.

AR: well,it's certainly a leisurely start! They're all conserving energy,
but it looks like they're out for a Spring picnic, for all love!

HER: they go into the 1st turn, and Ballista has the perfect line. Out they
come, and here comes Ignis Natus to challenge Ballista .and Fulmen is
challenging Tudor Decimator. Young Serapis just flicked his whip at Mugitus,
who laughs and flicks his back. Is that greeting, or threat? But .ah!
Serapis used the momentary distraction to edge ahead of Fulmen, and is
keeping him blocked in, unable to pass. The lap marker falls for the 1st
lap, and it's Ballista by a nostril, then Ignis Natus, then a small gap,
then Tudor Decimator and Fulmen, practically on his backboard! But Ignis
Natus is making a move, and Canius is trying to crowd Valens, who isn't
having any.

AR: is Canius smiling, yet?

HER: Not that I can see, which is good for Ballista! OK, oh,wow ..Serapis
tried to block Mugitus and went the wrong way, and Fulmen takes advantage to
slip just ahead of Serapis, who is trying to get back into 3rd place, and,
into the turn they go! Canius has the best line, and gives his horses their
head to sweep through the turn. Out they come .and Ignis Natus has a nice
lead, but Fulmen is challenging Ballista, now, with Decimator right behind
him. Ballista keep his place,though, and Valens doesn't even look back, but
seems to be measuring the distance between him and the leader. The 2nd lap
marker drops, and it's Canius in 1st, followed by Valens in Ballista, then
Canius in Ignis Natus,and Mugitus in Fulmen right behind, and into to the
3rd lap.

AR: Here comes Serapis! He is passing everybody! He's now in 2nd,
challenging Ballista,but Ballista isn't giving any ground, so he settles in
2nd, while Canius and Mugitus battle for the 3rd position, and I think
.yes,Canius is smiling. That is very dangerous! Fulmen ties to pass, and
Canius cracks his whip, just in front of the opposing horses noses. They shy
a little, but Mugitus keeps control, though it costs him 3rd place, and in
to the turn they go, with Ballista getting the perfect line, and Valens is
taking that turn closely,but not dangerously. They come out, and the crowd
is wild. Serapis is now challenging Ballista again, and this time, he gets
ahead, and Fulmen is moving up on Canius, and .tries to crowd Canius into
the wall, but Canius keeps his line. Fulmen draws into 3rd, and the 3rd lap
marker drops. So it's Ballista and Tudor Decimator fighting neck and neck
for 1st, and Fulmen and Ignis Natus fighting for 3rd, but there aren't 2
chariot lengths between all of them!

Into the next turn.and Decimator slips inside Ballista's line,and is going
to risk a very close pass of the Spina. If it works, it will put him in
front, but if it doesn't .OK,they have all come out OK, and, indeed,
Decimator has pulled in front,and Serapis raises an arm in victory. Not
quite yet, lad.

OK, the 3rd lap marker has dropped, and we are almost half way through this
race. It looks like everyone is going to take this lap a little
easy.conserving energy for the finish. They keep place into the turn, but
Fulmen.men slips through Canius' guard and comes out in 3rd. Canius has
something else in mind, however, and forces past Fulmen, or ties to, but
Fulmen is challenging Ballista for 2nd, the they ace, the 2 Veneta chariots,
side by side, and into the turn, with Serapis in Tudor Decimator getting the
line this time. Out they come,and it's Decimator, Fulmen with Ballista right
behind, and then Ignis Natus, holding back, I think.

Ah,now then! As the 4th marker drops, and the 5th lap begins, Canius starts
his challenge of Ballista, trying to creep ahead. Fulmen is moving up on
Tudor Decimator, and I think Mugitus is trying to deafen Serapis, who is
laughing. Into the turn they go, and ut in the same positions,and keep them
until the marker drops and the 6th lap begins.

Canius gives his hoses their heads,and he pulls ahead of Ballista, while
Serapis increases his lead over Fulmen ..and Mugitus is furious! But they go
into the turn, and this time, it looks like Fulmen will take the risk, and
hug the Spina, trying to get an advantage, but they come out, and Decimator
is still in front by a length, now, with Fulmen next, then Canius, who is
starting to challenge Fulmen, and the lap marker drops. We're in the final
lap .now we'll have some *fun*! Canius is making his move on Fulmen,but
Fulmen is pounding down this course, with Decimator in his sighs. Decimator
tries to keep the lead,but Fulmen is catching him up, and Serapis can't get
what he needs from his horses. So, going into the final turn, it's Serapis,
with Fulmen jus behind, Then Canius, then Ballista, and out they come for
the final stretch. Look at Fulmen go! He's gabbed the lead, just,and here
comes Canius! Ignis Natus has passed the other Albata chariot ..and, it
looks like it's going to be Fulmen, Ignis Natus, Tudor Decimator, and
Ballista. It isn't quite a photo finish,but there isn't much room between
any of them!

It has certainly turned ut to be an exciting race, and after some
entertainment, sponsored this time, I'm told by the Midatlantica Provincia,
we'll be back with more from the Circus Maximus! Bye for now!

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87679 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: RE: [Nova-Roma] LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 - SECOND SEMI-FINAL.
Congrats Julia and Sulla.



I still say Russata was robbed but alas we will show in the next Ludi!



Valete,

Crassus



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS
Sent: terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 22:23
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765 – SECOND SEMI-FINAL.






Salvete omnes. Hello listeners.
Welcome to Nova Roma News Radio, broadcasting to you from the eternal city.

Today is day six of the Ludi Novi Romani, so its semi-final day. Our next
program features the second semi-final race. Our reporter, Caeso Tarquinius
Scipio, is down at the Circus Maximus – so come in Scipio!

Yes, Salvete omnes, hello everybody and welcome back to the races. Its ideal
weather for racing, today, and we have another great race coming up. The
four drivers are Eudoxius driving Mellivora Capensis owned by Lucius
Cornelius Sulla Felix in Praesina colours, that very exciting young military
auriga, Spero of Rome driving Elpidius for L. Iulia Aquila of Albata, and
they're up against Hirtius driving Flamma owned by Aulus Vitellius Celsus
for Russata, and Stolo driving Incitatus for C Petronius Dexter,
representing Veneta. Stolo gave us a fine display in the quarter finals, so
anything could happen in this next race.

The crowds are out in force here today, and you should see the colours
splashed along the stands. All the factions have tunics in their house
colours, and they've armed themselves with streamers and pom-poms, and it
looks like they've been practicing their cheer routines. Each of the four
factions have a team running in this race, so everyone is going to have good
reason to cheer loudly.

The teams are ready in the stalls, the gates are closed ready for the start,
and yes, here comes V. Valerius Volusus with the mappa ready to send them
off. He holds it high to get full attention, lets it fall, the gates spring
open and they're away.

Its a good clean start, they're all powering down to the first straight, in
a tight bunch still at the moment, but Eudoxius seems to be just slightly in
front. Sulla will be pleased that his team are showing their worth, and now
Stolo and Spero are closing up to fight for second place. Hirtius is
beginning to move up – his strong horses will move very fast on the
straights.

Down the straight they go, picking up speed, looking for openings. Stolo has
moved up to take on Spero before the turn, he wants to get the best line
while he has time, and Hirtius is on the outside – he's taking a chance that
he can cut across while they're still on the straight. He'll need a bit more
speed – but his team is giving him what he demands, and he's ahead of Spero
and challenging Stolo for second place. They're right on the turn now,
Eudoxius in the lead, then Stolo and Hirtius side by side, and Spero right
on their heels. Hirtius is really taking an early chance here, and they're
side by side as they go into the turn. Hirtius looks as if he's got the
speed to take Stolo, but Stolo has the advantage of the nearside.

They're all out of sight at the moment, but as they come back into view its
Eudoxius still in the lead, but its Hirtius in second place, Hirtius has
managed to keep up the pressure right round the curve and force Stolo back
into third place. Stolo is not going to be happy about that. As they start
down the straight its Stolo going all out to get second place back. A real
race has developed between Stolo and Hirtius, and the crowds are urging them
on. Just look at them go, They're glaring at each other, gritting their
teeth, pushing their teams forward, firing their whips. The thunder of
hooves and roar of the wheels is driving the crowd mad, they're yelling in
delight as these two roar down the straight. This is where Hirtius should
have the advantage, but Stolo is holding his own, and they're beginning to
move up on Eudoxius. He's looking behind him and putting on a bit more
speed. He wants to stop them catching him before he reaches the turn. Spero
is still in last place.

As they reach the turn its Eudoxius, then Stolo and Hirtius neck and neck,
and now Spero beginning to move up. It looks as if there'll be a fight on
this turn, Stolo and Hirtius both want to get to the inside, lets see how
they come out.

And here they come, Eudoxius still in the lead, Hirtius just ahead of Stolo
but only by a whisker, and Spero right on their heels. My goodness, ladies
and gentlemen, this is going to be such a fast race, with action all the
way. Hirtius has seized his chance to show his speed on this straight. He's
immediately closing on Eudoxius, leaving Stolo falling behind,and as the
markers fall they're neck and neck. And now Spero is moving up on Stolo,
that rig really is moving well, with dust flying up from the hooves and
wheels as they storm up the straight. I can see L. Iulia Aquila and her
party jumping up to get a closer view, and its the turn of the Albata fans
to bellow their support. The noise is deafening, oh the excitement, just
look at that rig go! They're changing position so fast I can hardly keep up.
Its Eudoxius from Hirtus, then Spero has passed Stolo, but there is almost
nothing between them.

Eudoxius will just get to the turn first, with Hirtius and Spero both trying
to get onto the inside, and Stolo right behind. They're out of sight for the
moment, but there is a lot of noise and dust, and some loud gasps from those
down at the end of the circus. I;m straining to see who will come out first
– wait, that's Spero, Spero has taken the lead, Eudoxius and Hirtus are side
by side right behind him, and Stolo is trying to take third place.

Now its into the straight, and this is where Hirtius will want to make a bid
to move up. But no, its Stolo who has recovered best from that turn – he
must have deliberately held clear, and all three rigs, Stolo, Hirtius and
Eudoxius are now neck and neck, with Spero in the lead. And now its Stolo
and Hirtius moving clear from Eudoxius – I can see Sulla getting very hot
under his collar and making threatening – perhaps I should say encouraging –
signs at Eudoxius. It seems to be working, Eudoxius has pulled back into
line with the other two, and all three rigs are now racing neck and neck
down the straight. Spero is only just ahead as they reach the turn, Hirtius
is on the inside with a good line, Stolo is almost inside his traces, and
Eudoxius is being pushed out to the right.

Round they come, and its Spero in the lead, then Hirtius and Stolo and a lot
of screeching and groaning of wood and metal going on, then Eudoxius still
keeping wide but holding his ground. It looks as if Stolo is having problems
with his steering, he is having to haul his team off to the right in order
to steer a straight course. Eudoxius has seen that, and has charged towards
him, bumping Stolo towards the spina. The markers fall, and Stolo is right
up against the spina, That's a lot of crashing and grinding, and Stolo is
taking damage. He's managed to pull out, but Eudoxius is straight back into
him, back he goes into the spina, and again he pulls out. That rig won't
take much more of this, but Stolo refuses to give up. He's desperate to get
clear of Eudoxius, but Hirtius is too close in front. He can't pull far
enough to the right to get past Hirtius, and he doesn't have enough speed.
He's suddenly slowed his team, Eudoxius has rushed past into third place,
and Stolo is trying to stabilise his rig.

Spero is nearly at the turn, with Hirtius and now Eudoxius right on his
tail. Stolo has managed to get a bit more control, but is in last place and
in a poor line for the turn. I can just see Eudoxius wedging himself into
the left side and trying to push Hirtius out – if he doesn't crash himself
he could move up a place here. He fires his whip time after time, and
Hirtius gives ground.

As they come out of the turn its Spero, then Eudoxius, then Hirtius and
Stolo in the rear. Spero and Eudoxius are making a break now, charging down
the straight, whips firing, wheels clashing, hooves thundering, the crowd
are completely out of control and are baying for blood here. Everyone is on
his feet, no one can sit when there is this amount of excitement. This is a
race that will go down in the record books, and everyone here will have
tales to tell their families and neighbours when they get back home.

Eudoxius is just in the lead, there's not much in it – a whisker I'd say,
but he's determined not to lose this chance. A glance over at Sulla confirms
that failure is not an option here. The whips fire again, Spero is being
stung by whipcord, but he doesn't flinch, his head is down, he grits his
teeth, he roars at his team and they go neck and neck towards the turn.

Meanwhile at the back of the field its Stolo making a surprising bid to
catch Hirtius. His rig seems to have held together despite the odds, and he
is slowly moving up. Hirtius is blocking him, but suddenly Hirtius has moved
too far right, and Stolo is going to wedge himself in to the spina to
overtake. This looks like a desperate move, Hirtius pulls back hard to the
left, he bumps Stolo, the wheels crash, Stolo bounces off the spina and back
out into Hirtius, pieces of wood and canvas fly, Stolo has lost control, he
pulls hard on his right, but the rig won't turn, the right hand wheel is
shattered, he's going down on the right, he's over, he's finished, he chops
his knife through the reins and throws himself clear. Out race the wrecking
crew, catch the horses, pick up Stolo who is bruised but still standing, and
throw ropes round the wreckage. That was a brave drive by Stolo, he gave his
all against impossible odds at the end there, but sadly he could not survive
those crashes.

Up at the front Eudoxius and Spero are disappearing round the turn, and
Hirtius is now clear to catch up if he can. His tactics for this race were
to move fast on the straight, and hurry in the final laps, but has he left
it too late? Well, he's certainly going for it, hurtling down the straight
in pursuit of the leaders, they've disappeared on the turn and Hirtius is
still on the straight. I think its going to be too late for him. Coming out
of the turn now its Eudoxius from Spero, not much between them still, and no
sign of Hirtius yet. Wait, here he comes, he had a clear run on the turn so
got a perfect line and has saved precious seconds. Now he has the straight
ahead of him, no one in his way, he is designed for speed and he gives it
everything he's got, Spero looks back in amazement at the rig closing up
behind them. But its all too late, they are too close to the line, Eudoxius
demands every last ounce of stamina from his team, Spero's team are right
alongside, and Hirtius is right on their heels.

It's almost to close to call, but the results show that at the line, as the
markers go down for the last time, its Eudoxius just clear from Spero, and
Hirtius close behind. I can see much rejoicing in the Sulla and Iulia Aquila
camps as they prepare for parties tonight before the final contest tomorrow,

Stolo is bandaged but unbowed, but his chariot, Incitatus will need a
complete rebuild.

And so that's the last race we have here today, but we'll be back here
tomorrow for the finals. Be sure to join us then.

And now back to the studio.

Valete omnes





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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87680 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765-Certamen Mythologicum (Dies/Day 7)
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia Omnibus in foro S.P.D.

Today is day seven of the Mythology Quiz, each question is worth 3
points. Please submit all answers to the following e-mail address
Musesdream@... subject header/"Mythology Quiz"..

***Special Note*** Please do not reply with answers on the Main List,
please submit them through private response only! See the questions below.

So far those who have entered the competition, have been keeping up with
each other and it is a tight race, but I urge more to enter and
participate! Expect some bonus rounds in the days to come..

Bonam Fortunam (Good Luck) to all the participants! Plurimas Gratias (Many
thanks) to those who have entered and participated meanwhile!

Valete Optime,
Aeternia

*Dies 7: ( Concordia & Mercurius)*



*Concordia *

1. Name the goddesses opposite of Concordia?

2. What are the masculine deities associated with Concordia?

3. True or False. Harmonia is the greek �counterpart of Concordia?

*Mercurius*

1. Mercurius is often depicted with having which bird accompany him?

2. True or False. Mercurius was assigned Flamens?

3. Mercurius invented the Lyre from the shell of which animal?


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87681 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Oath of office (Legatus pro Praetore Hispaniae)
C. Aemilius Crassus omnibus SPD,



I, Gaius Aemilius Crassus (Andre Wemans) do hereby solemnly swear to uphold
the honor of Nova Roma, and to act always in the best interests of the
people and the Senate of Nova Roma.



As a magistrate of Nova Roma, I, Gaius Aemilius Crassus (Andre Wemans) swear
to honor the Gods and Goddesses of Rome in my public dealings, and to pursue
the Roman Virtues in my public and private life.



I, Gaius Aemilius Crassus (Andre Wemans) swear to uphold and defend the
Religio Romana as the State Religion of Nova Roma and swear never to act in
a way that would threaten its status as the State Religion.



I, Gaius Aemilius Crassus (Andre Wemans) swear to protect and defend the
Constitution of Nova Roma.



I, Gaius Aemilius Crassus (Andre Wemans) further swear to fulfill the
obligations and responsibilities of the office of Legatus pro praetore of
Hispania to the best of my abilities.



On my honor as a Citizen of Nova Roma, and in the presence of the Gods and
Goddesses of the Roman people and by their will and favor, do I accept the
position of Legatus pro praetore of Hispania and all the rights, privileges,
obligations, and responsibilities attendant thereto.



Non. Mar. 2765 AVC.



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Latin:

Ego, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, hac re ipsa decus Novae Romae me defensurum, et
semper pro populo senatuque Novae Romae acturum esse sollemniter IVRO.

Ego, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, officio Legati pro Praetore Provinciae
Hispaniae accepto, deos deasque Romae in omnibus meae vitae publicae
temporibus culturum, et virtutes Romanas publica privataque vita me
persecuturum esse IVRO.

Ego, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, Religioni Romanae me fauturum et eam
defensurum, et numquam contra eius statum publicum me acturum esse, ne quid
detrimenti capiat IVRO.

Ego, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, officiis muneris Legati pro Praetore Provinciae
Hispaniae me quam optime functurum esse praeterea IVRO.

Meo civis Novae Romae honore, coram deis deabusque populi Romani, et
voluntate favoreque eorum, ego munus Legati pro Praetore Provinciae
Hispaniae una cum iuribus,

privilegiis, muneribus et officiis comitantibus ACCIPIO.

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Español:

Yo, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, por la presente juro solemnemente enaltecer el
honor de Nova Roma y trabajar siempre por los legítimos intereses del Senado
y el Pueblo de Nova Roma.

Como un magistrado de Nova Roma, yo, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, juro honrar a
los Dioses y Diosas de Roma en mis actividades públicas, y perseguir las
Virtudes Romanas en mi vida pública y privada.

Yo, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, juro mantener y defender la Religión Romana como
Religión Estatal de Nova Roma, y nunca actuar de manera que pueda resultar
amenazada su condición de Religión del Estado.

Yo, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, juro proteger y defender la Constitución de Nova
Roma.

Yo, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, juro además cumplir con las obligaciones y
responsabilidades del cargo de Legati pro Praetore Provinciae Hispaniae,
poniendo en ello toda mi capacidad y habilidades.

Por mi honor de ciudadano de Nova Roma, en presencia de los Dioses y Diosas
del Pueblo Romano y por su voluntad y favor, acepto la posición de Legati
pro Praetore Provinciae Hispaniae y todos los derechos, privilegios,
obligaciones y responsabilidades que a ella corresponden.

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Português:

Eu, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, juro solenemente defender a honra de Nova Roma,
e de agir sempre em nome dos melhores interesses do Povo e do Senado de Nova
Roma.

Como magistrado de Nova Roma, eu, Gaius Aemilius Crassus juro honrar os
Deuses e Deusas de Roma nas minhas acções públicas, e praticar as Virtudes
Romanas na minha vida pública e privada.

Eu, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, juro promover e defender a Religio Romana como a
religião do Estado de Nova Roma, mais juro em como nunca agirei de forma a
ameaçar o seu estatuto como a religião de Estado.

Eu, Gaius Aemilius Crassus, juro proteger e defender a constituição de Nova
Roma.

Eu, Gaius Aemilius Crassus mais juro cumprir as obrigações e
responsabilidades do cargo de de Legati pro Praetore Provinciae Hispaniae
até ao limite das minhas capacidades.

Em nome da minha honra como cidadão de Nova Roma, e na presença dos Deuses e
Deusas do povo Romano e através da sua vontade e favor, eu aceito o cargo de
de Legati pro Praetore Provinciae Hispaniae e todos os seus direitos,
privilégios, obrigações e responsabilidades inerentes ao mesmo.



Di vos incólumes custodiant.



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87682 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Devotional to Vesta
Caeca Celeris Sal!

Thank you for your kind words. These are a joy and an honor for me to provide.

Vale et valete!
C. Maria Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87683 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Oath of office
Cn. Iulius Caesar sal

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (Nigel Kell) do hereby solemnly swear to uphold the honor of Nova Roma, and to act always in the best interests of the people and the Senate of Nova Roma.

As a magistrate of Nova Roma, I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (Nigel Kell) swear to honor the Gods and Goddesses of Rome in my public dealings, and to pursue the Roman Virtues in my public and private life.

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (Nigel Kell) swear to uphold and defend the Religio Romana as the State Religion of Nova Roma and swear never to act in a way that would threaten its status as the State Religion.

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (Nigel Kell) swear to protect and defend the Constitution of Nova Roma.

I, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (Nigel Kell) further swear to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of the office of governor of Canada Ulterior to the best of my abilities.

On my honor as a Citizen of Nova Roma, and in the presence of the Gods and Goddesses of the Roman people and by their will and favor, do I accept the position of governor of Canada Ulterior and all the rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities attendant thereto.

Optime valete


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87684 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Certamen Historicum
M. Pompeius Caninus omnibus in foro S. P. D. 


The history quiz contest is still open! Visit the Ludi wiki page at http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Historicum%c2%a0for the complete list of questions. Send your answers by private email to m.pompeius@... before 23:59 on 08 March 2765.

I sincerely hope you enjoy these Ludi Novi Romani!  

Optime valete!
 
M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87685 From: GAIUS MARCIUS CRISPUS Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Salvete omnes

It hardly seems possible that we are already on the last day down at the Circus. We spent so long looking forward to our week of fun and excitement, and its over in a blink of an eye.

We've met up with all our friends and relatives. We've clapped, cheered and shouted until we were hoarse in all the races. We've been treated almost royally by the merchants who have kept us beautifully supplied with food and wine through the day, and we've all clubbed together to give a leaving present to the little dark girl who has ensured we have never lacked our favourite confections. We've done our sight-seeing and our shopping. We've caught up on all the latest news, and told our friends of our own adventures.

But now its time for us to return home, and we start to say our goodbyes. But for some of us the last evening would not be complete without a final visit to our favourite tavern, the Eagle.

And so we take our leave of the Circus and our party gradually thins out as we stroll through the city streets. And suddenly, there we are, at the corner that leads to the Eagle, and as we get nearer we can see two familiar figures ahead. One is Merlinius, who is wearing a huge cloak, a floppy hat and carrying a long staff. The other is a complete contrast, for he is Parnesius, Centurion of the Seventh.

We catch them up as we reach the crush just inside the door. The Eagle is justly popular, and it seems to be more crowded every time we visit. There is a crush around the counter, but we move through to the comfortable back room where three couches surround the low table, the old lamps gleam their welcome, the fire crackles in the grate, and the publican is ready to take our order. We all greet each other warmly, knowing that it could be quite some time before we meet again. For who knows where Parnesius will be sent, and he is far too careful to risk careless talk.

I ask Merlinius for a story, and he immediately claims his usual reward. "Ah, Vinius, the usual Falernian please"!

The wine is brought, we find our seats, settle back and relax. "I suppose you want more tales of the gods, do you?", he asks. "Well, today you Romans hold Mercury in tribute, so let's make him our story for tonight".

"Mercury is one of the young gods. I think that in some ways I prefer the younger ones, they have a lot of youthful innocence, and a lot of character. And that really does apply to Mercury. He was so quick that almost as soon as he was born he was into mischief. They used to say that he was born early in the morning, had invented the lyre by lunchtime, and learnt to play it in the same afternoon. But because he was faster than the eye could see, he started snatching things that belonged to all the other gods. They should have been cross with him, but because he was so young and his speed so impressive, and anyway they couldn't catch him, they had to forgive him. But his reputation as a scamp grew and grew. So Iuppiter, the Greatest and the best, decided that he needed to give him a purpose that made use of his speed. So what he did was to use him as his messenger. And because he wanted him to be even faster, so that his messages were not at all delayed, he made him wear winged shoes and a winged cap. And because that was a sort of uniform, it made him feel important, and that made him feel proud that he was doing a useful service, and so he became really good at doing it".

"And of course, as soon as all the other gods saw how useful he was at being a messenger, they all wanted to use him. And soon he was busier than ever. And of course the busier he was, the more important he felt, and the harder he worked to please them all. He was soon to be seen racing across the skies on his errands, and people thought that he would be a good symbol to watch over roads to help speed people on journeys. And because he was the god of messages, he also came to preside over messages, including spoken messages. And so we describe those good at making a speech as having a silver tongue, for they are quick to get their message across".

"And of course we usually see him carrying a rod with two snakes wrapped around it. The story about this is that, on his travels, he saw two snakes fighting. He picked up a stick and threw it at the snakes to make them stop, and they broke off from their battle, twined themselves round the snake, and became a symbol of peace and concord. And so messages and speeches can help to bring peace and concord between people"

Merlinius broke off from his tale and took a long drink of Falernian. "And as travel to us means trade, getting new contracts, bringing back consignments of goods, he is also associated with business, making money, protecting our interests far away. And as well as that, because we think that the dead travel to a new land, he was also given charge of those who were dying, carrying their spirits to the realms of the dead"

"And so he represents many things, and you can see every age of a life in him. But I always think of him as a young golden-haired god, full of mischief, ready to try anything new, dashing here and there at top speed, carrying messages that can never to stopped or intercepted"

Merlinius broke off again and drank more wine. Parnesius had been thinking about what he was saying. "That's what we need", he said. "Some way of sending messages much faster. Now, if we only had that, just think what we could achieve". Merlinius chuckled at his friend. "Well, maybe one day" he said. "But for now you just have to do what you can with what you have, and use your natural cunning to keep one step ahead of trouble".

Some of us were thinking about Mythia's story. "Did you really meet her during the plague?" we asked. "Oh yes", he said. "That's all quite true". She doesn't yet remember everything that happened, but she bears the token of the Eagles, and wherever she goes the Eagles will be watching and protecting her. But other powers are also watching and protecting her, and sometimes I know that the legions need a little help, sometimes I hear other voices telling me that I'm needed. I try to be there when they call for me. " "You seem to protect all sorts of people, like the little flower girl, the family with the poorly son and his crying sister, and there was that strange business at the temple of Vesta last year. How can you do things like that? Why are you there when strange things happen?"

"Oh, you shouldn't ask too many questions", said Parnesius. "You should just be glad that he is a friend of Rome, and he knows where and when a little help is needed." But we will all need a little help if we are to pack ready for our journeys. May the gods watch over you and protect you tonight, and in the days to come"

We had no doubt that Parnesius had called an end to this particular discussion. We were not going to find out what secrets these two friends held. There were some things that it was best not to probe too deeply, and this was one of them. Good things should simply be accepted and welcomed.

And we all wished one another a safe goodbye.

Valete omnes

Crispus
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87686 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #5 (Latin Contest)
***Answer in private message to <cnaeus_cornelius@...>, and NOT TO the mailing list!***
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Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.


You can still enter the Certamen Latinum, from answering Question #4. The older questions are now closed, because I publish the answers to Question #1, #2, and #3.

Citizens and foreigners who read this post. Start honoring Latin, and getting closer to it, simultaneously closer to Rome, by learning some facts about it through these exercises. Join this exciting race, and be you the first, second or third. It doesn't matter: what matters it's that you became more Roma by learning some bits of Latin. But only if you check in the race for one round, this is still worth it, because you will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.

And now, let's see answers to the previous questions:


ANSWERS


Answer #1
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#Answers_1

Answer #2
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#Answers_2

Answer #3
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#Answers_3


RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS


And what about the race? How did it change since yesterday?

1st - V. Aemilia Regilla - 145 pts
2nd - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 144 pts
2nd - M. Pompeius Caninus - 144 pts
3nd - L. Aelia Corva - 143 pts 
4th - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 140.5 pts
5th - T. Valeria Celeris - 131 pts
6th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)

Interesting news! Placidus and Caninus left behind Aelia Corva, but with only one point. A. Liburnius is coming, perfoming in a very solid way, and Valeria Celeris gets closer and closer to Liburnius day by day. Aemilia Regilla is still the first, she has not made a single mistake, not even one, since the beginning of the Games. But the race is very close... very close... Too close! Anything could happen. First ones may become the last ones by the end...
I personally can't wait for the epic battle between Placidus and Caninus, who duelled all the way along at last year's Certamen Latinum, to have Placidus as first by the end. Now it's time for a Pompeian revenge. Ala Pompeius Caninus.

So, come, foreigners and Nova Romans: join this company, join the race, and be among the glorious ones. Be the hero of the Certamen Latinum. Lest assured, I will glorify you enough ;)


PARTICIPATING


The deadlines for yesterday's Question #4 is the time of tomorrow's Question's posting (24 hours from now). You can send it to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> until the posting of tomorrow's Question. Today's Question #4 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.

You can find the previous Question #4 here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_6th_-_Day_6_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_4_of_the_Certamen_Latinum




March 7th - Day 7 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 5 of the Certamen Latinum



I. INTRODUCTION 5 - Conjugating Verbs in the Present Tense


We have so far discussed the dictionary forms of the Latin nouns and verbs. We tried out how to decline nouns. Today we get a bit more familiar with verbs, and we will try those "formidable" conjugations.

Please review the information about how to determine which conjugation a verb belongs to, following this link:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation

Today we will practice the Present Tense. This tense is equivalent of the English Present Progressive (I am reading) and Present Simple (I read).

Unlike English, Latin uses verb endings to express the person and number of the verb, and its tense or mood. These endings are in general the same for all conjugation groups, but there is some variation respectively to the stem vowel, which means that while, e.g. the singular third person ending is "-t" in all conjugations, in the 1st conjugation it's realized as "-at", because it's the A-Stem conjugation, in the 2nd conjugation it's "-et", (as they are the E-Stem) etc.

When conjugating a verb, you simply cut off the infinitive endings -are, -ére, -ere and -ire, and replace them with the personal endings shown on our website, respectively to the conjugation group to which the verb belongs to. Please study carefully how the conjugations work in Present Tense:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Present_Tense


II. QUESTION 5


Determine which conjugation the following verbs belong to, and conjugate them in the Present Tense (6 x 6 pts).

Follow the guidelines here:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!

accipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum (accept)
defendo, -ere, -fendi, -fensum (defend)
doceo, -ére, docui, doctum (teach)
impero, -are, -avi, -atum (order)
scio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (know)
rapio, -ere, rapui, raptum (rob)


III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:


cupio, -ere, -ivi, -itum (wish);

- after analyzing this dictionary form, you see that its infinitive (2nd dictionary form) is abbreviated as "-ere", which means that its full infinitive form written out is: "cupere". The infinitive ending "-ere" marks the Third Conjugation, and the first person singular ending "-io" (1st dictionary form) makes it an I-Stem verb of the Third Conjugation. Therefore you go to the website, and search for the Present Tense personal endings respective to this conjugation. You will find them and you can give the following forms:

SINGULAR
cupio (1 pt)
cupis (1 pt)
cupit (1 pt)
PLURAL
cupimus (1 pt)
cupitis (1 pt)
cupiunt (1 pt)


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


One question a day will be posted, participants must send their answers not to this e-mail address but to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> within 48 hours of the posting of the question. ***Posting answers to the mailing list is FORBIDDEN!***

The correct answers of the previous day and interim results will be announced together with the posting of the next questions.


SEE TODAY'S QUESTION ON OUR WEBSITE:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_7th_-_Day_7_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_5_of_the_Certamen_Latinum


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87687 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Final race



Hello god people of Nova Roma, wherever in the world you are! I am Arianrhod, with my husband Hermanus, and this is the final chariot race of the Ludi Novi Romani!



The races have been grand so far, with the drams of winning, accidents, the agony of defeat .and even a scandal, but tonight will top them all! You won't believe this field, and we have an entry that has never run in a final race in his career. Well, that is certainly about to change! The other entries are very well known, and we'll all be happy to see them again. Sadly, Russata won't be represented in the final, but they did very well for themselves, and there will be other Ludi. Everyone is here, and the stands are stuffed near to collapse! Here comes the parade of horses, and first, we have Albata with Aetius Canius in Ignis Natus, owned by L. Julia Aquila, who is looking as happy as a proud mother over there in her box. Oh, my.the race hasn't even begun yet, and Canius is smiling! When *that*man smiles, blood tends to flow, and it won't be his! Following him is Fulmen, driven by Hirtius, who did an outstanding job this year! He is an incredibly reliable drive, and his team always acquits itself well. Next, we have Spiro of Rome in Elpidius, also owned by Iulia Aquila. This young man made his debut in National racing this Ludi, and has certainly demonstrated why he was asked to put off beginning his military career until after the Ludi! I wouldn't be surprised, once he joins the legions, to see him racing again, but for one of them, this time. He may be young, but he's fierce! Finally, for Praescena, we have Eudoxius in Mellivora Capensis, (which I'm told means honey badger in Latin), and it is owned by Senator L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, who we can see, sitting in the stands, and looking very confident, indeed.



HER: We are listening for the moment to a concert from that incredible marching band we saw in the parade a few days ago, and, until very recently, they were drilling and forming patterns in the center of the race course. They are composed of the finest musicians in most of our Provinciae, and just being here this year is an incredible honor for each one of these young people, and will result in, among other things, to full scholarships to their universities of choice. Ah, it begins. The Curule Aedile is being escorted to her place above the course by none less than our consuls, and they all stand together, she unfurls the Mappa, and presents it to Consul. Caesar, who nods, holds it high, waits .waits .waits and drops it, just when the cheering has reached a crescendo. They're off!



And they come storming out of the gate, with Canius grabbing the front place, followed closely by Fulmen, then Spiro of Rome, and Eudoxius in last. However, it is obvious that this is going to be a tight race right from the start, none of them are giving an inch! As they head toward the 1st turn, Eudoxius positions himself so that he will get the shortest possible line, which puts him perilously close to the Spina, but I don't think these drivers are worried about taking risks.



AR: Not in *this* race, I tell you! OK, we can't see them, but we can hear the shouts and the thunder of hooves. Out they come, and Eudoxius and Spiro are neck and neck, and, from the sounds of it, exchanging . remarks. I doubt they are talking about the weather, but they aren't letting themselves get distracted either. Oh! Eudoxius tries to lash Spiro, who evades, and returns the favor, striking Eudoxius' arm guard. The Green driver throws his head back and laughs! Meanwhile, Fulmen is challenging Spiro, and Canius is trying to crowd Eudoxius into Spiro. No dice, though, and Eudoxius shoots ut of the squeeze like a cork from a bottle, and hurtles into the 2nd turn, and with a perfect line, too! Now, *that* is driving, by the gods! Spiro goes in next, but Fulmen is trying to get a good line by squeezing in to the left of Canius, and Canius is blocking him nicely. Out they come, and into the 3rd lap, and no one is resting their horses! They are in a clump, but you can see it's Eudoxius by an ear, then Canius just ahead of Spiro, and Fulmen right beside Spiro. They open up on the straight, and change positions as if they were dancing! They don't stay in place long enough for me to say .but they are now heading into the 3rd turn, and this time, Canius goes in first, and grabs the sweet line. With Fulmen right behind him, then Eudoxius and Spiro .and out they come into the 4th lap. Canius tries to increase his lead, but Fulmen has other ideas, and his horses' heads are even with the back of Canius' chariot. Then comes Spiro, eating up the ground, and hard on Fulmen's heels. Eudoxius is last, and it looks as if his horses might be tiring, but Eudoxius isn't using his whip, at least not yet. Sulla is looking like thunder, and shaking his fist at his driver, and into the 4th turn they go .in a clump! Out they come, and now, in the 5th lap, all of the drivers are letting their horses get a second wind, although they are still keeping their positions, well, no .Eudoxius has moved up into 3rd place and is set to go into 2nd. They go into the 5th turn now, and I swear, they are 4 horses in a row coming out! But Fulmen pulls ahead just a bit, and Spiro slips into 2nd, with Eudoxius in 3rd, and Canius just behind him...and not a gap of sky in sight between these chariots! Into the 6th turn they go, and come out into the last lap .and now it starts! Eudoxius gives a great shout, and finally uses his whip, and it is as if he has shocked his horses into flight! He goes roaring down the track, and one would think no one could possibly catch him, but Fulmen nearly does, Eudoxius has less than a head's lead, and right behind Fulmen is Spiro of Rome, trying to challenge Fulmen, and being blocked. Canius is less than a head behind Spiro, and Iulia is standing on her seat, trying to push them forward with her hands! Down the track they come, and it's .yes! Green wins! It's Eudoxius by a nose, then Fulmen, then Spiro of Rome and then Canius .but you could wrap the whole group of them in one length of ribbon!! We have seen incredible driving and skill in this race, by every driver!



The officials are presenting the laurels to Eudoxius, and Sulla has come down into the winners' circle to enjoy the glory and praise his driver. All of the owners have gone to congratulate their drivers, too .it was a truly fine race.



This, friends, is the last race of the Ludi Novi Romani .but we'll be back later in the year! The chariot racing season has just begun, and from what we've seen, it could be the best season Nova Roma has ever seen! Thanks for listening, and Hermanus and I will see you all tonight at the Eagle!


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87688 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Salve Crispe!

This is wonderful, as usual! Congratulations ...again! (smile).

Vale bene!
C. Maria Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87689 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Ave!

WHOOOOOOO....Honey Badger just takes what he wants!

And in tribute, here is the link that has inspired the honey badger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

For those with tender ears - dont go to the link it has cursing. But it is
the awesome!!!!!

Enjoy!

Vale,

Sulla

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 6:41 PM, C. Maria Caeca <c.mariacaeca@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Final race
>
> Hello god people of Nova Roma, wherever in the world you are! I am
> Arianrhod, with my husband Hermanus, and this is the final chariot race of
> the Ludi Novi Romani!
>
> The races have been grand so far, with the drams of winning, accidents,
> the agony of defeat .and even a scandal, but tonight will top them all! You
> won't believe this field, and we have an entry that has never run in a
> final race in his career. Well, that is certainly about to change! The
> other entries are very well known, and we'll all be happy to see them
> again. Sadly, Russata won't be represented in the final, but they did very
> well for themselves, and there will be other Ludi. Everyone is here, and
> the stands are stuffed near to collapse! Here comes the parade of horses,
> and first, we have Albata with Aetius Canius in Ignis Natus, owned by L.
> Julia Aquila, who is looking as happy as a proud mother over there in her
> box. Oh, my.the race hasn't even begun yet, and Canius is smiling! When
> *that*man smiles, blood tends to flow, and it won't be his! Following him
> is Fulmen, driven by Hirtius, who did an outstanding job this year! He is
> an incredibly reliable drive, and his team always acquits itself well.
> Next, we have Spiro of Rome in Elpidius, also owned by Iulia Aquila. This
> young man made his debut in National racing this Ludi, and has certainly
> demonstrated why he was asked to put off beginning his military career
> until after the Ludi! I wouldn't be surprised, once he joins the legions,
> to see him racing again, but for one of them, this time. He may be young,
> but he's fierce! Finally, for Praescena, we have Eudoxius in Mellivora
> Capensis, (which I'm told means honey badger in Latin), and it is owned by
> Senator L. Cornelius Sulla Felix, who we can see, sitting in the stands,
> and looking very confident, indeed.
>
> HER: We are listening for the moment to a concert from that incredible
> marching band we saw in the parade a few days ago, and, until very
> recently, they were drilling and forming patterns in the center of the race
> course. They are composed of the finest musicians in most of our
> Provinciae, and just being here this year is an incredible honor for each
> one of these young people, and will result in, among other things, to full
> scholarships to their universities of choice. Ah, it begins. The Curule
> Aedile is being escorted to her place above the course by none less than
> our consuls, and they all stand together, she unfurls the Mappa, and
> presents it to Consul. Caesar, who nods, holds it high, waits .waits .waits
> and drops it, just when the cheering has reached a crescendo. They're off!
>
> And they come storming out of the gate, with Canius grabbing the front
> place, followed closely by Fulmen, then Spiro of Rome, and Eudoxius in
> last. However, it is obvious that this is going to be a tight race right
> from the start, none of them are giving an inch! As they head toward the
> 1st turn, Eudoxius positions himself so that he will get the shortest
> possible line, which puts him perilously close to the Spina, but I don't
> think these drivers are worried about taking risks.
>
> AR: Not in *this* race, I tell you! OK, we can't see them, but we can hear
> the shouts and the thunder of hooves. Out they come, and Eudoxius and Spiro
> are neck and neck, and, from the sounds of it, exchanging . remarks. I
> doubt they are talking about the weather, but they aren't letting
> themselves get distracted either. Oh! Eudoxius tries to lash Spiro, who
> evades, and returns the favor, striking Eudoxius' arm guard. The Green
> driver throws his head back and laughs! Meanwhile, Fulmen is challenging
> Spiro, and Canius is trying to crowd Eudoxius into Spiro. No dice, though,
> and Eudoxius shoots ut of the squeeze like a cork from a bottle, and
> hurtles into the 2nd turn, and with a perfect line, too! Now, *that* is
> driving, by the gods! Spiro goes in next, but Fulmen is trying to get a
> good line by squeezing in to the left of Canius, and Canius is blocking him
> nicely. Out they come, and into the 3rd lap, and no one is resting their
> horses! They are in a clump, but you can see it's Eudoxius by an ear, then
> Canius just ahead of Spiro, and Fulmen right beside Spiro. They open up on
> the straight, and change positions as if they were dancing! They don't stay
> in place long enough for me to say .but they are now heading into the 3rd
> turn, and this time, Canius goes in first, and grabs the sweet line. With
> Fulmen right behind him, then Eudoxius and Spiro .and out they come into
> the 4th lap. Canius tries to increase his lead, but Fulmen has other ideas,
> and his horses' heads are even with the back of Canius' chariot. Then comes
> Spiro, eating up the ground, and hard on Fulmen's heels. Eudoxius is last,
> and it looks as if his horses might be tiring, but Eudoxius isn't using his
> whip, at least not yet. Sulla is looking like thunder, and shaking his fist
> at his driver, and into the 4th turn they go .in a clump! Out they come,
> and now, in the 5th lap, all of the drivers are letting their horses get a
> second wind, although they are still keeping their positions, well, no
> .Eudoxius has moved up into 3rd place and is set to go into 2nd. They go
> into the 5th turn now, and I swear, they are 4 horses in a row coming out!
> But Fulmen pulls ahead just a bit, and Spiro slips into 2nd, with Eudoxius
> in 3rd, and Canius just behind him...and not a gap of sky in sight between
> these chariots! Into the 6th turn they go, and come out into the last lap
> .and now it starts! Eudoxius gives a great shout, and finally uses his
> whip, and it is as if he has shocked his horses into flight! He goes
> roaring down the track, and one would think no one could possibly catch
> him, but Fulmen nearly does, Eudoxius has less than a head's lead, and
> right behind Fulmen is Spiro of Rome, trying to challenge Fulmen, and being
> blocked. Canius is less than a head behind Spiro, and Iulia is standing on
> her seat, trying to push them forward with her hands! Down the track they
> come, and it's .yes! Green wins! It's Eudoxius by a nose, then Fulmen, then
> Spiro of Rome and then Canius .but you could wrap the whole group of them
> in one length of ribbon!! We have seen incredible driving and skill in this
> race, by every driver!
>
> The officials are presenting the laurels to Eudoxius, and Sulla has come
> down into the winners' circle to enjoy the glory and praise his driver. All
> of the owners have gone to congratulate their drivers, too .it was a truly
> fine race.
>
> This, friends, is the last race of the Ludi Novi Romani .but we'll be back
> later in the year! The chariot racing season has just begun, and from what
> we've seen, it could be the best season Nova Roma has ever seen! Thanks for
> listening, and Hermanus and I will see you all tonight at the Eagle!
>
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87690 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani Announcement
Salvete!

I'm sure you have noticed, by now, that thee has been no closing ceremony, and you probably think I either forgot, or am incompetent, but, no! What has happened is ...the Ludi have been extended, sort of.

Let me explain. One of our offerings, the Latin quiz is, in actuality, a mini Latin course, and requires more time to present it in its complete form. So, for the purpose of doing that, and to give our other quiz presenters time to do their calculations and make their announcements of the winners, I have decided not to officially close the Ludi for another 7 days. But the amount of activity will lessen ...partly because it gets to be too much, and partly because we really do have urgent, serious issues with which we need to deal, and it is best to do so with as little distraction as possible. Of course, there might be ...little surprises, one just *never* knows! So, stay tuned!

Valete bene!
C. Maria Caeca
Curule Aedile

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87691 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Salvete,

Congrats to all of the particpants, the winners, and the writers, of these
amazing races.

Bravo!

P.S. Sulla about that "Honey Badger".......

Valete bene,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87692 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Ave!

What about the Honey Badger? He just takes what he wants! ;)

Vale,

Sulla

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Belle Morte Statia
<syrenslullaby@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Salvete,
>
> Congrats to all of the particpants, the winners, and the writers, of these
> amazing races.
>
> Bravo!
>
> P.S. Sulla about that "Honey Badger".......
>
> Valete bene,
> Aeternia
>
>
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>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87693 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Ave!

Just keep in mind that a Honey Badger is a weasel.

Vale!

Caninus

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87694 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Salve, Canine et al!

Don't some weasels make ... nice fur coats?

Valete!
Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87695 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Salve, Sulla,

After your victory party, you may take your Badger back to the BA.. Where
it does what it wants there ;).

Vale bene,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87696 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Salve Caeca!

Yes, the coats are nice and weasel fur hats are very warm and comfy on cold mornings.

Vale!

Caninus


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87697 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
Salve Canine!

I *had* to fix that subject line, LOL! Betcha next year, when Hermanus and Arianrhod can race again, I know a chariot sponsor who get a ...honey badger stole! Ya think? (grin).

Vale bene!
Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87698 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
Ave!

Ya know you can try to disrespect the Honey Badger, but he wanted the title
and he took it. Because he just takes what he wants! ;)

Vale,

Sulla

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:19 PM, C. Maria Caeca <c.mariacaeca@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Salve Canine!
>
> I *had* to fix that subject line, LOL! Betcha next year, when Hermanus and
> Arianrhod can race again, I know a chariot sponsor who get a ...honey
> badger stole! Ya think? (grin).
>
> Vale bene!
> Caeca
>
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>
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87699 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-07
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
Ave!

Oh, I'm not disrespecting the honey badger! But ...well ...I'd dearly love
a stole, and ...next year, when Albata wins the final race ...I just might
get one!

Vale!
Caeca
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87700 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Female Roman Citizens
>
>
> A. Tullia Scholastica Cn. Cornelio Lentulo V. Aemiliae Regillae quiritibus
> bonae voluntatis S.P.D.
>
>
> Lentulus Aemiliae s. p. d.
>
> As a general principle, Romans did not use such titles besides their names
> like M. or Ms, or Senor or Senora.
>
> ATS: Exactly.
>
> For Roman males, the sign of politeness and respect was to use the praenomen
> with the name. "Cn. Lentulus", for a Roman, sounds as "Mr. Lentulus". In case
> of women, they used their cognomen or the father's or husband's name in
> genitive if the woman had one. Aemilia Regilla is therefore like Ms. Aemilia.
> In ancient Rome, few women had a cognomen, but in NR all female citizens have.
>
> If you wanted to honor the person whom you talk to, you could use the name of
> his office (tribunus, consul, pontifex etc) - but was not as much required
> than in our modern times.
>
> ATS: In America, at least, we generally consider it pretentious to use
> titles.
>
> You could refer to someone with the title "civis", meaning "fellow-citizen".
>
> ATS: Or perhaps quiris...
>
> As others pointed out, dominus/domina meant rather "slave-owner", not
> sir/mister.
>
> ATS: Yes, though (h)erus / (h)era is even more specific there.
>
> As a gesture of politeness, you can add after the name the phrase "vir
> optimus", or "vir optime" (if directly invoked), or "femina/mulier optima".
> Most notable and highest ranking persons can be referred to by the phrases
> accompanying his names like "summus vir", "vir amplissimus", "vir
> clarissimus": there are many of such expressions, these ones are however
> illustrative of the phenomenon.
>
> ATS: Or even the less exalted O bone (for men), o bona (for women).
> These mean O good sir, o good woman.
>
> I recommend this page about using Roman addresses, names:
> http://novaroma.org/nr/Using_Roman_names
>
> Valete!
>
>  
> --- Mar 6/3/12, Denise D. ha scritto:
>
>
>  
>
> Regilla omnibus sal.
>
> Scholastica, is there other form for referring to women?
>
> Mulier means woman/mulher. It's a little strange to talk to a friend saying Hi
> woman!/Oi mulher! or This is mulier Regilla/Essa é a mulher Regilla.
>
> Bene valete!
>
>  
>
> --
>
> V.A. Regilla
>
> Tribuna Plebis
>
> Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
>
> Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae
>
> ________________________________
>
> De: A. Tullia Scholastica <fororom@...
> <mailto:fororom%40localnet.com> >
>
> Para: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com>
>
> Enviadas: Terça-feira, 6 de Março de 2012 7:59
>
> Assunto: Re: [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy,
> and Nova Roma
>
>  
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> > A. Tullia Scholastica L. Juliae Aquilae quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D.
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> > Iulia Omnibusque S.P.D
>
>> >
>
>> > Based on a philological discussion with Petronius last year regarding the
>
>> > meaning of words used in relation to Female Roman citizens:
>
>> >
>
>> > Matronae
>
>> > This is used married woman, divorcee or widow who has had children. I am a
>
>> > matron because I have been married and have children. Mothers are also
>
>> > referred to as Matris (Matres, Mater).
>
>> >
>
>> > Domina
>
>> > Married women only, with or without children. But as Petronius pointed out
>
>> > this also means the woman has slaves or is "boss." So i may continue to use
>
>> > this during the Ludi in my role as Albata boss;)
>
>> >
>
>> > ATS: This term has rather unpleasant associations (as does the male
>
>> > equivalent, dominus), so we do not use it as a form of address. It is
>
>> > properly used to refer to a boss, but not to any woman one pleases.
>> Strictly,
>
>> > however, the mistress of slaves is called an era / hera, and the master
>
>> > thereof an erus / herus. Domina factionis is reasonably proper.
>
>> >
>
>> > Virgo
>
>> > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore
>
>> > considered Virgo.- unless they are concubines or prostitutes - then the
>> label
>
>> > that fits is used. Praetrix Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this
>> category
>
>> >
>
>> > ATS: Well, mulier is likely a much better term, since I doubt that
>> women
>
>> > of our age are, um, all that innocent. Virgines are more properly those >>
too
>
>> > young to be married, or Vestales.
>
>> >
>
>> > Feminae
>
>> > Refers to any female. Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra
>> and
>
>> > Aeternia;))
>
>> >
>
>> > ATS: Femina also refers to any female animal, too; there is an
>> extensive
>
>> > discussion on part of the nomenclature instructions for our schola about
>> male
>
>> > and female frogs (given that rana is feminine in Latin, then how does one
>
>> > specify a male frog...)... Thus it is the considered opinion of our expert
>
>> > Latinist that mulier is much better for referring to women.
>
>> >
>
>> > Valete optime,
>
>> > Julia
>
>> >
>
>> > Vale, et valete.
>
>> >
>




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87701 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACE!
>
>
> A. Tullia Scholastica C. Mariae Caecae quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D.
>
>
> Ave!
>
> Oh, I'm not disrespecting the honey badger! But ...well ...I'd dearly love
> a stole, and ...next year, when Albata wins the final race ...I just might
> get one!
>
> Ooh! A stole! From honey-eating weasels? That would be nice! Wonder if
> they taste good...
> Better get some nice jewelry to go with that new wrap.
>
> Vale!
> Caeca
>
> Vale, et valete!
>
>
>




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87702 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Re : [Nova-Roma] Female Roman Citizens
>
> A. Tullia Scholastica L. Juliae Aquilae quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D.
>
>
>
> Iulia Petronio omnibusque sal,
>
> *laughs* and so more depth to what seems so simple in English and demonstrates
> the wonderful intricacies of then Latin language!
>
> ATS: It has its moments!
>
> Now both you and Magistra mentioned lovers using domina/dominus *grin* been
> there done that (?Illinc fui et illud feci?)
>
> ATS: As Petronius, Lentulus, and I know, there¹s a guy in the GLL who has
> a leather-clad, possibly whip-bearing, um, girlfriend. Maybe domina is
> suitable there.
>
> Probably Ibi eram, illud (or id) feci.
>
>
> But I sort of like sovereign mistress. Be careful that you are not giving me
> lofty ideas! Just kidding, my fellow cives will pull me out the clouds with
> a swiftess that Mercurius would admire!
>
> Still, I shall be as stubborn as you are amice and I shall continue to use
> Domina for Albata:)
>
> ATS: Well, whips ARE involved in chariot racing...
>
> Uxor is good but I rarely hear it used. However I understand a woman must be
> actively married, not divorced or widowed for it to refer to her. It is not
> something a married woman would use to describe herself unless she says "i am
> Maria, uxor of Caesar"?
>
> ATS: You may not hear it used, but is is frequent enough in Latin.
>
>>> >> Mulieres is better.
>> > Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is
>> always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you
>> want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas.
>
> ATS: Yes, much like the discussion we had in Sermo about bufo femina,
> bufo mas [it was actually bufo, not rana; bufo is masculine, but rana is
> feminine], in both English and Spanish. Some animals in Latin do have
> gender-specific nouns, however: equus, stallion or horse, equa, mare; caper,
> billy goat, capra nanny goat; cervus, buck; cerva, doe...bufones (toads) and
> ranae (frogs), however, are not among them.
>
> Ok, ok, Mulieres then;)
>
> ATS: MUCH better!
>
> Gratias tibi Petroni and also to Scholastica!
>
> ATS: Flocci est! I am eagerly waiting for your remarks on the
> availability of a certain Arizonan...
>
> Vale, et valete optime
>
> Julia
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Nova-Roma%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> Jean-François Arnoud <jfarnoud94@...> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > C. Petronius Iuliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
>> >  
>>> > > Domina
>>> > > Married women only, with or without children.
>> >  
>> > No. Domina has a meaning of sovereign, mastress... A lover may called the
>> woman that he loves "domina". You may read that in the poems of Catullus,
>> Ovid...  This is also the title of the empress when Dominus became the title
>> of the emperors. Domina is not for married women. Married woman is said
>> "uxor".
>> >  
>>> > > But as Petronius pointed out this also means the woman has slaves or is
>>> "boss."
>> >  
>> > Not "boss". Domina and (h)era are the owners, mastresses of slaves. They
>> are not their "boss". 
>> >  
>>> > > So i may continue to use this during the Ludi in my role as Albata
>>> boss;)
>> >  
>> > The boss of a factio is rather a "magistra" than a "domina".
>> >  
>>> > > Virgo
>>> > > Refers to unmarried women who have never been married and are therefore
>>> considered Virgo.- unless they are
>>> > > concubines or prostitutes - then the label that fits is used. Praetrix
>>> Aeternia and Censor Scholastica fit this category.
>> >  
>> > Virgo is for virgin, not only unmarried. You have the word "puella" who
>> means women not virgo but young, and one of the favorite word for the lovers.
>> :o)
>> >  
>>> > >Feminae
>>> > >Refers to any female.  Aedile Maria fits this category (as do I, Magistra
>>> and Aeternia;))
>> >  
>> > Mulieres is better.
>> > Femina is mostly for the feminine gender. For example, anas (duck) is
>> always feminine in Latin, like many names of birds, but it means duck, if you
>> want to precise "female duck" you may say femina anas. 
>> >  
>> > Valete optime,
>> >
>> > C. Petronius Dexter
>> > Arcoiali scribebat
>> > pridie Nonas Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
>> >
>
>
>




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87703 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani Announcement
Salvete,

Just a quick reminder because I have had people inquire in private.

The deadline for entering the Certamen Mythologicum will be March 12th.

Valete bene,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87704 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Russata, Russata, RussataÂ…, oh ok. Congrats to Sulla and to Praesena!



Great races, only lacking some shades of red ;)



Valete,

Crassus



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of C. Maria Caeca
Sent: quinta-feira, 8 de Março de 2012 01:42
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!





Final race

Hello god people of Nova Roma, wherever in the world you are! I am
Arianrhod, with my husband Hermanus, and this is the final chariot race of
the Ludi Novi Romani!

The races have been grand so far, with the drams of winning, accidents, the
agony of defeat .and even a scandal, but tonight will top them all! You
won't believe this field, and we have an entry that has never run in a final
race in his career. Well, that is certainly about to change! The other
entries are very well known, and we'll all be happy to see them again.
Sadly, Russata won't be represented in the final, but they did very well for
themselves, and there will be other Ludi. Everyone is here, and the stands
are stuffed near to collapse! Here comes the parade of horses, and first, we
have Albata with Aetius Canius in Ignis Natus, owned by L. Julia Aquila, who
is looking as happy as a proud mother over there in her box. Oh, my.the race
hasn't even begun yet, and Canius is smiling! When *that*man smiles, blood
tends to flow, and it won't be his! Following him is Fulmen, driven by
Hirtius, who did an outstanding job this year! He is an incredibly reliable
drive, and his team always acquits itself well. Next, we have Spiro of Rome
in Elpidius, also owned by Iulia Aquila. This young man made his debut in
National racing this Ludi, and has certainly demonstrated why he was asked
to put off beginning his military career until after the Ludi! I wouldn't be
surprised, once he joins the legions, to see him racing again, but for one
of them, this time. He may be young, but he's fierce! Finally, for
Praescena, we have Eudoxius in Mellivora Capensis, (which I'm told means
honey badger in Latin), and it is owned by Senator L. Cornelius Sulla Felix,
who we can see, sitting in the stands, and looking very confident, indeed.

HER: We are listening for the moment to a concert from that incredible
marching band we saw in the parade a few days ago, and, until very recently,
they were drilling and forming patterns in the center of the race course.
They are composed of the finest musicians in most of our Provinciae, and
just being here this year is an incredible honor for each one of these young
people, and will result in, among other things, to full scholarships to
their universities of choice. Ah, it begins. The Curule Aedile is being
escorted to her place above the course by none less than our consuls, and
they all stand together, she unfurls the Mappa, and presents it to Consul.
Caesar, who nods, holds it high, waits .waits .waits and drops it, just when
the cheering has reached a crescendo. They're off!

And they come storming out of the gate, with Canius grabbing the front
place, followed closely by Fulmen, then Spiro of Rome, and Eudoxius in last.
However, it is obvious that this is going to be a tight race right from the
start, none of them are giving an inch! As they head toward the 1st turn,
Eudoxius positions himself so that he will get the shortest possible line,
which puts him perilously close to the Spina, but I don't think these
drivers are worried about taking risks.

AR: Not in *this* race, I tell you! OK, we can't see them, but we can hear
the shouts and the thunder of hooves. Out they come, and Eudoxius and Spiro
are neck and neck, and, from the sounds of it, exchanging . remarks. I doubt
they are talking about the weather, but they aren't letting themselves get
distracted either. Oh! Eudoxius tries to lash Spiro, who evades, and returns
the favor, striking Eudoxius' arm guard. The Green driver throws his head
back and laughs! Meanwhile, Fulmen is challenging Spiro, and Canius is
trying to crowd Eudoxius into Spiro. No dice, though, and Eudoxius shoots ut
of the squeeze like a cork from a bottle, and hurtles into the 2nd turn, and
with a perfect line, too! Now, *that* is driving, by the gods! Spiro goes in
next, but Fulmen is trying to get a good line by squeezing in to the left of
Canius, and Canius is blocking him nicely. Out they come, and into the 3rd
lap, and no one is resting their horses! They are in a clump, but you can
see it's Eudoxius by an ear, then Canius just ahead of Spiro, and Fulmen
right beside Spiro. They open up on the straight, and change positions as if
they were dancing! They don't stay in place long enough for me to say .but
they are now heading into the 3rd turn, and this time, Canius goes in first,
and grabs the sweet line. With Fulmen right behind him, then Eudoxius and
Spiro .and out they come into the 4th lap. Canius tries to increase his
lead, but Fulmen has other ideas, and his horses' heads are even with the
back of Canius' chariot. Then comes Spiro, eating up the ground, and hard on
Fulmen's heels. Eudoxius is last, and it looks as if his horses might be
tiring, but Eudoxius isn't using his whip, at least not yet. Sulla is
looking like thunder, and shaking his fist at his driver, and into the 4th
turn they go .in a clump! Out they come, and now, in the 5th lap, all of the
drivers are letting their horses get a second wind, although they are still
keeping their positions, well, no .Eudoxius has moved up into 3rd place and
is set to go into 2nd. They go into the 5th turn now, and I swear, they are
4 horses in a row coming out! But Fulmen pulls ahead just a bit, and Spiro
slips into 2nd, with Eudoxius in 3rd, and Canius just behind him...and not a
gap of sky in sight between these chariots! Into the 6th turn they go, and
come out into the last lap .and now it starts! Eudoxius gives a great shout,
and finally uses his whip, and it is as if he has shocked his horses into
flight! He goes roaring down the track, and one would think no one could
possibly catch him, but Fulmen nearly does, Eudoxius has less than a head's
lead, and right behind Fulmen is Spiro of Rome, trying to challenge Fulmen,
and being blocked. Canius is less than a head behind Spiro, and Iulia is
standing on her seat, trying to push them forward with her hands! Down the
track they come, and it's .yes! Green wins! It's Eudoxius by a nose, then
Fulmen, then Spiro of Rome and then Canius .but you could wrap the whole
group of them in one length of ribbon!! We have seen incredible driving and
skill in this race, by every driver!

The officials are presenting the laurels to Eudoxius, and Sulla has come
down into the winners' circle to enjoy the glory and praise his driver. All
of the owners have gone to congratulate their drivers, too .it was a truly
fine race.

This, friends, is the last race of the Ludi Novi Romani .but we'll be back
later in the year! The chariot racing season has just begun, and from what
we've seen, it could be the best season Nova Roma has ever seen! Thanks for
listening, and Hermanus and I will see you all tonight at the Eagle!

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87705 From: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, str
Salvete omnes,

Please forgive my rather late arrival in a conversation dear to my heart -
a conversation about our beloved Latin language!

Yes, the rumors are true that I enjoy conversational Latin, and that I
would classify myself as reasonably fluent - no native speaker, surely, but
then, who is, anymore? Unfortunately, it can be rather difficult to find
conversational partners! Q. Caecilius Metellus and I speak Latin to one
another, at least a little, whenever we see one another in person (and I
can attest that he is also reasonably fluent in conversation, though he
would be the first to admit that his idiom and use of language is a bit
odd, at times)

>
> > ATS: Oh? Sulla was chatting in Latin? Somehow I think you mean your
> > former houseguests Valerianus and Metellus...Wheelock has a new edition
> out
> > which gives a lot more aids to the students, and has Latin graffiti in
> it...
> > You might want to pick up a copy of your own. Does your local U teach
> Latin?
>
>
Yes, it would have been myself and Metellus, and to an extent Gaia Valeria
Pulchra, that were meant. But as to picking up a copy of the new edition -
I second this! I really like the 7th edition of Wheelock, I am using it to
teach someone privately right now. And Aeternia would get a lot out of it,
since she already knows a fair bit of Latin, and is quite a clever person,
after all.

And I do agree with Scholastica that NR could do more to promote the use of
Latin, and certainly ought not to be *discouraging *the use of the
language, as has happened in the past . . .

Valete!


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87706 From: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Et Mos Maiorum Re: Paterfalilias, patriarchy, and Nova Roma
Valerianus Catoni omnibusque S.P.D.

I agree with Cato wholeheartedly - I like wearing my toga, especially for
ceremonial occasions (e.g. whenever I take auspices or make sacrifice),
which is not such an odd thing since, as Cato points out, most
organizations do have similar traditions. And one should note that for much
of ANCIENT Rome's history, the toga was reserved for special occasions by
most people - it was the equivalent of a tuxedo or very formal suit, not
everyday clothing for everyday Romans (though many of the historical
figures we picture in togas may have worn them close to every day - being
public figures, they would have to appear in formal wear more often).

Valete!

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Cato <catoinnyc@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Cato omnibus in foro SPD
>
> I'm going to pop my head in here and mention something.
>
> The idea of being togate for ceremonial purposes is certainly a valid and
> even "modern" idea. Pretty much every country in the world - pretty much
> every *organization* in the world - has certain peculiar sartorial
> paraphernalia that are meant to be worn on particularly festive or solemn
> occasions. So wearing the toga (or pallium, etc.) is not particularly odd.
> I actually like wearing mine very much.
>
> Valete bene,
>
> Cato
>
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87707 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, str
Aeternia C. Tullio Valeriano Omnibusque S.P.D.

Ah yes Lingua Latina (Latin Language) is definitely your forte Consul, far
far more than mine.

Ipse dixit (he himself said it) I'm quite clever.. So kidding..

Ego, discos viva. (I learn quick) although I think viva is supposed to
be vivus or vivum (both meaning hasty if I remember right) I'm forever
stuck in declension land as you can tell..

My independent studying is crude and quite Medieval but I am getting there!
I am hoping to get the 7th edition of Wheelocks quite soon, so I can step
from the 'Dark Ages' and into the beams of light so to speak.

Time for my daily dose of Nuntii Latini (Latin announcements) , you should
check it out if you haven't already Valeriane,
http://yle.fi/radio1/tiede/nuntii_latini/ it's awesome!


Valete bene,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87708 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia C.Marcio Crispo sal.

Excellent piece Crispe!

Many kudos.

Vale bene,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87709 From: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Why I joined Nova Roma
Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus consul Sta. Corneliae Aeterniae, C.
Claudio Axenrotho, omnibusque S.P.D.

Aeternia scrispit:
It's truly a pity you were not present for the Virtues weekly thread, that
took place some months back.

Ego respondeo:
Actually, I intend to return to the Roman Virtues Project thread very, very
soon. I was forced to discontinue it for some months due to lack of
internet access, and then I was busy with other things once I had internet
access again, but really, I thought it sparked some of the most interesting
(to me, anyway) discussions I've seen in NR.

Valete!


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87710 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
Ave, et avete

Congratulations to Sulla and the Honey Badger!

Vale, et valete,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
>
> Russata, Russata, RussataÂ…, oh ok. Congrats to Sulla and to Praesena!
>
>
>
> Great races, only lacking some shades of red ;)
>
>
>
> Valete,
>
> Crassus
>
>
>
> From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of C. Maria Caeca
> Sent: quinta-feira, 8 de Março de 2012 01:42
> To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Nova-Roma] Ludi Novi Romani: FINAL RACCE!
>
>
>
>
>
> Final race
>
> Hello god people of Nova Roma, wherever in the world you are! I am
> Arianrhod, with my husband Hermanus, and this is the final chariot race of
> the Ludi Novi Romani!
>
> The races have been grand so far, with the drams of winning, accidents, the
> agony of defeat .and even a scandal, but tonight will top them all! You
> won't believe this field, and we have an entry that has never run in a final
> race in his career. Well, that is certainly about to change! The other
> entries are very well known, and we'll all be happy to see them again.
> Sadly, Russata won't be represented in the final, but they did very well for
> themselves, and there will be other Ludi. Everyone is here, and the stands
> are stuffed near to collapse! Here comes the parade of horses, and first, we
> have Albata with Aetius Canius in Ignis Natus, owned by L. Julia Aquila, who
> is looking as happy as a proud mother over there in her box. Oh, my.the race
> hasn't even begun yet, and Canius is smiling! When *that*man smiles, blood
> tends to flow, and it won't be his! Following him is Fulmen, driven by
> Hirtius, who did an outstanding job this year! He is an incredibly reliable
> drive, and his team always acquits itself well. Next, we have Spiro of Rome
> in Elpidius, also owned by Iulia Aquila. This young man made his debut in
> National racing this Ludi, and has certainly demonstrated why he was asked
> to put off beginning his military career until after the Ludi! I wouldn't be
> surprised, once he joins the legions, to see him racing again, but for one
> of them, this time. He may be young, but he's fierce! Finally, for
> Praescena, we have Eudoxius in Mellivora Capensis, (which I'm told means
> honey badger in Latin), and it is owned by Senator L. Cornelius Sulla Felix,
> who we can see, sitting in the stands, and looking very confident, indeed.
>
> HER: We are listening for the moment to a concert from that incredible
> marching band we saw in the parade a few days ago, and, until very recently,
> they were drilling and forming patterns in the center of the race course.
> They are composed of the finest musicians in most of our Provinciae, and
> just being here this year is an incredible honor for each one of these young
> people, and will result in, among other things, to full scholarships to
> their universities of choice. Ah, it begins. The Curule Aedile is being
> escorted to her place above the course by none less than our consuls, and
> they all stand together, she unfurls the Mappa, and presents it to Consul.
> Caesar, who nods, holds it high, waits .waits .waits and drops it, just when
> the cheering has reached a crescendo. They're off!
>
> And they come storming out of the gate, with Canius grabbing the front
> place, followed closely by Fulmen, then Spiro of Rome, and Eudoxius in last.
> However, it is obvious that this is going to be a tight race right from the
> start, none of them are giving an inch! As they head toward the 1st turn,
> Eudoxius positions himself so that he will get the shortest possible line,
> which puts him perilously close to the Spina, but I don't think these
> drivers are worried about taking risks.
>
> AR: Not in *this* race, I tell you! OK, we can't see them, but we can hear
> the shouts and the thunder of hooves. Out they come, and Eudoxius and Spiro
> are neck and neck, and, from the sounds of it, exchanging . remarks. I doubt
> they are talking about the weather, but they aren't letting themselves get
> distracted either. Oh! Eudoxius tries to lash Spiro, who evades, and returns
> the favor, striking Eudoxius' arm guard. The Green driver throws his head
> back and laughs! Meanwhile, Fulmen is challenging Spiro, and Canius is
> trying to crowd Eudoxius into Spiro. No dice, though, and Eudoxius shoots ut
> of the squeeze like a cork from a bottle, and hurtles into the 2nd turn, and
> with a perfect line, too! Now, *that* is driving, by the gods! Spiro goes in
> next, but Fulmen is trying to get a good line by squeezing in to the left of
> Canius, and Canius is blocking him nicely. Out they come, and into the 3rd
> lap, and no one is resting their horses! They are in a clump, but you can
> see it's Eudoxius by an ear, then Canius just ahead of Spiro, and Fulmen
> right beside Spiro. They open up on the straight, and change positions as if
> they were dancing! They don't stay in place long enough for me to say .but
> they are now heading into the 3rd turn, and this time, Canius goes in first,
> and grabs the sweet line. With Fulmen right behind him, then Eudoxius and
> Spiro .and out they come into the 4th lap. Canius tries to increase his
> lead, but Fulmen has other ideas, and his horses' heads are even with the
> back of Canius' chariot. Then comes Spiro, eating up the ground, and hard on
> Fulmen's heels. Eudoxius is last, and it looks as if his horses might be
> tiring, but Eudoxius isn't using his whip, at least not yet. Sulla is
> looking like thunder, and shaking his fist at his driver, and into the 4th
> turn they go .in a clump! Out they come, and now, in the 5th lap, all of the
> drivers are letting their horses get a second wind, although they are still
> keeping their positions, well, no .Eudoxius has moved up into 3rd place and
> is set to go into 2nd. They go into the 5th turn now, and I swear, they are
> 4 horses in a row coming out! But Fulmen pulls ahead just a bit, and Spiro
> slips into 2nd, with Eudoxius in 3rd, and Canius just behind him...and not a
> gap of sky in sight between these chariots! Into the 6th turn they go, and
> come out into the last lap .and now it starts! Eudoxius gives a great shout,
> and finally uses his whip, and it is as if he has shocked his horses into
> flight! He goes roaring down the track, and one would think no one could
> possibly catch him, but Fulmen nearly does, Eudoxius has less than a head's
> lead, and right behind Fulmen is Spiro of Rome, trying to challenge Fulmen,
> and being blocked. Canius is less than a head behind Spiro, and Iulia is
> standing on her seat, trying to push them forward with her hands! Down the
> track they come, and it's .yes! Green wins! It's Eudoxius by a nose, then
> Fulmen, then Spiro of Rome and then Canius .but you could wrap the whole
> group of them in one length of ribbon!! We have seen incredible driving and
> skill in this race, by every driver!
>
> The officials are presenting the laurels to Eudoxius, and Sulla has come
> down into the winners' circle to enjoy the glory and praise his driver. All
> of the owners have gone to congratulate their drivers, too .it was a truly
> fine race.
>
> This, friends, is the last race of the Ludi Novi Romani .but we'll be back
> later in the year! The chariot racing season has just begun, and from what
> we've seen, it could be the best season Nova Roma has ever seen! Thanks for
> listening, and Hermanus and I will see you all tonight at the Eagle!
>
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87711 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Ludi chariot race prize announcement
Omnibus in foro S. P. D,

I am pleased to tell you that L. Iulia Aquila is donating a prize for the winner of this year's chariot races, as she did last year. I won't go into what it is, although she may, but I can tell you that it is petty spectacular. So, if L. Cornelius Sulla Felix will contact Iulia ...he can get his prize! BTW, can someone arrange a picture of it, or better yet, of sulla holding it, for our Ludi page?

Valete bene!
C. Maria Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87712 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Why I joined Nova Roma
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia C. Tullio Valeriano Omnibusque S.P.D.


> Ego respondeo:
> Actually, I intend to return to the Roman Virtues Project thread very, very
> soon. I was forced to discontinue it for some months due to lack of
> internet access, and then I was busy with other things once I had internet
> access again, but really, I thought it sparked some of the most interesting
> (to me, anyway) discussions I've seen in NR.
>
>

Aeternia- I agree it did spark interesting discussions. I believe we were
either at Firmitas, Gravitas, or the next letter in the alphabet.
(somewhere around there) I look forward to the resurrecting of the Topic
thread.

Valete bene,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87713 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: a.d. VIII Id. Mar.
Cato omnibus in foro SPD

Hodiernus dies est a.d. VIII Idus Martias; hic dies fastus aterque est.

"As soon as night falls you will see the Cretan Crown:
Through Theseus' crime Ariadne was made a goddess.
She'd already happily exchanged that faithless spouse for Bacchus,
She who'd given the ungrateful man the thread to follow.
Delighting in her wedded fate, she said: `Why did I weep
Like a country-girl, his faithlessness has been my gain?'
Meanwhile Bacchus had conquered the straight-haired Indians,
And returned with his riches from the Eastern world.
Among the captive girls, of outstanding beauty,
One, the daughter of a king, pleased Bacchus intensely.
His loving wife wept, and treading the curving shore
With dishevelled hair, she spoke these words:
`Behold, again, you waves, how you hear my complaint!
Behold again you sands, how you receive my tears!
I remember I used to say: "Perjured, faithless Theseus!"
He abandoned me: now Bacchus commits the same crime.
Now once more I'll cry: "Woman, never trust in man!"
My fate's repeated, only his name has changed.
O that my life had ended where it first began.
So that I'd not have existed for this moment!
Why did you save me, Liber, to die on these lonely sands?
I might have ceased grieving at that moment.
Bacchus, fickle, lighter than the leaves that wreathe
Your brow, Bacchus known to me in my weeping,
How have you dared to trouble our harmonious bed
By bringing another lover before my eyes?
Alas, where is sworn faith? Where the pledges you once gave?
Wretched me, how many times must I speak those words?
You blamed Theseus and called him a deceiver:
According to that judgement your own sin is worse.
Let no one know of this, let me burn with silent pain,
Lest they think I deserved to be cheated so!
Above all I wish it to be hid from Theseus,
So he may not joy in you as a partner in crime.
I suppose your fair lover is preferred to a dark,
May fair be the colouring of my enemies!
Yet what does that signify? She is dearer to you for that.
What are you doing? She contaminates your embrace.
Bacchus, be true, and do not prefer her to a wife's love.
I am one who would love my husband for ever.
The horns of a gleaming bull captivated my mother.
Yours, me: but this is a love to be praised, hers shameful.
Let me not suffer, for loving: you yourself, Bacchus,
Never suffered for confessing your desire to me.
No wonder you make me burn: they say you were born
In fire, and were snatched from the flames by your father.
I am she to whom you used to promise the heavens.
Ah me, what a reward I suffer instead of heaven!'
She spoke: Liber had been listening a long while
To her complaint, since he chanced to follow closely.
He embraced her, and dried her tears with kisses,
And said: `Together, let us seek the depths of the sky!
You'll share my name just as you've shared my bed,
Since, transmuted, you will be called Libera:
And there'll be a memory of your crown beside you,
The crown Vulcan gave to Venus, and she to you.'
He did as he said, and changed the nine jewels to fire:
Now the golden crown glitters with nine stars." - Ovid, Fasti III

Originally Ariadne was a vegetation goddess in Crete related to the
other Cretan goddesses especially to Britomartis. Sometimes Ariadne
was associated with the surname "Very Holy Maid," because her name is
a variant of Ariagne from the Greek word "agni", which means "the most
holy." Under this title Aphrodite was honoured on Delos.

According to the Greek myths Ariadne was the daughter of the Cretan
king Minos and his wife Pasiphae. The story about her life and death
was narrated by many ways in the different regions, but in all of her
legends she left Crete and she suffered terrible sorrow.

In the Odyssey is told that Ariadne was abducted and taken to the
island of Dia where she died, because Artemis put her to death.
According to the myth which was the most known, she fell in love with
the Athenian hero Theseus, who was coming to Crete to kill the
Minotaur and to rescue the Athenian youth. In the older version of the
myth she was already the loved one of Dionysus, when Theseus came to
Crete. Thus Ariadne helped Theseus by promising her to take her to
Athens as his wife. She gave him two special gifts --- a sword and a
ball of thread --- to find the way back out from the Cnossian
Labyrinth after killing the Minotaur.

As promised, she left Crete with Theseus and with the Athenian youth
and they stopped on the island of Naxos. While Ariadne was asleep, in
her dream (or in Theseus' dream) the god Dionysus appeared on her and
gave her a divine command to stay in Naxos, because he wanted to marry
her. Why did Theseus deserted his sleeping Ariadne in Naxos: maybe he
had already a new lover or he was afraid to bring Ariadne with him to
Athens? So Theseus with the rescued Athenian youth, but without
Ariadne, sailed to Attica over Delos (a small island near Mykonos),
where they performed some rites (a special dance) and dedicated the
old statue of the goddess from Crete to the local sanctuary.

Ariadne in the meantime felt extremely unhappy, when Dionysus came to
save her in Naxos. So, trying to make her feel better he put on her
head the golden crown of Thetis, a work of Hephaestus. Nevertheless we
have to mention that in the other version of her story, she received
this crown from Theseus (and not from Dionysus) as a gift of
Amphitrite. After this gift Dionysus immediately married her. Short
while after Ariadne gave birth to many famous children: first of all
to Staphylos, then Thoas and Oinopion. The last two became the kings
of the islands Lemnos and Chios and in some other versions of the myth
they are represented as the sons of Theseus.

Ariadne's cult on Naxos was performed also with the orgiastic rites
(like the festivals of joy) together with lamentations and expressions
of sorrow (like during funeral ceremonies). In Amathus the sacrifices
were brought in honour of Ariadne and at this place a special cult was
practised in which a young man simulated the pains of a woman giving
childbirth with some screaming. Ariadne was also remembered in the
Athenian festival The Oschophoria (celebration in honour of Theseus)
and in the other Athenian festival The Anthesteria (performed in
honour of Dionysus) as the wife of both of these two protagonists.
Upon her death, the crown of Thetis was placed in the heavens as the
Aurora Borealis.

The Romans knew her as Libera.

Valete bene!

Cato
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87714 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Trebatius
Salve!

What would the feminine version of Trebatius be?

Vale!

G. Claudius Axenrothus
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87715 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Trebatius
Salve!

I think that is Trebatia.

Bene vale!
 
--
V.A. Regilla

Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae


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De: Yehya <yehya_61@...>
Para: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 8 de Março de 2012 18:44
Assunto: [Nova-Roma] Trebatius


 
Salve!

What would the feminine version of Trebatius be?

Vale!

G. Claudius Axenrothus




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87716 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Trebatius
Salve!

This should be pretty straight-forward - Trebatia 

Vale!
 
M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!




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From: Yehya <yehya_61@...>
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:44 PM
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Trebatius


 
Salve!

What would the feminine version of Trebatius be?

Vale!

G. Claudius Axenrothus




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87717 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #6 (Latin Contest)
***Answer in private message to <cnaeus_cornelius@...>, and NOT TO the mailing list!***
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Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.


Enter the Certamen Latinum, from answering Question #4. The Questions #1, #2 and #3 are closed, but you can still answer Question #4 and #5, together with today's Question #6.

Citizens and foreigners who read this post. Let's honor Latin by tasting its true Roman scent, simultaneously coming closer to Rome, by learning some facts about it through these exercises. Join this exciting race, and be you the first, second or third. It doesn't matter: what matters it's that you became more Roma by learning some bits of Latin. But only if you check in the race for one round, this is still worth it, because you will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.

You can enter NOW!


RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS


1st - V. Aemilia Regilla - 181 pts
2nd - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 180 pts
2nd - M. Pompeius Caninus - 180 pts
3th - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 175.5 pts
4nd - L. Aelia Corva - 143 pts
5th - T. Valeria Celeris - 131 pts
6th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)

Breaking news: we have not got entries from Aelia and Valeria so far for Question #5, this means the others have now a lot more points. But since Question #5 (and #4) is still open, soon we might receive from them. With this, as we stand right now, Liburnius advanced to the 3rd place! Aemilia Regilla is still without mistake! How long may she keep it up?
We wait for Valeria and Aelia to turn the race around, come, come on, ladies, har-harr!
And we also wait for new people to enter. You, who read these words: send your solutions in to the game, be part of these heroes of lingua Latina.

So, come, foreigners and Nova Romans: join this company, join the race, and be among the glorious ones.


PARTICIPATING


The deadline for Questions #4 and #5 is the time of tomorrow's Question's posting (24 hours from now). You can send it to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> until the posting of tomorrow's Question. Today's Question #6 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.


OPEN QUESTIONS


You can find the previous Question #4 here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_6th_-_Day_6_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_4_of_the_Certamen_Latinum

And Question #5 here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_7th_-_Day_7_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_5_of_the_Certamen_Latinum



March 8th - Day 8 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 6 of the Certamen Latinum



I. INTRODUCTION 6 - Simple Latin Sentences

We have so far discussed the dictionary forms of the Latin nouns and verbs. We tried out how to decline nouns, and how to conjugate verbs in the Present Tense. Today we start making use of our knowledge, and we will create our first Latin sentences! We get real! That's what we all waited for - now, we'll taste speaking and writing in Latin.

In order to start this, please review everything we learned about conjugations and declensions, following these links:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation

Today we try out writing some simple Latin sentences. But how to start this? Let's clarify four simple rules about Latin sentences.

1. Word order

How does Latin use the words in sentences? Does it place them in a particular word order to express grammatical function, such as subject and object? Not at all: we all know by now that Latin expresses grammatical functions by changing the word endings. That’s what we called declension or conjugation. So in what order to put, then, the words we decline and conjugate, in a sentence?

Good news for you! There is absolutely no obligatory word order in Latin! You can place the words in any particular order. It means that you can not screw up the word order of a Latin sentence - but you must be informed that any change in the word order indicates a slightly different emphasis in the sentence. Normal, non-emphatic Latin sentences tend to display a "Subject - Indirect Object - Object - Adverbial - Verb" word order. But it's not our level of knowledge, and we will not engage in this depth of Latin grammar. So, for now, write in the order as you like. It can't be wrong.

2. Word endings - using the cases of the declensions

That's a bit more difficult. Latin is a heavily inflected language, which means that Latin indicates grammatical function such as "subject" and "object", by changing the ending of the words. English uses word order to express who is the subject (the performer, who does something) or the object (which is what the action is being done to, for example, "reading a book", where "book" is the object). In English, the object is always placed after the verb, word order determines whether a word is an object or not. Latin, however, uses the accusative word ending to express the object of the sentence. Latin differentiates subject from object (or any grammatical function) by word ending. You must use -

- the nominative form for expressing subject ("CICERO writes a letter."),
- the accusative ending to express an object (Cicero writes A LETTER."),
- the genitive for possession ("It's CICERO'S letter."),
- the dative for indirect object ("Cicero writes a letter TO BRUTUS.")
- and the ablative for various adverbials ("Cicero writes a letter BY HAND/ON PAPYRUS/FOR FUN/etc.").

We learned for the first question of the Certamen Latinum how to determine which declension a noun belongs to. Now it's time to make use of this knowledge and to use the declined forms of nouns in sentences.

3. Word endings - using the personal endings of the conjugations

We saw in yesterday's exercise that unlike English, Latin uses verb endings to express the person and number of the verb, and its tense or mood. You must identify who performs the action described by the verb of the sentence: I, you, he/she/it, we, you (plural) or they. Once it's determined, you will use the proper personal endings, respectively to the conjugation which the verb belongs to.

4. Articles

There are no articles in Latin! Yahoooo!... There is no definite (the) or indefinite article (a, an) either. When you write in Latin, you simply forget about them. No rules to be memorized, no problems when to use them or when not to. Long live the freedom from articles! :)

Learn more about how to write a Latin sentence here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence


II. QUESTION 6


Translate the following simple sentences to Latin. The Latin words needed to these translations are given below in their dictionary forms. Use them.

Follow the guidelines here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension
http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation
http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!


"Brutus and Cassius defend the freedom and the traditions of the state of Rome." (7 pts)

Brutus, -i, m (Brutus)
Cassius, -i, m (Cassius)
defendo, -ere, -fendi, -fensum (defend)
et (and)
libertas, -atis, f (freedom)
mos, moris, m (tradition, custom)
civitas, -atis, f (state, citizenry)
Roma, -ae, f (Rome)

"Cassius is writing letters to Brutus and Curio about the events in the senate." (7 pts)

Curio, -onis, m (Curio)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
epistula, -ae, f (letter, mail)
Cicero, -onis, m (Cicero)
de + ablative (about)
eventus, -ús, m (event)
in + ablative (in)
senatus, -ús, m (senate)

"Caesar salutes Pompey, but Pompey does not salute Caesar, because anger is invading Pompey’s heart." (10 pts)

Caesar, -aris, m (Caesar)
saluto, -are, -avi, -atum (salute)
Pompeius, -i, m (Pompey)
sed (but)
non (not; no)
quia (because)
ira, -ae, f (anger, ire)
invado, -ere, -vasi, -vasum (invade)
cor, cordis n (heart)

Comment: "does/do not" in Latin is expressed by "non + verb in conjugated form", in this case it's literally "Pompey salutes not Cicero".

"The men say to Caesar: 'You attack the senate only because you wish to destroy the state'." (8 pts)

vir, viri, m (man)
dico, -ere, dixi, dictum (say)
oppugno, -are, -avi, -atum (attack)
solum (only)
cupio, -ere, -ivi, -itum (wish)
deleo, -ere, -evi, -etum (destroy, delete)

"Today, on women’s day, we salute girls and ladies by flowers." (7 pts)

hodie (today)
femina, -ae, f (woman)
dies, -ei, m/f (day)
puella, -ae, f (girls)
mulier, -eris, f (lady, adult woman)
flos, floris, m (flower)

Comment: both “on” (time) and "by" (means) are expressed here by using the ablative without preposition.


III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:


"Caesar is defending Rome from the Gauls." (would be 4 pts)

Caesar, -aris, m (Caesar)
defendo, -ere, -endi, -ensum (defend)
Roma, -ae, f (Rome)
a + ablative (from)
Gallus, -i, m (Gaul person, Gaulish)

- after analyzing this English sentence, we find that "is defending" is the predicate of the sentence, and as we learned from the previous exercises, Latin Present Tense includes both English Present Progressive (is defending) and Present Simple (defends). Thus, "he is defending" is equal to "he defends", Present singular third person. We examine the dictionary form of "defendo": we see it's third conjugation because infinitive ending "-ere" indicates belonging to the third conjugation. In the table of conjugations on the website, we find that the third conjugation singular 3rd person ending is "-it". So "he defends"/"he is defending" becomes "defendit" (1 pt).
- We find that the subject is "Caesar". We need the nominative then, and we see in the declension table that it's simply "Caesar", no change is needed in the word ending (1 pt).
- We find the object, which is "Rome". The genitive ending of the dictionary form "-ae" shows it's first declension, where singular accusatives end in "-am". So "Rome" becomes "Romam" (1 pt).
- We see that "from" in Latin is "a + ablative". Then we must put "Gallus" into plural ablative and place it after the preposition "a". From the table of declensions, after we have realized it's second declension as the genitive "-i" indicates, we chose the ending "-is", and the final form will be "a Gallis" (1 pt).
- We put the sentence together, in any optional word order, but keeping in mind that normal, un-emphatic Latin word order is Subject - Indirect Object - Object - Adverbial - Verb:

"Caesar Romam a Gallis defendit."


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


One question a day will be posted, participants must send their answers not to this e-mail address but to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> within 48 hours of the posting of the question. ***Posting answers to the mailing list is FORBIDDEN!***

The correct answers of the previous day and interim results will be announced together with the posting of the next questions.


SEE TODAY'S QUESTION ON OUR WEBSITE:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_8th_-_Day_8_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_6_of_the_Certamen_Latinum


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87719 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, strateg
Salve et Salvete,

Would you say the 7th edition is better than the 6th for teaching
oneself? I have the 6th edition. I actually just observed yesterday
that there was a new edition on the market. So I guess what I am
asking is do I really need to go out and get this or stick with
the edition I have now? I am only just starting out with learning
latin.

I have to agree that having someone to speak in latin with is preferable. Since, as is often said where I am if one doesnt use the ability they lose it.

Thank you.

Vale et Valete Optime,

T. Valeria Celeris
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87720 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Triclinium chat Dies 7:
Salve et Salvete,

Once again your writing in the Triclinium chats is wonderful.
I have greatly enjoyed reading all the contributions to it.

Vale et Valete,

T. Valeria Celeris
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87721 From: A. Tullia Scholastica Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: Re: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, str
>
> A. Tullia Scholastica T. Valeriae Celeri quiritibus bonae voluntatis,
> praesertim illis qui linguam Latinam discere velint, S.P.D.
>
>
>
>
>
> Salve et Salvete,
>
> Would you say the 7th edition is better than the 6th for teaching
> oneself? I have the 6th edition. I actually just observed yesterday
> that there was a new edition on the market.
>
> ATS: In the US, it¹s been out since last Spring. It lists the full
> vocabulary entry, not just the changeable parts, and has been dressed up with
> ancient Roman graffiti. It also has study hints for the student.
>
>
> So I guess what I am
> asking is do I really need to go out and get this or stick with
> the edition I have now? I am only just starting out with learning
> latin.
>
> ATS: If you have the Sixth Edition and find it adequate, I would stick
> with it. Those who do not have the Sixth Edition, but have a choice between
> the two, might do well to get the Seventh. There are some differences in some
> of the homework sentences, but anyone interested in joining our classes has to
> copy them, so I can spot any such differences and correct the proper sentence.
> Incidentally, the Grammatica I class will soon complete its instructional
> period, so anyone who is interested in learning Latin in a structured course
> by a traditional method might consider picking up a copy of Wheelock and
> having a look at it. We may be able to begin registration in about six weeks.
> The Sermo II course is over except for final examination submission on the
> part of one student and the correction thereof...
>
> I have to agree that having someone to speak in latin with is preferable.
> Since, as is often said where I am if one doesnt use the ability they lose it.
>
> ATS: Yes, it is preferable. Every summer there are many opportunities to
> spend a week with others for that very purpose. Some in the US at least are
> specifically intended for beginners. This year there will be one such session
> at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania (not for beginners), one in LA (ditto),
> one in Lexington (possibly one session for beginners, one for more advanced
> students), and in Virginia (this also seems to have separate sessions for
> both). In Europe there are several of these conventicula or rusticationes,
> (as we call them), but I don¹t have the information on them just yet.
> Typically there is at least one in Germany, and others elsewhere. In London,
> Paris, Madrid, and probably in a couple or more cities in Italy, one may
> gather over a meal with others to converse in Latin; these are called Greges
> or Circuli Latini, and typically meet at least monthly. One may, of course,
> simply listen and learn. Similar opportunities exist in the US.
>
> Thank you.
>
> You¹re welcome.
>
> Vale et Valete Optime,
>
> T. Valeria Celeris
>
> Vale, et valete.
>
>
>




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87722 From: Gnaea Livia Ocella Date: 2012-03-08
Subject: CENSUS OF FLUENT LATIN SPEAKERS Re: [Nova-Roma] Re: Numbers, strateg
Salvete, omnes!

Popping in here VERY late, but as you said, you cannot know numbers unless we speak up... I read Latin fairly competently, and can write some, although my amount of speaking is probably at the level of a Roman toddler. Something on which I'd really like to work.

I don't come here often to post anymore - I stick my head into emails from time to time to see what NR is up to - but I think Latin is important, which is why I am speaking up to add my name to the list, even just for the sake of a statistic.

Valete, amici et amicae!

Livia Ocella

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "A. Tullia Scholastica" <fororom@...> wrote:
>
> >
> > A. Tullia Scholastica C. Claudio Axenrotho quiritibus bonae voluntatis S.P.D.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Salve!
> >
> > "On what do you base that? Firstly, these are individuals whose
> > abilities in Latin are known to me. There are at least a couple of others who
> > took the relevant course before I taught it whose names escape me at the
> > moment. Moreover, there is a new citizen who wrote to us in Latin (as
> > sometimes happens in the censor's office), and there are others whom I do not
> > know."
> >
> > That was simply your list, doubled, divided by the published number of
> > citizens.
> >
> > I assumed (perhaps a bad thing to do) that being a Censor and Latin teacher
> > you would have a decent handle on the number of Latin speakers (or writers)
> > and that the published citizenship number is correct.
> >
> > ATS: The published citizenship numbers were correct for the time of the
> > conclusion of the census, which was completed last year by former sole censor
> > Sabinus and some of the censorial scribae. Normally we conduct a census every
> > two years, but 2007 was the last one which preceded that of last year. Many
> > citizens have arrived since then, and some may have left. Secondly, although
> > the citizenship application lists Latin as among possible interests, it does
> > not specify that one must be a fluent speaker or writer of Latin in order to
> > express an interest therein. Many who express that interest are not. They
> > are learners. For that matter, most applicants do not fill in their native
> > language, and a good many do not fill in any interests. Moreover, we no
> > longer see the applications; we do not have access to the censorial mail box,
> > and the applications are not sent to our lists. We receive only the proposed
> > names and IDs of the applicants; the database omits the interest and native
> > language elements. Unless they speak up, we do not know who can read, or
> > write, or speak in Latin. I don�t read minds.
> >
> >
> >
> > Of course both assumptions could easily be wrong be we can only go with the
> > data we have at hand.
> >
> > ATS: Yes; we simply do not have such data. We might have a better handle
> > on the numbers of Latin speakers / writers if they could post to the Forum
> > Hospitum or the Main List in Latin without having to translate it, but that
> > requirement blocks any but native English speakers from posting in Latin, and
> > makes it much more difficult for the English speakers. Lentulus and I might
> > as well be addressing a brick wall about this, however; good sense does not
> > prevail in all instances.
> >
> > Vale!
> >
> > G. Claudius Axenrothus
> >
> > Vale, et valete.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87723 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Horrible History
Cn. Caesar sal.

Courtesy of YouTube and the UK’s Horrible History series <lol>. There are more Roman themed ones listed.

Optime valete

------------------

Evil Emperors Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0_z-MbODVo&feature=related

Elagabalus' Romo Lottery Millions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ESsouohLg&feature=related

Human Candles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO1NN2OcVcg&feature=related

Roman Toilets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6snVyK6gQCE&feature=related

The Arena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSTZUEH95Q&feature=related

Gladiator School
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWCwnkdPPCc&feature=related

Roman Gods Direct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYfizhDPlI&feature=related

Roman Kitchen Nightmares
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uAZ5NaAvYU&feature=related

Roman Table manners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFo4-N3EwsU&feature=related

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87724 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: a.d. VII Non. Mar.
Cato omnibus in foro SPD

Hodiernus dies est ante diem VII Nones Martias; haec dies comitialis est.

"On accomplishing this he [Iulius Caesar] thought he had gained
thereby a sufficient stepping-stone to the consulship and set out
hastily for the elections even before his successor arrived. He
decided to seek the office even before holding his triumph, since it
was not possible to celebrate this beforehand. But being refused a
triumph, since Cato opposed him with might and main, he let that pass,
hoping to perform many more and greater exploits and celebrate
corresponding triumphs, if elected consul. For besides the omens
previously related, which always gave him great confidence, was the
fact that a horse of his had been born with clefts in the hoofs of its
fore feet, and carried him proudly, whereas it could not endure any
other rider. Consequently his expectations were of no slight
magnitude, so that he willingly gave up the triumph and entered the
city to canvass for office. Here he courted Pompey and Crassus and the
rest so skilfully that though they were still at enmity with each
other, and had their political clubs, and though each opposed
everything that he saw the other wished, he won them over and was
unanimously elected by them all. And yet this argues the greatest
shrewdness on his part that he should have known and arranged the
occasions and the amount of his services to them so well as to attach
both to himself when they were working against each other.

He was not even content with this, but actually reconciled the men
themselves, not because he was desirous that they should agree, but
because he saw that they were most powerful. He understood well that
without the aid of both, or at least of one, he could never come to
any great power; and if he made a friend of either one of them alone,
he would by that very fact have the other as his opponent and would
meet with more failures through him than successes through the support
of the other. For, on the one hand, it seemed to him that all men
work more zealously against their enemies than they co-operate with
their friends, not merely on the principle that anger and hatred impel
more earnest endeavours than any friendship, but also because, when
one man is working for himself, and a second for another, success does
not involve the same degree of pleasure, or failure of pain, in the
two cases. On the other hand, he reflected that it was easier to
stand in people's way and prevent their reaching any prominence than
to be willing to lead them to great power, owing to the circumstance
that he who keeps another from becoming great pleases others as well
as himself, whereas he who exalts another renders him burdensome to
both sides." - Cassius Dio, Roman History XXXVII.54-55

Valete bene!

Cato
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87725 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Oath of Office L. Iulia Aquila Legata pro Praetore Provincia A.Ae
L. Iulia Aquila Novoramanis S.P.D

Ego, L. Iulia Aquila (Jenna Thomason), ut sollemne jusjurandum do, decus Novae Romae tutabor semperque operam Populo Senatuique Novo Romano navabo,

Magistratus Novae Romae Ego, L. Iulia Aquila, ut jusjurandum do, deos deasque Romae publice colam et virtutes Romanas publice privatimque persequar.

Ego, L. Iulia Aquila, ut jusjurandum do, Religioni Romanae favebo eamque defendam et Religionis Romanae statui publico actibus verbisque meis numquam minabor.

Ego, L. Iulia Aquila, ut jusjurandum do, Instituta Novae Romae protegam et defendam.

Ego, L. Iulia Aquila, Legata pro Praetore Provinciae Austrorientalis, ut jusjurandum do, officia et munera, quoad potero, honoris mei servabo.

Per meam civitatem Novam Romanam et coram deis deabusque Populi Romani atque voluntate et favore eorum, ego Legata pro Praetore Provinciae Austrorientalis, huius honoris iura, privilegia, munera, officia ACCIPIO.


I, Lucia Iulia Aquila (Jenna Thomason) do hereby solemnly swear to uphold the honor of Nova Roma, and to act always in the best interests of the people and the Senate of Nova Roma.

As a magistrate of Nova Roma, I, Lucia Iulia Aquila (Jenna Thomason) swear to honor the Gods and Goddesses of Rome in my public dealings, and to pursue the Roman Virtues in my public and private life.

I, Lucia Iulia Aquila (Jenna Thomason) swear to uphold and defend the Religio Romana as the State Religion of Nova Roma and swear never to act in a way that would threaten its status as the State Religion.

I, Lucia Iulia Aquila (Jenna Thomason) swear to protect and defend the Constitution of Nova Roma.

I, Lucia Iulia Aquila (Jenna Thomason) further swear to fulfill the obligations and responsibilities of the office of Legata pro praetore of Austrorientalis to the best of my abilities.

On my honor as a Citizen of Nova Roma, and in the presence of the Gods and Goddesses of the Roman people and by their will and favor, do I accept the position of Legata pro praetore of Austrorientalis and all the rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities attendant thereto.


Valete et habete fortunam bonam; di Novae Romae favent
a.d. VIII Id. Mar. ‡ Cn. Caesare C. Tullio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXV
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87726 From: D. Cornelius Mento Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Re: Horrible History
Gratias tibi ago.


Vale,

D. Mento



On 3/9/2012 12:15 AM, Gnaeus Iulius Caesar wrote:
>
> Cn. Caesar sal.
>
> Courtesy of YouTube and the UK’s Horrible History series <lol>. There
> are more Roman themed ones listed.
>
> Optime valete
>
> ------------------
>
> Evil Emperors Song
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0_z-MbODVo&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0_z-MbODVo&feature=related>
>
> Elagabalus' Romo Lottery Millions
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ESsouohLg&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6ESsouohLg&feature=related>
>
> Human Candles
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO1NN2OcVcg&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO1NN2OcVcg&feature=related>
>
> Roman Toilets
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6snVyK6gQCE&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6snVyK6gQCE&feature=related>
>
> The Arena
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSTZUEH95Q&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSTZUEH95Q&feature=related>
>
> Gladiator School
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWCwnkdPPCc&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWCwnkdPPCc&feature=related>
>
> Roman Gods Direct
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYfizhDPlI&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHYfizhDPlI&feature=related>
>
> Roman Kitchen Nightmares
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uAZ5NaAvYU&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uAZ5NaAvYU&feature=related>
>
> Roman Table manners
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFo4-N3EwsU&feature=related
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFo4-N3EwsU&feature=related>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87727 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani 2765 - Certamen Historicum - Still Open
M. Pompeius Caninus omnibus in foro S. P. D. 

Citizens and friends, it looks like we need a bit more action here. Since I have not received any entries for final day of the Certamen Historicum, the history quiz contest is still open! The contest will close on 12 March 2765. Anyone can enter and all questions are still open so this is anyone's contest to win. 

Here are the final questions:

14. Nova Roma has an officially recognized group that is dedicated to Apollo and the Muses. Who were the consuls of Nova Roma when this group was formed? 

15. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Limonum? 

16. A three part question regarding the first wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero:
    a. What was her name?
    b. How old was she when she died?
    c. What was the name of her half-sister, who was a Vestal Virgin?

17. Who are the current tribuni plebis in Nova Roma? 

Visit the Ludi wiki page at http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Historicum for the complete list of questions. Send your answers by private email to m.pompeius@... before 23:59 on 12 March 2765. The complete list of questions also appears at the end of this message. 

Current Certamen Historicum Participants     Points
Tiberius Galerius Paulinus                                12
Vibia Aemilia Regilla                                        12
Publius Annæus Constantinus Placidus             11
Servius Marius Paullus                                       4



Certamen Historicum for Ludi Novi Romani 2765 

Day 1 – 01 March 
1. What is the highest office on the cursus honorum? 
2. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Tomis? 

Day 2 – 02 March 
3. Which citizen of Nova Roma served the shortest time ever officially as a provincial governor? 
4. By a law of the Comitia Tributa Sextus Peducaeus had the investigation of what religious portent taken out of the hands of the pontifices? 

Day 3 – 03 March 
5. How many citizens of gens Iulius were assidui at the end of 2764? 
6. Who was the governor of Britannia in 51 AD? 

Day 4 – 04 March 
7. The citizens of Nova Roma are members of urban and rural tribes. How does a member of a rural tribe become a member of an urban tribe? 
8. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Olbia? 

Day 5 – 05 March 
9. Who were the aediles of Oppidum Bucurestium in the year 2761? 
10. Who was the plebeian tribune who was born in 163 BC and would later be killed by the Boni due to his political agenda? 

Day 6 – 06 March 
11. Who earned a triumph for victory over the Celtiberi in 93 BC? 
12. Nova Roma has a few fora where official business takes place, such as taking an oath of office or recording a law. What are the names of at least three of these fora and where would one find them? 
13. A Nova Roma citizen assigned to Century XLVII, who lives in the United States of America in the macronational world, should pay how much in annual taxes to Nova Roma for the year 2765 AUC? 

Day 7 – 07 March 
14. Nova Roma has an officially recognized group that is dedicated to Apollo and the Muses. Who were the consuls of Nova Roma when this group was formed? 
15. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Limonum? 
16. A three part question regarding the first wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero:
a. What was her name?
b. How old was she when she died?
c. What was the name of her half-sister, who was a Vestal Virgin?
17. Who are the current tribuni plebis in Nova Roma? 



Optime valete!
 
 
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Citizens and friends, it looks like we need a bit more action here. Since I have not received any entries for final day of the Certamen Historicum, the history quiz contest is still open! The contest will close on 12 March 2765. Anyone can enter and all questions are still open so this is anyone's contest to win. 

Here are the final questions:

14. Nova Roma has an officially recognized group that is dedicated to Apollo and the Muses. Who were the consuls of Nova Roma when this group was formed? 

15. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Limonum? 

16. A three part question regarding the first wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero:
    a. What was her name?
    b. How old was she when she died?
    c. What was the name of her half-sister, who was a Vestal Virgin?

17. Who are the current tribuni plebis in Nova Roma? 

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Certamen Historicum for Ludi Novi Romani 2765 

Day 1 – 01 March 

1. What is the highest office on the cursus honorum? 

2. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Tomis? 

Day 2 – 02 March 

3. Which citizen of Nova Roma served the shortest time ever officially as a provincial governor? 

4. By a law of the Comitia Tributa Sextus Peducaeus had the investigation of what religious portent taken out of the hands of the pontifices? 

Day 3 – 03 March 

5. How many citizens of gens Iulius were assidui at the end of 2764? 

6. Who was the governor of Britannia in 51 AD? 

Day 4 – 04 March 

7. The citizens of Nova Roma are members of urban and rural tribes. How does a member of a rural tribe become a member of an urban tribe? 

8. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Olbia? 

Day 5 – 05 March 

9. Who were the aediles of Oppidum Bucurestium in the year 2761? 

10. Who was the plebeian tribune who was born in 163 BC and would later be killed by the Boni due to his political agenda? 

Day 6 – 06 March 

11. Who earned a triumph for victory over the Celtiberi in 93 BC? 

12. Nova Roma has a few fora where official business takes place, such as taking an oath of office or recording a law. What are the names of at least three of these fora and where would one find them? 

13. A Nova Roma citizen assigned to Century XLVII, who lives in the United States of America in the macronational world, should pay how much in annual taxes to Nova Roma for the year 2765 AUC? 

Day 7 – 07 March 

14. Nova Roma has an officially recognized group that is dedicated to Apollo and the Muses. Who were the consuls of Nova Roma when this group was formed? 

15. In which direction would you travel from Roma if you wanted to arrive in Limonum? 

16. A three part question regarding the first wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero:

a. What was her name?

b. How old was she when she died?

c. What was the name of her half-sister, who was a Vestal Virgin?

17. Who are the current tribuni plebis in Nova Roma? 



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March 9th - Day 9 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 7 of the Certamen Latinum


I. INTRODUCTION 7 - Adjectives and Adverbs

We have so far learned the dictionary forms of Latin nouns and verbs. We declined nouns, and conjugated verbs in the Present Tense, and we composed our first simple Latin sentences yesterday. Today we broaden our focus and will include Latin adjectives and adverbs into the game, always in sentences, from now on. We are not Latin babies anymore, we are proud to exercise ourselves only in sentences, once we have got this far.

How does the taste of using real Latin feel? We haven't even noticed, and we are already actually speaking and writing in Latin. And it is not even so hard! And all that's achieved within just 6 days...! Where's yet the 10th day of the certamen? We will perhaps become completely fluent in Latin till March 14th ;-)

But more work is ahead of us right now. In order to fix what we have learned so far, please review everything we learned about conjugations, declensions and simple Latin sentences, following these links:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation

http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence

It wouldn't harm if you reviewed all questions and answers presented in this quiz until today:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum

Today we become familiar with Latin adjectives and adverbs, and we will build them into nice little Latin sentences. I suggest we start with the adjectives.

1. Adjectives

Adjectives are words like "big", "small", "nice", "ugly", "quick", "red" etc., they describe qualities, what like one is.

You must remember that Latin nouns have genders, marked by "m.", "f.", "n." in the dictionary forms. These are abbreviations for masculine, feminine and neuter. English has a similar phenomenon when we use “he”, “she” or “it”. Latin, however, uses these genders for things or abstract concepts, too, like in these examples where “loyalty” (fides, -ei, f) is feminine in Latin, the “senate” (senatus, -ús, m) is masculine, “Rome” (Roma, -ae, f) is, again, feminine. In general, we can state that things connectible with males, or virile, robust things are masculine (thus "senatus" is masculine because the senate consisted of men), things connectible with females, womanly, soft and gentle things, abstract ideas, terms and concepts (noble concepts like "freedom", "fatherland", countries, cities) are all of feminine gender (hence "Roma" is feminine, as a city/country, and "fides" as and abstract idea or noble concept), and simple objects,
means or places and things, especially those made of non-living material, are neuter, however, there are a lot of exceptions. The more Latin words you learn, the better you will see that these rules are just very gross generalizations, and the sad truth is that you must memorize the gender of each Latin word you want to know. 'But why?' - you ask. Here come to the picture: the adjectives.

1.1. Gender-Number-Case Agreement Rule

Latin adjectives must agree in gender, number and case with the noun to which they are attached to: so it's essential that you know the gender of each noun if you want to add an adjective to it. A neuter noun in genitive singular can only get a neuter adjective in genitive singular, a masculine plural noun in accusative can only get a masculine plural adjective in the accusative.

1.2. Types of Adjectives

In order to assure that each adjective can accompany all nouns of any gender, all Latin adjectives are of three genders. Each adjective is masculine, feminine and neuter at the same time. Adjectives of the 1st-2nd declension have three separate forms as variants for all three genders (bonus, -i, m.; bona, -ae, f.; bonum, -i, n.: "good"); adjectives of the 3rd declension have only two forms, one variant for the masculine-feminine, and another variant for the neuter (fortis, -is, m./f.; forte, -is, n.: "brave"), and there are some adjectives of the 3rd declension that have only one form, which may be used for all three genders (felix, -icis m./f./n.: "fortunate").

1.2.1. Adjectives of three forms in the 1st-2nd Declensions

Adjectives which have three separate forms, as you can see from the example above, in masculine have an ending in "-us" (bonus), in neuter in "-um" (bonum), and both have the genitive "-i", which makes both the masculine and neuter forms belong to the 2nd declension. The feminine variant, however, ends in "-a" (bona), and with the genitive "-ae" it belongs to the 1st declension. They have the abbreviated dictionary form:

bonus, -a, -um (good)

where the genitive forms are omitted because the users of the dictionaries are expected to know that all of the adjectives of this type follow the same pattern, the masculine and neuter belonging to the 2nd declension, the feminine to the 1st declension.

Note that there a few adjectives of which the masculine variant ends in “–er”, like in “pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum” (beautiful). But they, too, work exactly the same way as the adjectives ending “-us, -a, -um.”

1.2.2. Adjectives of two forms in the 3rd Declension

Adjectives having only two forms, one combined masculine-feminine, and another for the neuter, have the ending "-is" in the masculine-feminine variant (fortis), and the ending "-e" for the neuter form (forte). Both variants, however, share the same genitive "-is", which means that this class of adjectives belongs entirely to the third declension, and within that, to the I-Stem sub-group. Their dictionary form is:

fortis, -e (brave)

with genitive forms omitted again, as they, too, follow the same pattern always.

1.2.2. Adjectives of one single form in the 3rd Declension

Adjectives with only one single form, like "felix, -icis", don't have a specific nominative ending, but they all have the genitive ending "-is", which means, they are all belonging to the third declension. Most of them are of I-Stem (they end in “-ns” or “–x”), some of them are of Consonant-Stem. Their dictionary form is:

felix, -icis (fortunate)

where the genitive is given, because their genitive form may show great variety, including forms like:

sapiens, -entis (wise)
audax, -acis (bold)
vetus, -eris (ancient)

So what to do with all these adjectives, when placing them into a sentence?

1.3. Adjectives' Word Order

You make them agree in gender, number and case with the noun you want to attach them to, and place them after the noun, because Latin adjectives follow the nouns. It's like as if you would say "house big" instead of "big house" in English. But sometimes English does this, too! Or can't we say "all things Roman", instead of "all Roman things"?

2. Adverbs

Adverbs answer the question "How?". They describe manner and way, like "quickly" (from "quick"), "surprisingly" (from "surprising"), "shortly" (from "short"), "nicely" (from "nice") etc.

Even from these examples you can see that adverbs are created from adjectives, by adding an ending "-ly" in the English language. Adverbs are derived from adjectives (in most cases), hence why we discuss them together.

Latin has a solution similar to the English method of adding an ending "-ly" to adjectives, but in Latin, since more types of adjectives exist, there are more ways of forming the adverb.

2.1. Adverbs from Adjectives of the 1st-2nd Declension

From an adjective like “clarus, -a, -um” (clear), you form the adverb by cutting down the case endings, and adding an "-e" to the unchangeable stem of the word, "clar-", thus creating "clare" (clearly).

2.2. Adverbs from Adjectives of the 3rd Declension

From adjectives like "fortis, -e" (brave), or "felix, -icis" (fortunate), you form the adverb by cutting down the case endings, and adding an "-iter" to the unchangeable stem of the word, "fort-" or "felic-", thus creating "fortiter" (bravely) and "feliciter" (fortunately).

2.3. Adverbs from Adjectives of the 3rd Declension Ending in "-ns"

From adjectives like "sapiens, -entis" (wise), where the word ends in "-ns", and the genitive is "-ntis", you form the adverb by adding an "-er" to the unchangeable stem of the word, "sapient-", thus creating "sapienter" (wisely).

Some words have irregular adverbs, like "bene" (well) from "bonus, -a, -um" (good), or "facile" (easily) from "facilis, -e" (easy), but we will not discuss them within the frames of our Ludi Novi Romani.

II. QUESTION 7

Translate the following simple sentences containing adjectives and adverbs to Latin. The Latin words needed to these translations are given below in their dictionary form. Use them.

Follow the guidelines here:

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"The dutiful Brutus vigorously defends the freedom dear to the Roman people." (8 pts)

pius, -a, -um (dutiful)
Brutus, -i, m (Brutus)
strenuus, -a, -um (vigorous)
defendo, -ere, -fendi, -fensum (defend)
libertas, -atis, f (freedom)
carus, -a, -um (dear)
Romanus, -a, um (Roman)
populus, -i, m (people)

"Our friends are diligently writing a long letter to Caecilia Metella, wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus, and to Gaius Scribonius Curio about the many events in the Roman senate." (19 pts)

noster, -tra, -trum (our)
amicus, -, m (friend)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
diligens, -entis (diligent)
epistula, -ae, f (letter, mail)
Caecilia, -ae, f; Metella, -ae, f (Caecilia Metella)
uxor, -oris, f (wife)
Marcus, -i, m; Licinius, -i, m; Crassus, -i, m (Marcus Licinius Crassus)
Gaius, -i, m; Scribonius, -i, m; Curio, -onis, m (Gaius Scribonius Curio)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
de + ablative (about)
multus, -a, -um (much, many)
eventus, -ús, m (event)
in + ablative (in)
Romanus, -a, um (Roman)
senatus, -ús, m (senate)

* Comment: "our", and all possessive pronouns (my, your, their, his, her), are considered adjectives in Latin, and they work like the regular adjectives.

"Caesar wishes to salute the famous consul Gnaeus Pompeius generously, but Pompey does not salute the generous pontifex maximus Gaius Caesar, because anger is roughly invading Pompey’s bitter heart." (21 pts)

Gaius, -i, m; Caesar, -aris, m (Gaius Caesar)
cupio, -ere, -ivi, -itum (wish)
saluto, -are, -avi, -atum (salute)
clarus, -a, -um (famous)
consul, -is, m (consul)
Gnaeus, -i, m; Pompeius, -i, m (Gnaeus Pompeius)
liberalis, -e, (generous)
sed (but)
non (not; no)
pontifex, -ficis, m; maximus, -i, m (pontifex maximus, supreme pontiff)
quia (because)
ira, -ae, f (anger, ire)
asper, -era, -erum (rough)
invado, -ere, -vasi, -vasum (invade)
cor, cordis n (heart)
tristis, -e (bitter, sad)

* Comment: "does/do not" in Latin is expressed by "non + verb in conjugated form", in this case it's literally "Pompey salutes not Cicero".

"The old men say angrily to the famous Gaius Caesar: 'You attack our senate only because you wish to destroy the republic." (12 pts)

vetus, -eris (old)
vir, viri, m (man)
dico, -ere, dixi, dictum (say)
iratus, -a, -um (angry)
oppugno, -are, -avi, -atum (attack)
solum (only)
cupio, -ere, -ivi, -itum (wish)
deleo, -ere, -evi, -etum (destroy, delete)
res, -ei, f; publica, -ae, f (republic)

"I am proudly celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of my people, the Nova Romans, in the Nova Roman Games." (10 pts)

superbus, -a, -um (proud)
celebro, -are, -avi, -atum (celebrate)
quartus, -a, -um; decimus, -a, -um (fourteenth)
anniversarium, -, n (anniversary)
meus, -a, -um (my, mine)
Novus, -a, -um, Romanus, -a, um (Nova Roman)
in + ablative (in)
ludus, -i, m (game)

* Comment: "my", and all possessive pronouns (your, our, their, his, her), are considered adjectives in Latin, and they work like the regular adjectives.

III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:

"The great Cicero slowly writes long letters to the wise Brutus." (7 pts)

magnus, -a, -um (great)
Cicero, -onis, m (Cicero)
lentus, -a, -um (slow)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
longus, -a, -um (long)
epistula, -ae, f (letter, mail)
sapiens, -entis (wise)
Brutus, -i, m (Brutus)

- you will have to determine the gender, number and case of the nouns "Cicero", "letter" and "Brutus", then you will have to pick the appropriate gender variant of the attached adjective, and to put it into the number and case in which the noun stands.
- You'll find easily that "Cicero" is the subject, so this is nominative in Latin. The word is "Cicero, -onis, m", thus masculine, so "great" in "great Cicero" will have to be a masculine singular nominative from "magnus, -a, -um (great)". It's simply "magnus". (1 pt)
- "Slowly" is an adverb. We cut off the case endings of "lentus, -a, -um" (slow), getting "lent-", and we add the "-e", which is the proper adverb ending for adverbs derived from the 1st-2nd declensions adjectives. (1 pt)
- "Letters" is the object and it's plural, so we will need a plural accusative from "epistula, -ae, f (letter)", which is "epistulas". (1 pt) "Long", which is "longus, -a, -um" in Latin, has to agree with "epistulas", so we need the plural accusative of the feminine variant "longa", which is "longas". (1 pt)
- "To (the wise) Brutus" is singular dative, in Latin it's "Bruto" from "Brutus, -i, m". (1 pt) So we need the singular dative of the masculine variant of "sapiens, -entis" (wise). However, sapiens is an "unvarying" adjective like "felix, -icis", which means that in all genders it uses the same form. So we simply take the dative of sapiens, which is "sapienti". (1 pt) So the full sentence is, with the good translation of “(he) writes” as scribit (1 pt):

"Cicero magnus Bruto sapienti epistulas longas lente scribit."


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March 9th - Day 9 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 7 of the Certamen Latinum


I. INTRODUCTION 7 - Adjectives and Adverbs

We
have so far learned the dictionary forms of Latin nouns and verbs. We
declined nouns, and conjugated verbs in the Present Tense, and we
composed our first simple Latin sentences yesterday. Today we broaden
our focus and will include Latin adjectives and adverbs into the game,
always in sentences, from now on. We are not Latin babies anymore, we
are proud to exercise ourselves
only in sentences, once we have got this far.

How does the taste
of using real Latin feel? We haven't even noticed, and we are already
actually speaking and writing in Latin. And it is not even so hard! And
all that's achieved within just 6 days...! Where's yet the 10th day of
the certamen? We will perhaps become completely fluent in Latin till
March 14th ;-)

But more work is ahead of us right now. In order
to fix what we have learned so far, please review everything we learned
about conjugations, declensions and simple Latin sentences, following
these links:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation

http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence

It wouldn't harm if you reviewed all questions and answers presented in this quiz until
today:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum

Today
we become familiar with Latin adjectives and adverbs, and we will build
them into nice little Latin sentences. I suggest we start with the
adjectives.

1. Adjectives

Adjectives are words like "big", "small", "nice", "ugly", "quick", "red" etc., they describe qualities, what like one is.

You
must remember that Latin nouns have genders, marked by "m.", "f.", "n."
in the dictionary forms. These are abbreviations for masculine,
feminine and neuter. English has a similar phenomenon when we use “he”,
“she” or “it”. Latin, however, uses these genders for things or abstract
concepts, too, like in these examples where “loyalty” (fides, -ei, f)
is feminine in Latin, the “senate” (senatus, -ús, m) is masculine,
“Rome” (Roma, -ae, f) is, again,
feminine. In general, we can state that things connectible with males,
or virile, robust things are masculine (thus "senatus" is masculine
because the senate consisted of men), things connectible with females,
womanly, soft and gentle things, abstract ideas, terms and concepts
(noble concepts like "freedom", "fatherland", countries, cities) are all
of feminine gender (hence "Roma" is feminine, as a city/country, and
"fides" as and abstract idea or noble concept), and simple objects,
means or places and things, especially those made of non-living
material, are neuter, however, there are a lot of exceptions. The more
Latin words you learn, the better you will see that these rules are just
very gross generalizations, and the sad truth is that you must memorize
the gender of each Latin word you want to know. 'But why?' - you ask.
Here come to the picture: the adjectives.

1.1. Gender-Number-Case Agreement Rule


Latin adjectives must
agree in gender, number and case with the noun to which they are
attached to: so it's essential that you know the gender of each noun if
you want to add an adjective to it. A neuter noun in genitive singular
can only get a neuter adjective in genitive singular, a masculine plural
noun in accusative can only get a masculine plural adjective in the
accusative.

1.2. Types of Adjectives

In order to
assure that each adjective can accompany all nouns of any gender, all
Latin adjectives are of three genders. Each adjective is masculine,
feminine and neuter at the same time. Adjectives of the 1st-2nd
declension have three separate forms as variants for all three genders
(bonus, -i, m.; bona, -ae, f.; bonum, -i, n.: "good"); adjectives of the
3rd declension have only two forms, one variant for the
masculine-feminine, and another variant for the neuter (fortis, -is,
m./f.; forte, -is, n.: "brave"), and there are some adjectives of the
3rd
declension that have only one form, which may be used for all three
genders (felix, -icis m./f./n.: "fortunate").

1.2.1. Adjectives of three forms in the 1st-2nd Declensions


Adjectives which have three separate forms, as you can see from
the example above, in masculine have an ending in "-us" (bonus), in
neuter in "-um" (bonum), and both have the genitive "-i", which makes
both the masculine and neuter forms belong to the 2nd declension. The
feminine variant, however, ends in "-a" (bona), and with the genitive
"-ae" it belongs to the 1st declension. They have the abbreviated
dictionary form:

bonus, -a, -um (good)


where the genitive forms are omitted because the users of the
dictionaries are expected to know that all of the adjectives of this
type follow the same pattern, the masculine and neuter belonging to the
2nd declension, the feminine to the 1st declension.

Note that
there
a few adjectives of which the masculine variant ends in “–er”, like in
“pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum” (beautiful). But they, too, work exactly
the same way as the adjectives ending “-us, -a, -um.”

1.2.2. Adjectives of two forms in the 3rd Declension


Adjectives having only two forms, one combined
masculine-feminine, and another for the neuter, have the ending "-is" in
the masculine-feminine variant (fortis), and the ending "-e" for the
neuter form (forte). Both variants, however, share the same genitive
"-is", which means that this class of adjectives belongs entirely to the
third declension, and within that, to the I-Stem sub-group. Their
dictionary form is:

fortis, -e (brave)

with genitive forms omitted again, as they, too, follow the same pattern always.

1.2.2. Adjectives of one single form in the 3rd Declension


Adjectives with only one
single form, like "felix, -icis", don't have a specific nominative
ending, but they all have the genitive ending "-is", which means, they
are all belonging to the third declension. Most of them are of I-Stem
(they end in “-ns” or “–x”), some of them are of Consonant-Stem. Their
dictionary form is:

felix, -icis (fortunate)

where the genitive is given, because their genitive form may show great variety, including forms like:

sapiens, -entis (wise)
audax, -acis (bold)
vetus, -eris (ancient)

So what to do with all these adjectives, when placing them into a sentence?

1.3. Adjectives' Word Order


You make them agree in gender, number and case with the noun you
want to attach them to, and place them after the noun, because Latin
adjectives follow the nouns. It's like as if you would say "house big"
instead of "big house" in
English. But sometimes English does this, too! Or can't we say "all
things Roman", instead of "all Roman things"?

2. Adverbs

Adverbs
answer the question "How?". They describe manner and way, like
"quickly" (from "quick"), "surprisingly" (from "surprising"), "shortly"
(from "short"), "nicely" (from "nice") etc.

Even from these
examples you can see that adverbs are created from adjectives, by adding
an ending "-ly" in the English language. Adverbs are derived from
adjectives (in most cases), hence why we discuss them together.

Latin
has a solution similar to the English method of adding an ending "-ly"
to adjectives, but in Latin, since more types of adjectives exist, there
are more ways of forming the adverb.

2.1. Adverbs from Adjectives of the 1st-2nd Declension


From an adjective like “clarus, -a, -um” (clear), you form the
adverb by cutting down the case endings, and adding an "-e" to the
unchangeable stem of the word, "clar-", thus creating "clare"
(clearly).

2.2. Adverbs from Adjectives of the 3rd Declension


From adjectives like "fortis, -e" (brave), or "felix, -icis"
(fortunate), you form the adverb by cutting down the case endings, and
adding an "-iter" to the unchangeable stem of the word, "fort-" or
"felic-", thus creating "fortiter" (bravely) and "feliciter"
(fortunately).

2.3. Adverbs from Adjectives of the 3rd Declension Ending in "-ns"


From adjectives like "sapiens, -entis" (wise), where the word ends
in "-ns", and the genitive is "-ntis", you form the adverb by adding an
"-er" to the unchangeable stem of the word, "sapient-", thus creating
"sapienter" (wisely).

Some words have irregular adverbs,
like "bene" (well) from "bonus, -a, -um" (good), or "facile" (easily)
from "facilis, -e" (easy), but we will not discuss them within the
frames of our Ludi Novi Romani.


II. QUESTION 7

Translate
the following simple sentences containing adjectives and adverbs to
Latin. The Latin words needed to these translations are given below in
their dictionary form. Use them.

Follow the guidelines here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!

"The dutiful Brutus vigorously defends the freedom dear to the Roman people." (8 pts)

pius, -a, -um (dutiful)
Brutus, -i, m (Brutus)
strenuus, -a, -um (vigorous)
defendo, -ere, -fendi, -fensum (defend)
libertas, -atis, f (freedom)
carus, -a, -um (dear)
Romanus, -a, um (Roman)
populus, -i, m (people)

"Our friends are diligently writing a long letter to Caecilia Metella, wife of Marcus Licinius
Crassus, and to Gaius Scribonius Curio about the many events in the Roman senate." (19 pts)

noster, -tra, -trum (our)
amicus, -, m (friend)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
diligens, -entis (diligent)
epistula, -ae, f (letter, mail)
Caecilia, -ae, f; Metella, -ae, f (Caecilia Metella)
uxor, -oris, f (wife)
Marcus, -i, m; Licinius, -i, m; Crassus, -i, m (Marcus Licinius Crassus)
Gaius, -i, m; Scribonius, -i, m; Curio, -onis, m (Gaius Scribonius Curio)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
de + ablative (about)
multus, -a, -um (much, many)
eventus, -ús, m (event)
in + ablative (in)
Romanus, -a, um (Roman)
senatus, -ús, m (senate)

* Comment: "our", and all possessive pronouns (my, your, their, his, her), are considered adjectives in
Latin, and they work like the regular adjectives.

"Caesar
wishes to salute the famous consul Gnaeus Pompeius generously, but
Pompey does not salute the generous pontifex maximus Gaius Caesar,
because anger is roughly invading Pompey’s bitter heart." (21 pts)

Gaius, -i, m; Caesar, -aris, m (Gaius Caesar)
cupio, -ere, -ivi, -itum (wish)
saluto, -are, -avi, -atum (salute)
clarus, -a, -um (famous)
consul, -is, m (consul)
Gnaeus, -i, m; Pompeius, -i, m (Gnaeus Pompeius)
liberalis, -e, (generous)
sed (but)
non (not; no)
pontifex, -ficis, m; maximus, -i, m (pontifex maximus, supreme pontiff)
quia (because)
ira, -ae, f (anger, ire)
asper, -era, -erum (rough)
invado, -ere, -vasi, -vasum (invade)
cor, cordis n (heart)
tristis, -e (bitter, sad)



* Comment: "does/do not" in Latin is expressed by "non + verb in
conjugated form", in this case it's literally "Pompey salutes not
Cicero".

"The old men say angrily to the famous Gaius
Caesar: 'You attack our senate only because you wish to destroy the
republic." (12 pts)

vetus, -eris (old)
vir, viri, m (man)
dico, -ere, dixi, dictum (say)
iratus, -a, -um (angry)
oppugno, -are, -avi, -atum (attack)
solum (only)
cupio, -ere, -ivi, -itum (wish)
deleo, -ere, -evi, -etum (destroy, delete)
res, -ei, f; publica, -ae, f (republic)

"I am proudly celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of my people, the Nova Romans, in the Nova Roman Games." (10 pts)

superbus, -a, -um (proud)
celebro, -are, -avi, -atum (celebrate)
quartus, -a, -um; decimus, -a, -um (fourteenth)

anniversarium, -, n (anniversary)
meus, -a, -um (my, mine)
Novus, -a, -um, Romanus, -a, um (Nova Roman)
in + ablative (in)
ludus, -i, m (game)


* Comment: "my", and all possessive pronouns (your, our,
their, his, her), are considered adjectives in Latin, and they work like
the regular adjectives.

III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:

"The great Cicero slowly writes long letters to the wise Brutus." (7 pts)

magnus, -a, -um (great)
Cicero, -onis, m (Cicero)
lentus, -a, -um (slow)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
longus, -a, -um (long)
epistula, -ae, f (letter, mail)
sapiens, -entis (wise)
Brutus, -i, m (Brutus)

-
you will have to determine the gender, number and case of the nouns
"Cicero", "letter" and "Brutus", then you will have to pick the
appropriate gender
variant of the attached adjective, and to put it into the number and
case in which the noun stands.
- You'll find easily that "Cicero" is
the subject, so this is nominative in Latin. The word is "Cicero, -onis,
m", thus masculine, so "great" in "great Cicero" will have to be a
masculine singular nominative from "magnus, -a, -um (great)". It's
simply "magnus". (1 pt)
- "Slowly" is an adverb. We cut off the case
endings of "lentus, -a, -um" (slow), getting "lent-", and we add the
"-e", which is the proper adverb ending for adverbs derived from the
1st-2nd declensions adjectives. (1 pt)
- "Letters" is the object and
it's plural, so we will need a plural accusative from "epistula, -ae, f
(letter)", which is "epistulas". (1 pt) "Long", which is "longus, -a,
-um" in Latin, has to agree with "epistulas", so we need the plural
accusative of the feminine variant "longa", which is "longas". (1 pt)
-
"To (the wise) Brutus" is singular dative, in Latin
it's "Bruto" from "Brutus, -i, m". (1 pt) So we need the singular
dative of the masculine variant of "sapiens, -entis" (wise). However,
sapiens is an "unvarying" adjective like "felix, -icis", which means
that in all genders it uses the same form. So we simply take the dative
of sapiens, which is "sapienti". (1 pt) So the full sentence is, with
the good translation of “(he) writes” as scribit (1 pt):

"Cicero magnus Bruto sapienti epistulas longas lente scribit."


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87731 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-09
Subject: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Beautiful twins,

Brother and sister,

Lord of day, Lady of night,

Golden light, silver light:

Apollo, drawing the sweet grass

With your warm light,

Diana, moving the tides

With your cold luminescence:

You create a balance, within which

we, Terra's children

Can flourish, but we offer you

Good prayers and sweet wine,

Because we also know that

Apollo's light can deny

The gentle rains that our wheat must have,

And that the tides by which sailors swear

Can draw themselves together and drown

The shore where they should end.



Therefore, be gentle with us, dear twins,

And remember that we are helpless

Against your displeasure.



C. Maria Caeca

03/09.12


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87732 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Beautiful =)
 
--
V.A. Regilla

Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Brasiliae


________________________________
De: C. Maria Caeca <c.mariacaeca@...>
Para: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Sábado, 10 de Março de 2012 1:58
Assunto: [Nova-Roma] Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana


 
Beautiful twins,

Brother and sister,

Lord of day, Lady of night,

Golden light, silver light:

Apollo, drawing the sweet grass

With your warm light,

Diana, moving the tides

With your cold luminescence:

You create a balance, within which

we, Terra's children

Can flourish, but we offer you

Good prayers and sweet wine,

Because we also know that

Apollo's light can deny

The gentle rains that our wheat must have,

And that the tides by which sailors swear

Can draw themselves together and drown

The shore where they should end.

Therefore, be gentle with us, dear twins,

And remember that we are helpless

Against your displeasure.

C. Maria Caeca

03/09.12

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87733 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Caeca Regillae Sal!

Gratias tibi ago!

Vale!
C.

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87734 From: David Hawkins Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Heavy Heart
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that due to recent events
that I can no longer fulfill my duties as Aedilis Plebis. It is my hope
that someone will be able to assist my friend and fellow Aedilis Plebis,
Publius Annaeus Constantinus Placidus, in the duties of the office. I will
try to follow the events in Nova Roma as my health situation allows. Long
live the Republic!

Gaius Aemilius Priscus


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87735 From: Cato Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: a.d. VI Id. Mar.
Cat omnibus in foro SPD

Hodiernus dies est ante diem VI Idus Martias; haec dies comitialis est.


"About the same time the Carthaginian commanders briefly addressed
their forces. They pointed out to them that in the event of victory in
the battle they would be fighting afterwards for Sicily, but that if
defeated they would have to fight for their own country and their
homes, and bade them take this to heart and embark. When all readily
did as they were ordered, as their general's words had made clear to
them the issues at stake, they set to sea in a confident and menacing
spirit. The commanders when they saw the enemy's order adapted their
own to it. Three-quarters of their force they drew up in a single
line, extending their right wing to the open sea for the purpose of
encircling the enemy and with all their ships facing the Romans. The
remaining quarter of their force formed the left wing of their whole
line, and reached shoreward at angle with the rest. Their right wing
was under the command of the same Hanno who had been worsted in the
engagement near Agrigentum. He had vessels for charging and also the
swiftest quinqueremes for the outflanking movement. The left wing was
in charge of Hamilcar, the one who commanded in the sea-battle at
Tyndaris, and he, fighting as he was in the centre of the line, used
in the fray the following stratagem. The battle was begun by the
Romans who, noticing that the Carthaginian line was thin owing to its
great extent, delivered an attack on the centre. The Carthaginian
centre had received Hamilcar's orders to fall back at once with the
view of breaking the order of the Romans, and, as they hastily
retreated, the Romans pursued them vigorously. While the first and
second squadrons thus pressed on the flying enemy, the third and
fourth were separated from them, the third squadron towing the
horse-transports, and the triarii remaining with them as a supporting
force. When the Carthaginians thought they had drawn off the first and
second squadrons far enough from the others, they all, on receiving a
signal from Hamilcar's ship, turned simultaneously and attacked their
pursuers. The engagement that followed was a very hot one, the
superior speed of the Carthaginians enabling them to move round the
enemy's flank as well as to approach easily and retire rapidly, while
the Romans, relying on their sheet strength when they closed with the
enemy, grappling with the ravens every ship as soon as it approached,
fighting also, as they were, under the very eyes of both the Consuls,
who were personally taking part in the combat, had no less high hopes
of success. Such then was the state of the battle in this quarter.
At one and the same time Hanno with the right wing, which had held its
distance in the first attack, sailed across the open sea and fell upon
the ships of the triarii, causing them great embarrassment and
distress. Meanwhile that part of the Carthaginian force which was
posted near the shore, changing their former formation and deploying
into line with their prows facing the enemy, attacked the vessels
which were towing the horse-transports. Letting go their tow-lines
this squadron met and engaged the enemy. Thus the whole conflict
consisted of three parts, and three sea-battles were going on at a
wide distance from each other. As the respective forces were in each
case of equal strength owing to their disposition at the outset, the
battle also was fought on equal terms. However, in each case things
fell out as one would expect, when the forces engaged are so equally
matched. Those who had commenced the battle were the first to be
separated, for Hamilcar's division was finally forced back and took to
flight. Lucius was now occupied in taking the prizes in tow, and
Marcus, observing the struggle in which the triarii and
horse-transports were involved, hastened to their assistance with such
of the ships of the second squadron as were undamaged. When he
reached Hanno's division and came into conflict with it, the triarii
at once took heart, though they had had much the worst of it, and
recovered their fighting spirit. The Carthaginians, attacked both in
front and in the rear, were in difficulties, finding themselves
surrounded, to their surprise, by the relieving force, and giving way,
they began to retreat out to sea. Meanwhile both Lucius, who was by
this time sailing up and observed that the third squadron was shut in
close to the shore by the Carthaginian left wing, and Marcus, who had
now left the horse-transports and triarii in safety, hastened together
to the relief of this force which was in grave peril; for the state of
matters now was just like a siege, and they all would evidently have
been lost if the Carthaginians had not been afraid of the ravens and
simply hedged them in and held them close to the land instead of
charging, apprehensive as they were of coming to close quarters. The
Consuls, coming up rapidly and surrounding the Carthaginians, captured
fifty ships with their crews, a few managing to slip out along shore
and escape. The separate encounters fell out as I have described, and
the final result of the whole battle was in favour of the Romans. The
latter lost twenty-four sail sunk and the Carthaginians more than
thirty. Not a single Roman ship with its crew fell into the enemy's
hands, but sixty-four Carthaginian ships were so captured." -
Polybius, Histories 1.28-29

On this day in 241 B.C., the First Punic War ended. By the winter of
243/2 the Roman treasury was exhausted. However the Romans had
sufficiently recovered from the debacle of 249 to build yet another
fleet. The Senate passed a measure taxing themselves, the monies to be
repayable in case of victory. 200 war ships were built.

In 241 the fleet of 200 quinquiremes which was placed in command of
Gaius Lutatius Catulus were sent to renew the blockade of Lilybaeum.
Th Romans appeared off the coast of Sicily in the summer and the
surprised Punic fleet was forced to sail home, allowing the Romans to
take the harbor at Drepana (Trapani), where he installed siege-works
and blockaded the city, and the roadsteads near Lilybaeum. Meanwhile
he drilled in naval manoeuvers every day.

The Carthaginians managed to reactivate their fleet and send a force
of 170 ships, loaded their ships with grain and sought to relieve
Hamilcar's troops in Eryx. The fleet was out of practice, undermanned
and burdened with supplies for the garrison. The commander, Hanno,
planned to sneak into Eryx, unload the corn to lighten the ships and
take on the mercenary troops of Hamilcar Barca and then seek out the
Roman fleet.

This plan failed. Lutatius got word of the arrival, embarked his best
troops and sailed to the island of Aegusa (Aegates Islands or Egadi
Islands) near Lilybaeum to intercept. At daybreak he saw that the
strong breeze favoured Carthage and that the seas were rough. He was
unsure whether to engage but in the end decided that this would be
preferable to fighting the same force later after it could be
strengthened by Carthage. So upon seeing the enemy at full sail, he
put to sea at once, quickly maneuvering his fleet into a single line
facing the enemy.

Seeing this, the Carthaginians lowered their masts and closed. The
Romans benefited from removal of all heavy equipment from their
vessels and their training now paid off whereas the laden Carthaginian
galleys were difficult to maneuver and their marines merely raw
recruits. The result was that the Carthaginian ships experienced
defeat after defeat. Fifty of their galleys were sunk outright and
seventy captured. The remainder were saved only by a fortuitous change
in wind direction and raised their masts and ran before the wind,
which had veered around, and made their way back. The Romans had taken
nearly 100,000 prisoners of war and Carthage was forced to sue for
peace shortly thereafter.

Thus it was that on March 10, 241 B.C., the Carthaginian relieving
fleet was totally defeated near the Aegates Islands off western
Sicily. Catulus, who had made the decision to attack, shared in the
triumph, though a wound had prevented him from taking part in the
operations. The Carthaginians subsequently crucified the naval
commander Hanno; for the first time in their history, the
Carthaginians had lost control of the sea.

Valete bene!

Cato
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87736 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Heavy Heart
Salve cousin,

I'm very sorry to hear these news.

I hope you recover your health quickly.

Vale,
Crassus

Sent by iPhone

No dia 10 de Mar de 2012, às 13:07, David Hawkins <c.aemilius.priscus@...> escreveu:

> It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that due to recent events
> that I can no longer fulfill my duties as Aedilis Plebis. It is my hope
> that someone will be able to assist my friend and fellow Aedilis Plebis,
> Publius Annaeus Constantinus Placidus, in the duties of the office. I will
> try to follow the events in Nova Roma as my health situation allows. Long
> live the Republic!
>
> Gaius Aemilius Priscus
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87737 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Heavy Heart
Salve Prisce!

I will send you good thoughts and will remember you by name to Mater Venus at the daily rites and also during the Veneralia ritual! i shall also make sacrifice to Apollo Medicus on your behalf!

Securum in tenebris me facit esse Venus

Optime Vale,

Julia
Sacerdos Veneris Genetricis
Pontifex Novæ Romæ


--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, David Hawkins <c.aemilius.priscus@...> wrote:
>
> It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that due to recent events
> that I can no longer fulfill my duties as Aedilis Plebis. It is my hope
> that someone will be able to assist my friend and fellow Aedilis Plebis,
> Publius Annaeus Constantinus Placidus, in the duties of the office. I will
> try to follow the events in Nova Roma as my health situation allows. Long
> live the Republic!
>
> Gaius Aemilius Priscus
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87738 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: In Taberna quando sumus Arte Factum
Salvete omnes!

Although this video may be from "Música Medieval" it appears, to my ear, to be using classical Latin.

And so the "v" is pronounced as in "I'll get you, you wascally wabbit"! (Te capiam, cunicule sceleste!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_7DMcG3UCY0#!

Enjoy!

Valete optime!

Julia
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87739 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: Re: Heavy Heart
Salve Priscus,

Forgot to translate the small but powerful meditation:
Securum in tenebris me facit esse Venus
(In the darkness Venus is with me)

Bene vale in pacem deorum

Julia


--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "luciaiuliaaquila" <luciaiuliaaquila@...> wrote:
>
> Salve Prisce!
>
> I will send you good thoughts and will remember you by name to Mater Venus at the daily rites and also during the Veneralia ritual! i shall also make sacrifice to Apollo Medicus on your behalf!
>
> Securum in tenebris me facit esse Venus
>
> Optime Vale,
>
> Julia
> Sacerdos Veneris Genetricis
> Pontifex Novæ Romæ
>
>
> --- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, David Hawkins <c.aemilius.priscus@> wrote:
> >
> > It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that due to recent events
> > that I can no longer fulfill my duties as Aedilis Plebis. It is my hope
> > that someone will be able to assist my friend and fellow Aedilis Plebis,
> > Publius Annaeus Constantinus Placidus, in the duties of the office. I will
> > try to follow the events in Nova Roma as my health situation allows. Long
> > live the Republic!
> >
> > Gaius Aemilius Priscus
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87740 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Iulia Omnibusque in foro SPD


"Gaius Julius Caesar had by his victory at Pharsalus amid the golden cornfields of Thessaly made himself master of the Roman world. In the precious decades he and his equally ambitious rivals such as Pompey and their predecessors had blatantly and successfully twisted the laws of the Roman republic and subverted its constitution to their own words.

They owed that success to the organic way in which the republic had evolved.
The Patrician plotters who, in 509 BC, had ejected Rome's last king had substituted a form of government in which each year the male citizens of Rome elected two magistrates, soon to become known as consuls, to run the affairs of the state. Two consuls were appointed not only to share the burden but also so that each could restrain the ambitions of the other. The stipulation of annual elections was designed as another protection against any rising autocrat.

The republic's founders never formulated these new arrangements in a written constitution or any coherent suite of legal documents. Caesar was by no means the first to exploit the flexibility the lack of a written constitution afforded to claim legitimacy for his acts. The city's aristocracy had long felt free to mold and modify the system of government in line with their wishes and best interests while reassuring citizens that they would reconcile any changes with mos maiorum, "the tradition of the elders," – a relatively amorphous but sacrosanct concept.

Overtime, the Romans had approved the creation of a number of extra positions, again to be filled by elected officials. Early in the life of the republic, in response to pressure from the common people – the plebs – tribunes had been elected to represent their wishes. The extent and nature of their powers were the subject of heated debate and frequent change. As Rome had grown, other offices had been added, not only to spread the growing workload but also to preserve the checks and balances crucial to the republic's health. Some of these, in particular the position of quaestor, the official responsible for tax collection, and praetor, assistant consul, formed a hierarchy that any aspirant consul had to ascend before he could stand for top job. The Romans knew the climb as the "race for glory." Both Pompey and Caesar had made the climb but found the glory it afforded insufficient to fulfill his aspirations within the limitations imposed by the tradition of the elders." (The Mos Maiorum)

Excerpt from "CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY (Power, Love and Politics in the Ancient World)" by Diana Preston. This book is about Cleopatra and Antony but "about the world about them" – about the Roman Republic in that era. Has a huge bibliography of notes and sources, a who's who in the era and also an index. Diana Preston is an Oxford Historian but to my knowledge this is her only book on the Roman Republic.

I do have a couplafew comments however:
"In the precious decades he and his equally ambitious rivals such as Pompey and their predecessors had blatantly and successfully twisted the laws of the Roman republic and subverted its constitution to their own words."

Even in our recent past we have experienced this, although our constitution is written it is wrought with errors as, in my opinion, it was a rush document meant to meet the crisis of its day to shore up what leges existed and a true strike against the Roman mos maiorum.

"They owed that success to the organic way in which the republic had evolved."
We do not have an organic evolution, not yet, but there are small pockets that are evolving, but it shall do so very slowly.


"Two consuls were appointed not only to share the burden but also so that each could restrain the ambitions of the other."

We have not always had that. We have had vanishing, ineffective or absent Consuls leaving the other to do the work and we have also had ambitious consuls that caused an obstacle to progress. I hope this year is different, as are many things.

"The stipulation of annual elections was designed as another protection against any rising autocrat."

Personally, in this day and age, a two year term would be advantageous temporarily.

"The republic's founders never formulated these new arrangements in a written constitution or any coherent suite of legal documents."

The constitution is not in concert with the mos maiorum and has been a troublesome document since its inception. We have tons of Laws, we do not need a written constitution – that is part of the mos maiorum that guides us to the creations and administration of our written Leges. For NR, inc. all that is needed is a good, succinct and flexible set of bylaws that compliments the Leges but has no laws within it. Abolishing the current constitution will bring us closer to the mos maiorum. The mos maiorum, if understood, will enable us all to live as new Romans applying the tradition of our elders to our modern lives.


"The city's aristocracy had long felt free to mold and modify the system of government in line with their wishes and best interests while reassuring citizens that they would reconcile any changes with mos maiorum, "the tradition of the elders," – a relatively amorphous but sacrosanct concept."

Mos maiorum, sancrosanct. We should expect molding and modification of the system of our respublica as She grows and evolves, and we have laws that should protect us against the abuses noted in the Roman Republic. Such abuses cannot be reconciled, but can be manipulated to appear to, be in line with the Mos Maiorum. We have a chance as we are being reborn to rise with the mos maiorum and to create and modify laws that are reconciled with the mos maiorum.

"The Romans knew the climb as the "race for glory." Both Pompey and Caesar had made the climb but found the glory it afforded insufficient to fulfill his aspirations within the limitations imposed by the tradition of the elders." (The Mos Maiorum)

"Race for Glory" aka Cursus Honorum – It is the mos maiorum, the tradition of elders, that limits the self aggrandizing component of human nature and channels aspirations from the self to the respublica – with this in our consciousness citizens will integrate a virtuous nature into their own lives.

Like Virtues, the Mos Maiorum defies definition, or any attempt at definition will never be sufficient. This is why I take every opportunity to speak of the mos maiorum as this is how we will know of it, like virtues, by our thoughts, words, deeds and actions.
Vivat Res Publica nostra prosperrime!
Bene valete atque di vos incolumes custodian

Julia
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87741 From: Denise D. Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: On duty
Regilla omnibus sal.

I'm sending this message just to inform that this month I'm the tribune on duty and S. Marius Paullus the substitute.

Optime valete!
 
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Tribuna Plebis
Legata Pro Praetore Provinciae Argentinae
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87742 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-10
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #8 (Latin Contest)
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Enter the Certamen Latinum today! You can jump in from answering Question #6. The older questions are now closed, because I publish the answers to Question #4 and #5.

Join this exciting race, and be you the first, second, fifth or tenth. It doesn't matter: what matters it's that you became more Roman by learning some bits of Latin. Even if you check in the race for only one turn, this is still worth it, because you will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.

Find and answer the previous Question #6 and #7 (still open) here:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum

And now, let's see answers to the previous questions:


ANSWERS


Answer #4
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#Answers_4

Answer #5
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#Answers_5


RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS


Let's see what changes are in the race:

1st - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 286.5 pts
2nd - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 279 pts
3nd - L. Aelia Corva - 277.5 pts
4th - M. Pompeius Caninus - 217 pts pts
5th - V. Aemilia Regilla - 215 pts
6th - T. Valeria Celeris - 166 pts
7th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COMPETITION!! The impeccable Aemilia, without mistakes till now, has fallen down to the 4th place! And the legendary Placidus has come up to the first place! Is he going to win all Latin competitions this year, too? Placidus, Placidus... are you invincible? And what happened, again: A. Liburnius Hadrianus has come up from the 4th place to the second! That's a brillian performance! Aelia Corva is a solid and strong 3rd - but she can be the first until the end, so... Aelia! Aelia!! Aelia!!!
And what I see: Caninus went down to the 4th place. But you have to know that he did not sent Question #7 in, so he can make us surprised. He has one of the greatest potentials to win this Certamen Latinum.
And ahy is our Aemilia Regilla at the 4th place while she led this competition uncontested in the 1st place for 5 turns? She, like Caninus, did not sent Question #7 in. So maybe it is just a temporary falling...
The battle of gigants is peding over our heads...
JOIN THE RACE, ROMAN! Come here, foreigners and Nova Romans: join this company, join the race, and be among the glorious ones. Be the hero of the Certamen Latinum. Lest assured, I will glorify you enough ;)


PARTICIPATING


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March 10th - Day 10 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 8 of the Certamen Latinum



I. INTRODUCTION 8 - Past Tenses


We have so far learned the dictionary forms of Latin nouns and verbs. We declined nouns, and conjugated verbs in the Present Tense, and we composed simple Latin sentences. Yesterday we discussed and practiced the usage of Latin adjectives and adverbs.

Today we will learn about the three Past Tenses of Latin verbs.

1. The Imperfect Tense

The Imperfect Tense indicates either a perpetual, or an ongoing but incomplete action in the past. It can express any action in the past that was not completed. This tense is similar to the English Past Progressive ("I was saying"), but depending on context, it can also be identified with English Past Simple ("I said"). "Dícébam" can be translated to mean "I was saying," and less frequently: "I said," or "I used to say".

This tense is formed from the 2nd dictionary part, by cutting off the infinitive endings "-are", "-ére", "-ere" and "-ire", and replacing them with the personal endings shown in the table on our website, respectively to the conjugation group to which the verb belongs to.

Learn the conjugation of the Imperfect Tense on our website:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Imperfect_Tense

2. The Perfect Tense

The Perfect Tense refers to an action completed in the past. It expresses a finished action in the past. If the action were not finished, but still lies in the past, one would use the Imperfect Tense. The Latin Perfect Tense is equivalent to the English Present Perfect ("I have said"), but unlike English, the Latin Perfect Tense is used in the function of English Past Simple whenever it describes a finished, completed event, the series of actions in a past time story ("I said"). Thus "díxí" can be translated as "I have said," or, more often, "I said".

This tense is formed from the 3rd dictionary part, by cutting off the Perfect Tense first person singular ending "-í", and replacing it with the personal endings shown in the table on our website.

Learn the conjugation of the Perfect Tense on our website:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Perfect_Tense

3. The Pluperfect Tense

Just like in English, in Latin, too, the Pluperfect Tense is used to assert an action that was completed before another action in the past. "Díxeram" translates as "I had said."

This tense is formed from the 3rd dictionary part, by cutting off the Perfect Tense first person singular ending "-í", and replacing it with the personal endings shown in the table on our website.

Learn the conjugation of the Pluperfect Tense on our website:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Pluperfect_Tense


II. QUESTION 8


Translate the following simple sentences to Latin, using the three types of Past Tenses, the Imperfect, the Perfect and the Pluperfect in their proper places. The Latin words needed to these translations are given below in their dictionary form. Use them. Follow the guidelines here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation
http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!


”I knew many women, but I have never found the perfect one.” (6 pts)

scio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (know)
multus, -a, -um (much, many)
mulier, -eris, f (lady, adult woman)
sed (but)
invenio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (find)
numquam (never)
optimus, -a, -um (perfect)

* Comment: The word “one” does not have to be translated.

”Popillia and Maria were slowly walking down to the forum, when they suddenly stopped, because a cat had run across the street.” (9 pts)

Popillia, -ae f (Popillia)
et (and)
Maria, -ae f (Maria)
lentus, -a, -um (slow)
descend, -ere, -scendi, -scensum (walk down)
in + accusative (to, into)
forum, -i, n (square, forum)
cum (when)
subito (suddenly)
consisto -sistere -stiti –stitum (stop)
quia (because)
felis, -is, f (cat)
curro, -ere, cucurri, cursum (run)
trans + accusative (across)
via, -ae, f (street)

”When we decided to start our dinner, our guests had already drunk all the wine, and they were cheerfully singing songs in Latin.” (13 pts)

cum (when)
decerno, -ere, decrevi, -cretum (decide)
incipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum (start)
noster, -tra, -trum (our)
cena, -ae, f (dinner)
hospes, -itis, mf (guest)
iam (already)
bibo, -ere, bibi, bibitum (drink)
omnis, -e (all)
vinum, -i, n (wine)
cano, -ere, cecini, cantum (sing)
hilarus, -a, -um (cheerful)
carmen, -inis, n (song)
Latinus, -a, -um (Latin)

* Comment: The phrase “in Latin” is expressed in Latin by an adverb, derived regularly from “Latinus, -a, um”.

"The bad senators vehemently attacked Marcus Tullius Cicero with angry speeches yesterday, although he was defending the state with his proposals." (13 pts)

malus, -a, -um (bad)
senator, -oris, m (senator)
vehemens, -entis (vehement)
oppugno, -are, -avi, -atum (attack)
Marcus, -i, m; Tullius, -i, m; Cicero, -onis, m (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
iratus, -a, -um (angry)
oratio, -onis, f (speech)
heri (yesterday)
quamquam (although)
defendo, -ere, -endi, -ensum (defend)
res, -ei, f; publica, -ae, f (state, republic)
suus, -a, -um (his)
sententia, -ae, f (proposal)

* Comments: "with" is expressed here in both places by using the ablative without preposition. "His", and all possessive pronouns (my, your, her, our, their), are considered adjectives in Latin, and they work like the regular adjectives.

"Cicero started to write his book on the nature of the gods, because he had finished his other duties, and at last he had free time." (14 pts)

incipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum (start)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
suus, -a, -um (his)
liber, libri, m (book)
de + ablative (about; on)
natura, -ae, f (nature)
deus, -i, m (god)
finio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (finish)
ceterus, -a, um (other, the rest of)
officium, -i, n (duty)
tandem (at last)
habeo, -ere, -bui, -bitum (have)
liber, -era, -erum (free)
tempus, -oris, n (time)


III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:


"Cicero entered the room where Pompey was writing." (4 pts)

Cicero, -onis, m (Cicero)
intro, -are, -avi, -atum (enter)
cella, -ae, f (room)
ubi (where)
Pompeius, -i, m (Pompey)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)

- you will have to analyze the two predicates, "entered" and "was writing". With "was writing" there is no problem at all, because this is an English Past Progressive, which, in Latin, always appears as an Imperfect. Thus, form the conjugation table, you will get "scribebat". (1 pt)
- "Enter" is more difficult, because it's English Past Simple, which can be both Latin Imperfect and Latin Perfect. Since we have already an Imperfect and this action of "entering the room" is "more finished" than Pompey's "writing", it seems reasonable to think that "entered" is a Perfect Tense in Latin. You check the conjugation table on our website, and you find it's "intravit". (1 pt)
- You translate the rest of the sentence (2 pts) easily as it contains no new grammar, and the result is:

"Cicero cellam intravit ubi Pompeius scribebat."


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87743 From: petronius_dexter Date: 2012-03-11
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
C. Petronius Juliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,

> "Gaius Julius Caesar had by his victory at Pharsalus amid the golden cornfields of Thessaly made himself master of the Roman world."

It was not true for the time. Caesar never was made the master of the Roman world. To say that we have to know the end of the Republican struggles with the victory of Augustus and Antony against the sons of Pompey, after the death of Caesar. Caesar himself never thought that he was the first "emperor", and he was not. He only was dictator for life wanting to be called king when he was killed. It was after the reign of Augustus that "Caesar" became a title of the Roman emperors. In fact, Caesar himself never knew that he was at the beginning of the empire period, not the beginning but the excuse/occasion of it for his successors. Augustus was the first who created the princeship/principate after the defeat of Antony, the other Cesarian general.

And that is why I do not read historical novels and I prefer read the Latins and Romans themselves. Because each modern historian or writer put in his/her work the occurences, interests and observances of his/her own times so that he/she stimulates the attention and the interest of his/her modern readers. Read, for example, the life at Pompei according to E. G. Bulwer-Lytton in his book The last days of Pompei. The book is full of the English victorian questions. This book for a current reader is twice past, first because it treated the eruption of the Vesuve and the end of the famous Campanian city on 79, second because this history was developped and written for romantic British readers of the 1830's.

It is the same for Diana Preston. Her book is written by a modern women who wants to be read by modern women. So I guess that love between Antony and Cleopatra is described like modern women want to be loved.

>>> The Patrician plotters who, in 509 BC, had ejected Rome's last king had substituted a form of government in which each year the male citizens of Rome elected two magistrates,<<<

"Male citizens" is an anachronism. Only the males were citizens at this time. Not every males. Slaves, boys and male strangers were not citizens.

>>> The republic's founders never formulated these new arrangements in a written constitution or any coherent suite of legal documents. Caesar was by no means the first to exploit the flexibility the lack of a written constitution afforded to claim legitimacy for his acts.<<<

That is not true. Caesar and the Romans of his generation had the Sullan Constitution to follow, this Constitution was written. They were a beginning of a written constitution when the decemviri wrote the XII tables at the beginning of the Roman Republic.

>>> The city's aristocracy had long felt free to mold and modify the system of government in line with their wishes and best interests while reassuring citizens that they would reconcile any changes with mos maiorum, "the tradition of the elders," – a relatively amorphous but sacrosanct concept.<<<

The "mos maiorum" was often used by the conservative leaders but was never an insurmountable obstacle for the evolution of the Roman rights and laws. Nobody knew what was exactly the "mos maiorum" and T. Livy wrote a sort of "mos maiorum" code with the most famous examples of virtuous Roman leaders of a virtual past. In fact the "mos maiorum" was to use an ancient example of act to explain an apposition against a new one. Cicero against a law to share the ager publicus with the Plebeians called at his help the examples of the Gracchi's murder. In order to call Sulla to resign his dictatorship, the orators called the soul of Cincinnatus. In order to kill the dictator Caesar, people wrote words for Brutus in calling the manes of his supposed ancestor, the Brutus one who expelled the last king Tarquinius. Etc.

>>> Some of these, in particular the position of quaestor, the official responsible for tax collection, and praetor, assistant consul, formed a hierarchy that any aspirant consul had to ascend before he could stand for top job.<<<

That was established in the Constitution of Sulla. Before it you have the example of Scipio, the winner of Hannibal, who was directly created consul, while he was very young and had never fullfil another position. Augustus in his Constitution will create a parallel cursus honorum for the equites.

>>> The Romans knew the climb as the "race for glory."<<<

Roman patricians since the beginning of the republic was in this race. Read, for example, the reasons given by the lost patrician Sergius Catilina to explain the coup that he wanted to make. He was obsessed by the "race of glory" of his patrician status.

>>> Both Pompey and Caesar had made the climb but found the glory it afforded insufficient to fulfill his aspirations within the limitations imposed by the tradition of the elders." (The Mos Maiorum<<<

The tradition of the elders did not prevent any ambitions. The struggle between Pompey and Caesar was not motived by the supposed limitations of the "mos maiorum". They wanted to change the society according to the evidence that Rome was the world known and not yet a little town of the Latium.

Augustus lose the occasion to follow the examples of Pompey and Caesar. He preferred to restore a virtual "mos maiorum" and the Roman society never was able to invent the economical solutions that its new and original fate exspected. For this reason, the Roman Empire died during 5 centuries without any great social or economical discovery. Think that the Roman empire was more rich at its beginning than at its ending. Augustus in order to save his own life, never made the reforms in accordance with the situation and after his Constitution it was difficult and to late for his pale successors to develop something more creative and more adapted to the world that they had conquested.

>>> LJA: Even in our recent past we have experienced this, although our constitution is written it is wrought with errors as, in my opinion, it was a rush document meant to meet the crisis of its day to shore up what leges existed and a true strike against the Roman mos maiorum.<<<

CPD: In my opinion we do not use a "Roman mos maiorum" as a code or a board of rules. Somebody may direct his private way of life with the Roman mores, but not an internet "society". The Romans too had constitutions. The XII tables, the Sullan constitution, the August Constitution...

> "They owed that success to the organic way in which the republic had evolved."
AJL: We do not have an organic evolution, not yet, but there are small pockets that are evolving, but it shall do so very slowly.<

CPD: How was the "organic way" of Rome when she was 14 year old?

>>> "Two consuls were appointed not only to share the burden but also so that each could restrain the ambitions of the other."<<<

> LJA: We have not always had that. We have had vanishing, ineffective or absent Consuls leaving the other to do the work and we have also had ambitious consuls that caused an obstacle to progress. I hope this year is different, as are many things.

CPD: The two consuls appointed to each restrain the ambitions of the other is possible by our current constitution. Each of them may veto the other.

>>> "The stipulation of annual elections was designed as another protection against any rising autocrat." <<<

>LJA: Personally, in this day and age, a two year term would be advantageous temporarily.<<<

CPD: Advantageous for who, for what?

>>> "The republic's founders never formulated these new arrangements in a written constitution or any coherent suite of legal documents."<<<

>LJA: The constitution is not in concert with the mos maiorum and has been a troublesome document since its inception. We have tons of Laws, we do not need a written constitution – that is part of the mos maiorum that guides us to the creations and administration of our written Leges. For NR, inc. all that is needed is a good, succinct and flexible set of bylaws that compliments the Leges but has no laws within it. Abolishing the current constitution will bring us closer to the mos maiorum. The mos maiorum, if understood, will enable us all to live as new Romans applying the tradition of our elders to our modern lives.<

CPD: What sort of mos maiorum do you need? The mos maiorum of Cato the Elder was not the same that the mos maiorum of Cicero. I do not believe that the mos maiorum is on a same level that a Constitution. Our Constitution is motived by the desire to be a nation. The real problem, in my opinion, is not between the roman mos maiorum and the NR Constitution, but between the NR Constitution and the laws of the Maine.

>>> "The Romans knew the climb as the "race for glory." Both Pompey and Caesar had made the climb but found the glory it afforded insufficient to fulfill his aspirations within the limitations imposed by the tradition of the elders." (The Mos Maiorum)<<<

>LJA: "Race for Glory" aka Cursus Honorum – It is the mos maiorum, the tradition of elders, that limits the self aggrandizing component of human nature and channels aspirations from the self to the respublica – with this in our consciousness citizens will integrate a virtuous nature into their own lives.<<<

CPD: The cursus honorum has nothing to see with the mos maiorum. Rome knew many cursus honorum during the Republic and the Empire periods. That is the written rules in order to stand for magistracy.

>LJA: Like Virtues, the Mos Maiorum defies definition, or any attempt at definition will never be sufficient. This is why I take every opportunity to speak of the mos maiorum as this is how we will know of it, like virtues, by our thoughts, words, deeds and actions.

CPD: The mos maiorum is a concept used when something new is coming and is used as a conservative weapon to prevent any evolution. Mos maiorum is a good thing for your private life if you want to practice the Roman virtues. But virtues and republic rarely are compatible per se. We knew in our French Revolution Maximilien de Robespierre who wanted to make a virtuous Republic which became the Terror. His motto about his program was:" The terror is awful without the virtue, the virtue is vain without the terror." To prevent "any virtuous dictator" as talibans, mollahs are, we must define what sort of virtues are compatible with the Republic.

Optime valete.

C. Petronius Dexter
Arcoiali scribebat
a. d. V Idus Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87744 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-11
Subject: CONSULAR EDICT : APPOINTMENT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE (I
Cn. Iulius Caesar consul sal.

EX OFFICIO

CONSULAR EDICT CnIC 65-05 : APPOINTMENT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE (ITTF)

In accordance with the Section III of the SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE CREATION OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE, I hereby appoint Vibia Aemilia Regilla to serve on the ITTF.

No oath is required.

Optime valete

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87745 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-11
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Iulia Petronio Omnibusque S.P.D.


From reading Cicero one can deduce that he believed in embedding philosophy into the mos maiorum, and it is from this viewpoint that the logical conclusion is that the mos maiorum is a philosophy of the Roman culture. I agree we cannot have the same mos maiorum as ancient Rome, naturally. But we shall, we will, create our own mos maiorum over time. Our culture, our society dictates it – our traditions, our habits, our rites, our behavior, our demonstration of virtues. We have many good examples of Mos Maiorum. It would be interesting if our citizens post what they think are examples of Mos Maiorum.
Each and every one of us contributes.
The Nova Roman Mos Maiorum is a philosophical construct we can not only keep but also adapt to fit our modern times. This part of Rome we can keep, and in keeping the mos maiorum, we also keep examples of virtues from those of us who demonstrate these virtues and this will be a guide to moral consciousness. This moral conscience is formed by objective truths (rights, wrongs, consequences, and outcome) and in this respect conscience is trained.
I have heard many times in the forum that we do not have the same exposure to the ancient republic way that formed the ancient mos maiorum that ancient Romans were exposed to from birth; it was their way of life and we can't expect to adhere to an ancient mos maiorum.
I get what is being said butÂ… balderdash! No, we will not have the same society as Romans but we can, and still do, have many modern facets of our lives adapted from the time of the Romans. Look about you; vestiges of Ancient Roman life exist in your life today.
This is one aspect we can adopt and adapt to modern life.
Our private mos maiorum, the moral conscience we developed in our families reflect and affect the society we live – and so the public maiorum reflect and affect this private mos maiorum. Mos maiorum also honors our ancestors; I think we all agree ancestor veneration is a part of Roman life and for those who incorporate this into their lives know they are offering sacrifice in a modern adaptation of sacra privata. The private mos maiorum I grew up in has a Roman and European flavor but it is by no means "ancient mos maiorum" but yet I instill this modern adaptation of mos maiorum into my children and grandchildren by example, discipline and teaching.
Every one of you do as well. Consciously or subconsciously.
And so with every action in Nova Roma we are forming our own adaptation of Mos Maiorum. Again, it is a chiaroscuro that changes with the times, it does not need to be over-thought or legislated.
It is who we are.

According to Cicero, the concept of mos maiorum was abused mainly due to several generations of civil war and dictatorship. Logical conclusion, as this changes social norms, because these norms are based on hegemonic values, virtues and morals – which are severely tested during such times when otium cum dignitate [civic harmony, moral quality of peace] is lacking. And so the ancient mos maiorum during these generations served the republic's cultural and political needs of the elite. Cicero spoke about the "philosophy of the ancient Roman mos maiorum" which includes exlempa – by which we are exposed to virtues and other aspects of ancient Roman Life, that which we need to apply the nature of the mos maiorum and allow it to change, evolve and become our modern adaptation.

Rather than legislate or define Mos Maiorum, we can form our own Facta Dicta (learning from the problems of Valerius Maximus' own FD), our own handbook, that encourage virtues and condemns vices by compiling memorable deeds and words that exemplify our New Roman ideals of virtues adapted from ancient virtues to form our evolved and modern tradition. We learn from the example of the past in hopes we can improve our future, but, it seems sometimes, we are condemned to repeat it. I propose no such repeating of the ancient mos maiorum and its many problems but a new modern adaption of such. Our Album Civium can provide some material for such a tome. Our Mos Maiorum, our virtues, is defined by example. By our mulier/vir bonus. Cicero said "verba docent exempla trahunt" [words instruct, examples lead.] We are virtuous not by our opinions but by the opinions of our fellow citizens based on our Mos Maiorum.
We already have many examples of ancient virtues and vice but we also have modern virtues, right here in Nova Roma, even amidst the turmoil of the last few years. We already have a mos maiorum; it can't be legislated or banished because by the very act of respiring and being a Nova Roman a citizen cannot help but to contribute to it. Every comment made contributes to it, every tax paid contributes to it, every action of the senate contributes it but most importantly every citizen, by their action or inaction, contributes to it. This is its nature, formed by our very natures.
Mos Maiorum is Tradition, it is our tradition based on our private mos and our public mos of hegemonic culture, the hegemony of our society. It is an abstract concept integrated into our minds, body and soul – we each carry our personal mos maiorum and together we form our public mos maiorum.

What concerns me most is that there are not more citizens commenting and asking questions – not just here but in the posts detailing the Senate session results and other important aspects of the respublica etc. I post with the understanding that some will be critical of my words, some will agree to some extent and there will be a wide variety of opinions. I do not expect everyone to agree, but discussion can be fruitful, leading to a revision of viewpoints and/or compromise.

Petronius, before I address some of your comments, I am in gratitude to you for the historical facts and opinions you added to this discussion!


>Historian D. Preston: "Gaius Julius Caesar had by his victory at Pharsalus amid the golden cornfields of Thessaly made himself master of the Roman world."

CPD: It was not true for the time. Caesar never was made the master of the Roman world. To say that we have to know the end of the Republican struggles with the victory of Augustus and Antony against the sons of Pompey, after the death of Caesar. Caesar himself never thought that he was the first "emperor", and he was not. He only was dictator for life wanting to be called king when he was killed. It was after the reign of Augustus that "Caesar" became a title of the Roman emperors. In fact, Caesar himself never knew that he was at the beginning of the empire period, not the beginning but the excuse/occasion of it for his successors. Augustus was the first who created the princeship/principate after the defeat of Antony, the other Cesarian general

LIA: Thank you. It was Caesar's actions that led to ".. dictator for life wanting to be called king when he was killed. It was after the reign of Augustus that "Caesar" became a title of the Roman emperors" which was not addressed in the excerpt but later.

CPD: And that is why I do not read historical novels and I prefer read the Latins and Romans themselves

LIA: This is not so much about Cleopatra and Antony, but of the politics and events in the world around them. It is *not* a novel whatsoever but a scholarly approach to a very busy period in the ancient republic. Latines and Romans themselves are preferable but our modern scholars often make amazing contributions, esp. those who think as you do and strive to represent Ancient Rome and Ancient Romans as accurately as possible. Bill Thayer for example with his Latin Translations that he is constantly updating and correcting.

CPD: Â…Diana Preston. Her book is written by a modern women who wants to be read by modern women.

LIA: Not so, again it is not a novel. *laughs* I thought you knew I am not a romance novel reader and care little for the Roman historical novels – and yes, we did discuss it. I like horror and thrillers with espionage, strategic twisting plots and violence! Hmmm, sounds kind of like ancient Rome, eh?

CPD: <snipped> modern women want to be loved.

LIA: What's love got do with it?;)

>>>DP: The Patrician plotters who, in 509 BC, had ejected Rome's last king had substituted a form of government in which each year the male citizens of Rome elected two magistrates,<<<

CPD: "Male citizens" is an anachronism. Only the males were citizens at this time. Not every males. Slaves, boys and male strangers were not citizens

LIA: Yes, both you and I understood the implications of "male citizens" and it is defined beyond the excerpt in keeping with your comment and so it was not anachronistic in context.

CPD: They were a beginning of a written constitution when the decemviri wrote the XII tables at the beginning of the Roman Republic.

LIA: And I am glad you brought that up! They did not have a written constitution – beginning is just that, not the finished product – sed this is often a discussion and disagreement between scholars. They had Twelve Tablets, Leges and unwritten guidelines and principles (mos maiorum) which amounts to an unwritten constitution with written Laws and the Twelve tablets which is presents (by today's definition) as a mix of a code of behavior, bylaws and laws (which are elaborated upon later in separate Leges)
I suppose one could say the Twelve Tablets because the decemviri were a constituting body but the Tablets contain very few public provisions and so it opens it up to discussions regarding to what extent it is a constitutional document. Perhaps in this respect, Table XII, stated that the last order that the people made should have the force of law, could be a the fundamental constitutional principle of the sovereignty of ancient Romans with the possible interpretation that there are no fundamental constitutional rules that the people's assembly cannot change save for the fundamental constitutional rule of the sovereignty of the Roman people.

CPD: The "mos maiorum" was often used by the conservative leaders but was never an insurmountable obstacle for the evolution of the Roman rights and laws

LIA: No one said it was insurmountable.

CPD: Nobody knew what was exactly the "mos maiorum

LIA: Yes, as is its nature to change and adapt.

CPD: T. Livy wrote a sort of "mos maiorum" code with the most famous examples of virtuous Roman leaders of a virtual past

LIA: Yes. The consuls are legally restrained by the people without being bestowed with authority to beyond existing fundamental norms. Good examples, thanks.

CPD: In my opinion we do not use a "Roman mos maiorum" as a code or a board of rules

LIA: Yes. And we should not, we can use aspects of ancient Rome such as virtues and ancestors as a guide but it must be our own. It cannot be written code, board of rules or any other piece of written legislation. But we must discuss it. I originally contemplated posting regarding the Mos Maiorum when one of the Magistrates mentioned, in foro, that the Senate was discussing it legislation.

CPD: Somebody may direct his private way of life with the Roman mores, but not an internet "society"

LIA: Our modern Mos Maiorum includes actions such as when only one of our many tribunes stood against the current TPTB in a time of crisis. The Ludi Novi Romani is part of our mos maiorum, unique to New Romans, those who work tirelessly on the Ludi demonstrate the principles of the mos maiorum, just as those who serve voluntarily.

CPD: How was the "organic way" of Rome when she was 14 year old?

LJA: I said " We do not have an organic evolution, not yet, but there are small pockets that are evolving, but it shall do so very slowly" Sarmatia comes to mind.

CPD: Advantageous for who, for what?

LIA: Continuity, a more experienced staff etc. etc. which leads to better administration with less downtime and the people and the state benefit.

CPD: The real problem, in my opinion, is not between the roman mos maiorum and the NR Constitution, but between the NR Constitution and the laws of the Maine.

LIA: YES! This is a given. The Laws of Maine, a good set of bylaws and our Roman Leges are sufficient, why complicate matters with yet another document that has caused many problems. This is just my opinion and the more people try to convince me otherwise they provide me with more reasons why something must be done with the constitution.

CPD: The cursus honorum has nothing to see with the mos maiorum

LIA: Yes, it does, esp. in the modern mos maiorum, a moral obligation and/or public/personal philosophy to adhere to, and honor, the cursus honorum.

CPD: The mos maiorum is a concept used when something new is coming and is used as a conservative weapon to prevent any evolution

LIA: I disagree, as in my opinion ancient Roman's such as Sallustius and Cicero disagreed as well. It is an abstract concept of a philosophic nature that will benefit magistrate, soldier and private citizen in their daily life, their attitudes, both public and private, determine the outcome for all of New Rome's citizens.

"0 morem praeclarum disciplinamque quam amaioribus accepimus, si quidem teneremus! sed nescio quo pacto iam de manibus elabitur" Cicero
[Oh, if indeed we might keep the splendid tradition and the discipline we have inherited from our ancestors! But I do not know now by what agreement it is slipping out of our hands]


"Nam saepe ego audivi, Q. Maximum, P. Scipionem, praeterea civitatis nostrae praeclaros viros solitos ita dicere, 'quum maiorum imagines intuerentur, vehementissime sibi animum ad virtutem accendi.' Scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere, neque prius sedari, quam virtus eorum famam atque gloriam adaequaverit" G. Sallustius Crispus (Bellum Jugurthinum IV: 4,5)
[The moral effect of commemorating past transactions is beyond a doubt. It was observed by Quintus Maximus, Publius Scipio and others, that even the contemplation of the images of their ancestors had a powerful effect in inciting them to virtue and to honest fame. Not that the wax itself, or the figure which was impressed upon it, could possess the magic influence. It was the voice of glory which eloquently spoke through that inanimate substance. It recalled to the memory the achievements of a former day. Approximate translation]

Vale, et valete optime,

Julia


--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "petronius_dexter" <jfarnoud94@...> wrote:
>
> C. Petronius Juliae Aquilae Quiritibusque salutem,
>
> > "Gaius Julius Caesar had by his victory at Pharsalus amid the golden cornfields of Thessaly made himself master of the Roman world."
>
> It was not true for the time. Caesar never was made the master of the Roman world. To say that we have to know the end of the Republican struggles with the victory of Augustus and Antony against the sons of Pompey, after the death of Caesar. Caesar himself never thought that he was the first "emperor", and he was not. He only was dictator for life wanting to be called king when he was killed. It was after the reign of Augustus that "Caesar" became a title of the Roman emperors. In fact, Caesar himself never knew that he was at the beginning of the empire period, not the beginning but the excuse/occasion of it for his successors. Augustus was the first who created the princeship/principate after the defeat of Antony, the other Cesarian general.
>
> And that is why I do not read historical novels and I prefer read the Latins and Romans themselves. Because each modern historian or writer put in his/her work the occurences, interests and observances of his/her own times so that he/she stimulates the attention and the interest of his/her modern readers. Read, for example, the life at Pompei according to E. G. Bulwer-Lytton in his book The last days of Pompei. The book is full of the English victorian questions. This book for a current reader is twice past, first because it treated the eruption of the Vesuve and the end of the famous Campanian city on 79, second because this history was developped and written for romantic British readers of the 1830's.
>
> It is the same for Diana Preston. Her book is written by a modern women who wants to be read by modern women. So I guess that love between Antony and Cleopatra is described like modern women want to be loved.
>
> >>> The Patrician plotters who, in 509 BC, had ejected Rome's last king had substituted a form of government in which each year the male citizens of Rome elected two magistrates,<<<
>
> "Male citizens" is an anachronism. Only the males were citizens at this time. Not every males. Slaves, boys and male strangers were not citizens.
>
> >>> The republic's founders never formulated these new arrangements in a written constitution or any coherent suite of legal documents. Caesar was by no means the first to exploit the flexibility the lack of a written constitution afforded to claim legitimacy for his acts.<<<
>
> That is not true. Caesar and the Romans of his generation had the Sullan Constitution to follow, this Constitution was written. They were a beginning of a written constitution when the decemviri wrote the XII tables at the beginning of the Roman Republic.
>
> >>> The city's aristocracy had long felt free to mold and modify the system of government in line with their wishes and best interests while reassuring citizens that they would reconcile any changes with mos maiorum, "the tradition of the elders," – a relatively amorphous but sacrosanct concept.<<<
>
> The "mos maiorum" was often used by the conservative leaders but was never an insurmountable obstacle for the evolution of the Roman rights and laws. Nobody knew what was exactly the "mos maiorum" and T. Livy wrote a sort of "mos maiorum" code with the most famous examples of virtuous Roman leaders of a virtual past. In fact the "mos maiorum" was to use an ancient example of act to explain an apposition against a new one. Cicero against a law to share the ager publicus with the Plebeians called at his help the examples of the Gracchi's murder. In order to call Sulla to resign his dictatorship, the orators called the soul of Cincinnatus. In order to kill the dictator Caesar, people wrote words for Brutus in calling the manes of his supposed ancestor, the Brutus one who expelled the last king Tarquinius. Etc.
>
> >>> Some of these, in particular the position of quaestor, the official responsible for tax collection, and praetor, assistant consul, formed a hierarchy that any aspirant consul had to ascend before he could stand for top job.<<<
>
> That was established in the Constitution of Sulla. Before it you have the example of Scipio, the winner of Hannibal, who was directly created consul, while he was very young and had never fullfil another position. Augustus in his Constitution will create a parallel cursus honorum for the equites.
>
> >>> The Romans knew the climb as the "race for glory."<<<
>
> Roman patricians since the beginning of the republic was in this race. Read, for example, the reasons given by the lost patrician Sergius Catilina to explain the coup that he wanted to make. He was obsessed by the "race of glory" of his patrician status.
>
> >>> Both Pompey and Caesar had made the climb but found the glory it afforded insufficient to fulfill his aspirations within the limitations imposed by the tradition of the elders." (The Mos Maiorum<<<
>
> The tradition of the elders did not prevent any ambitions. The struggle between Pompey and Caesar was not motived by the supposed limitations of the "mos maiorum". They wanted to change the society according to the evidence that Rome was the world known and not yet a little town of the Latium.
>
> Augustus lose the occasion to follow the examples of Pompey and Caesar. He preferred to restore a virtual "mos maiorum" and the Roman society never was able to invent the economical solutions that its new and original fate exspected. For this reason, the Roman Empire died during 5 centuries without any great social or economical discovery. Think that the Roman empire was more rich at its beginning than at its ending. Augustus in order to save his own life, never made the reforms in accordance with the situation and after his Constitution it was difficult and to late for his pale successors to develop something more creative and more adapted to the world that they had conquested.
>
> >>> LJA: Even in our recent past we have experienced this, although our constitution is written it is wrought with errors as, in my opinion, it was a rush document meant to meet the crisis of its day to shore up what leges existed and a true strike against the Roman mos maiorum.<<<
>
> CPD: In my opinion we do not use a "Roman mos maiorum" as a code or a board of rules. Somebody may direct his private way of life with the Roman mores, but not an internet "society". The Romans too had constitutions. The XII tables, the Sullan constitution, the August Constitution...
>
> > "They owed that success to the organic way in which the republic had evolved."
> AJL: We do not have an organic evolution, not yet, but there are small pockets that are evolving, but it shall do so very slowly.<
>
> CPD: How was the "organic way" of Rome when she was 14 year old?
>
> >>> "Two consuls were appointed not only to share the burden but also so that each could restrain the ambitions of the other."<<<
>
> > LJA: We have not always had that. We have had vanishing, ineffective or absent Consuls leaving the other to do the work and we have also had ambitious consuls that caused an obstacle to progress. I hope this year is different, as are many things.
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> CPD: The two consuls appointed to each restrain the ambitions of the other is possible by our current constitution. Each of them may veto the other.
>
> >>> "The stipulation of annual elections was designed as another protection against any rising autocrat." <<<
>
> >LJA: Personally, in this day and age, a two year term would be advantageous temporarily.<<<
>
> CPD: Advantageous for who, for what?
>
> >>> "The republic's founders never formulated these new arrangements in a written constitution or any coherent suite of legal documents."<<<
>
> >LJA: The constitution is not in concert with the mos maiorum and has been a troublesome document since its inception. We have tons of Laws, we do not need a written constitution – that is part of the mos maiorum that guides us to the creations and administration of our written Leges. For NR, inc. all that is needed is a good, succinct and flexible set of bylaws that compliments the Leges but has no laws within it. Abolishing the current constitution will bring us closer to the mos maiorum. The mos maiorum, if understood, will enable us all to live as new Romans applying the tradition of our elders to our modern lives.<
>
> CPD: What sort of mos maiorum do you need? The mos maiorum of Cato the Elder was not the same that the mos maiorum of Cicero. I do not believe that the mos maiorum is on a same level that a Constitution. Our Constitution is motived by the desire to be a nation. The real problem, in my opinion, is not between the roman mos maiorum and the NR Constitution, but between the NR Constitution and the laws of the Maine.
>
> >>> "The Romans knew the climb as the "race for glory." Both Pompey and Caesar had made the climb but found the glory it afforded insufficient to fulfill his aspirations within the limitations imposed by the tradition of the elders." (The Mos Maiorum)<<<
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> >LJA: "Race for Glory" aka Cursus Honorum – It is the mos maiorum, the tradition of elders, that limits the self aggrandizing component of human nature and channels aspirations from the self to the respublica – with this in our consciousness citizens will integrate a virtuous nature into their own lives.<<<
>
> CPD: The cursus honorum has nothing to see with the mos maiorum. Rome knew many cursus honorum during the Republic and the Empire periods. That is the written rules in order to stand for magistracy.
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> >LJA: Like Virtues, the Mos Maiorum defies definition, or any attempt at definition will never be sufficient. This is why I take every opportunity to speak of the mos maiorum as this is how we will know of it, like virtues, by our thoughts, words, deeds and actions.
>
> CPD: The mos maiorum is a concept used when something new is coming and is used as a conservative weapon to prevent any evolution. Mos maiorum is a good thing for your private life if you want to practice the Roman virtues. But virtues and republic rarely are compatible per se. We knew in our French Revolution Maximilien de Robespierre who wanted to make a virtuous Republic which became the Terror. His motto about his program was:" The terror is awful without the virtue, the virtue is vain without the terror." To prevent "any virtuous dictator" as talibans, mollahs are, we must define what sort of virtues are compatible with the Republic.
>
> Optime valete.
>
> C. Petronius Dexter
> Arcoiali scribebat
> a. d. V Idus Martias Cn. Caesare C. Tullio coss.
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87746 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
C. Maria Caeca L. Juliae Aquilae omnibusque S. P. D.

This is a very interesting dialog, and, though I'm not sure I can add much of value, it does occur to me that, insofar as we are in the process of developing our Mos Maiorum, we may be too close to comment much on the long term contributions, or even the virtues shown, in our recent past. I, for one, have not been a citizen long enough to do so, though things have happened that affected me, sometimes deeply, and I have been inspired on occasion by what people said consistently, and then did, also consistently. Certainly, there are people here for whom I have great respect, and whose opinions I consider very seriously, even if I disagree.

I wonder if the Mos Maiorum is less like a garden we cultivate with care and attention, and more like an eco system that develops slowly, and that what survives of our actions and words becomes, without our conscious decision, the Mos Maiorum ...the philosophical, ethical and even moral foundation on which we build. Like rich soil constantly renewing itself, we add to it, without being self-conscious, or deciding what it will be.

I do agree that when you say that it is us, and it is an amalgam of what we have done that proves itself to be valuable by time and use, you define what, in great part for me, is our Mos Maiorum. I also don't think it can be legislated or precisely defined, because it is, and will always be, a work in progress.

Vale et valete bene!
C. Maria Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87747 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve et Salvete,

Consider this as humans it is often difficult to seperate oneself from the time, place and culture that we have been born to and are accustomed to then turn and look at another time period with a clear and unbiased eye. Ideally, one would hope that historians and anthropologists could move past this type of mindset (though I do not feel it is something that can be completely taken out of a persons mind.) Also, these books are being sold to an audience of people
that are for the most part entrenched in their modern ideas (authors can try and choose their audience however they cannot truly know the full extent of who their audience is going to be.)I think you are correct that reading from the ancients point of view gives a better picture of that time, though even then people wrote histories that reflected their agenda.

Thank you for the food for thought.

Vale et Valete

T. Valeria Celeris
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87748 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI: Learn about Stoicism
Cn. Lentulus Quiritibus s. p. d.

As our ludi Novi Romani are coming closer to their finish, it's time for a little philosophical refeflection.

As a part of honoring our 14 years old Nova Roma, watch this video by Professor William B. Irvine. His way of explaining stoic ideas is especially helpful for us, reconstructionists:

http://vimeo.com/32986136%c2%a0

While watching or llistening to his words, think about how you personally could incorporate these stoic ideas in your Nova Roman life, in your thoughts and deeds, as a modern Roman, a Nova Roman.

VIVAT NOVA ROMA ANNORUM XIV!

Valete!
Cn. Lentulus


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87749 From: Radakia Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI: Learn about Stoicism
Salve et Salvete,

Very fascinating video.

Thank you for sharing it.

Vale et Valete,

T. Valeria Celeris
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87750 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve


"Historian D. Preston: "Gaius Julius Caesar had by his victory at Pharsalus amid the golden cornfields of Thessaly made himself master of the Roman world.""

Ruspina
Thapsus
Munda

all come to mind. Pharsalus was a important victory for Caesar but not decisive in and of itself nor did it end the war. Munda was especially close and he could as easily have lost as won.

Any "historian" should have known that.

Vale!

G. Claudius Axenrothus
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87751 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve Gai Claudi!

And what is your opinion on a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum?

Optime Vale,

Julia


--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Yehya" <yehya_61@...> wrote:
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> Salve
>
>
> "Historian D. Preston: "Gaius Julius Caesar had by his victory at Pharsalus amid the golden cornfields of Thessaly made himself master of the Roman world.""
>
> Ruspina
> Thapsus
> Munda
>
> all come to mind. Pharsalus was a important victory for Caesar but not decisive in and of itself nor did it end the war. Munda was especially close and he could as easily have lost as won.
>
> Any "historian" should have known that.
>
> Vale!
>
> G. Claudius Axenrothus
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87752 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
C. Maria Caeca T. Valeriae Celeris S. P. D.

You know, the objectivity of writing in the social sciences comes up often, and in most discussion groups. Unless one is dealing with the laws of physics, chemical formulae, or, perhaps, computer code, people are talking, even in print, about other people, and that is true no matter how much time separates the writer and the subject. I don't think thee *can* be an absolutely objective history, although I do think that a good historian will be as objective as possible, and do far more reporting than editorializing. Still, any written work, fiction or nonfiction will, to some extent, reflect the views of the writer, and we, as readers must keep that in mind. For that reason, I prefer to read more than one book on a subject, particularly books written by people with very different viewpoints. Naturally, I, also am not entirely objective, though I do try to keep an open mind.

These things are not new ...they have been true for as long as one comments on another person's life, works, or, for that matter, the history of a nation or its people. People write about what other people did, or thought, and they do so from their own vantage pint. So long as we keep this in mind, I see no problem, and so long as what we are reading isn't blatant propaganda, or a blatant revision of history which is unsupportable given basic facts, again, I can accommodate personal stances. Sometimes I think we learn as much about the historian as about the history being presented, and that can be interesting, also.

Vale et valete
C. Maria Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87753 From: Bruno Zani Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Aulus Liburnius Hadrianus Tribunus Plebis  Quiritibus SPD
Senate Voting Results published on 3/12/2012
PRESIDING MAGISTRATE:
Gnaeus Iulius Caesar, Consul
 
The announced schedule was:
 
Debate period commences at 07:12 AM ROME TIME 09-FEB-2012
Debate period ends at 05:53 PM ROME TIME 23-FEB-2012
Voting period commences at 06:52 AM ROME TIME 24-FEB-2012
Voting period ends at 06:31 PM ROME TIME 27-FEB-2012
Results announced at 06:33 PM ROME TIME 29-FEB-2012
 
QUORUM:
No absences posted to the Senate list. No proxy votes assigned. All 19 Senators, or voting members of the Senate, are therefore present for this session and the quorum is achieved. The necessary majority for the passage of a Senatus Consultum is 10 votes in favor.
"UTI ROGAS" indicates a vote in favor of an item, "ANTIQUO" is a vote against, and "ABSTINEO" is an open abstention.
The following 19 senators, or voting members of the Senate can cast votes. They are referred to below by their initials and are listed in alphabetical order by nomen:
 
M. Cassius Julianus (MCJ)
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia (SCA)
M. Cornelius Gualterus Graecus (MCGG)
L. Cornelius Sulla (LCS)
C. Equitius Cato (CEC)
L. Equitius Cincinnatus Augur (LECA)
Q. Fabius Maximus (QFM)
Ti. Galerius Paulinus (TGP)
Cn. Iulius Caesar (CnIC)
T. Iulius Sabinus (TIS)
D. Iunius Palladius Invictus (DIPI)
M. Minucius Audens (MMA)
C. Petronius Dexter (CPD)
G. Popillius Laenas (GPL)
Q. Suetonius Paulinus (QSP)
A. Tullia Scholastica (ATS)
P. Ullerius Stephanus Venator (PUSV)
G. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus (GTVG)
G. Vipsianus Agrippa GVA)
 
The following 3 senator or voting member of the Senate did not cast a vote or did not cast a vote on time and absence was not announced or justified in line with the Senatus Consultum on Defining a Quorum and the LEX OCTAVIA DE SENATORIBUS:
***Q. Fabius Maximus (QFM)***
***P. Ullerius Stephanus Venator (PUSV)***
***G. Tullius Valerianus Germanicus (GTVG)***
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THE AGENDA – ITEMS FOR THE VOTE
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A) Item 1.a: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing]
B)ITEM I.a SC Senate committees.pdf 
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE CREATION OF STANDING SENATE COMMITTEES
I. The following standing Senate committees are forthwith abolished:
A. The Senate Committee on Rules
B. The Senate Committee on Incorporation
C. The Senate Budget and Finance Committee
D. The Senate Scholarship Committee
E. The Senate Conventus and Public Events Committee
F. The Senate Committee on Provincial affairs
G. The Senate External Relations Committee
H. The Information Technology Committee
II. The following standing Senate committees are forthwith established:
A. The Senate Finance Committee (SFC)
B. The Senate Communications Committee (SCC)
C. The Senate Public Enterprise Committee (SPEC)
D. The Senate Civic Education Committee (SCEC)
E. The Senate Policy Committee (SPC)
III. The mandate and scope of the committees at II.A to II E inclusive shall be as follows:
A. Senate Finance Committee:
1. To act in an advisory role to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma in respect of the
functions of the CFO as per sections 7 to 10 inclusive of the Senatus consultum on the position of
CFO, passed in January 2765 A.U.C. Such advice shall be non-binding upon the CFO.
2. To review all areas and/or processes of financial planning, the collection and disbursement of
monies, the handling of any monetary investments, held in the name of Nova Roma Inc., and any
other matter of finance and to make recommendations on any such matters that it sees fit to do
so, to the CFO.
3. To make recommendations to the CFO for fundraising activities and/or projects.
B. Senate Communications Committee:
1. The delivery of consistent messaging both internally within Nova Roma, and externally. Such
messaging shall only reflect the policies and goals of the Senate as defined within Senatus
consulta or the work of the SFC, SPED, SCEC and SPC.
2. To seek new ways to publicize Nova Roma externally by means of articles, postings and
communications on other electronic message boards and to maintain messaging to any such
existing means of communications that Nova Roma utilizes and/or is featured in.
3. To prepare and deliver such content as the committee sees appropriate to do so that assists in
the performance of its duties at III.B.1 and III.B.2.
4. To make recommendations to the Senate on the advisability and benefits, or otherwise, of any
contact with a reconstruction, reenactment or otherwise ancient Roman themed group with a
similar and/or compatible mandate and goals to Nova Roma. Such recommendations to the
Senate shall include the presentation in the form of a draft Senatus consultum of any
memorandum of understandings with such groups, as the committee considers appropriate and
beneficial to Nova Roma.
C. Senate Public Enterprise Committee:
1. Oversight over any official Nova Roman project or undertaking, as established by lex, Senatus
consultum or edictum.
2. To assist citizens in the creation, and management of projects, either proposed or actual, that it
considers worthwhile and beneficial to Nova Roma, by means of promoting networking
opportunities internally within Nova Roma, and externally, for the organizer(s) of such a project.
3. To identify ideas and projects suggested by citizens, or developed by the committee, that it finds
worthwhile and beneficial to Nova Roma and to make recommendations to the Senate that any
such idea or proposed or actual project that it considers worthwhile, should be adopted by Nova
Roma as an official project.
D. Senate Civic Education Committee:
1. The establishment and/or oversight of programs, either self-study or delivered, that offer
educational or informative content concerning the Rome, in all its aspects, from the founding of
the City of Rome in 753 BCE to the removal of the altar of Victory from the Senate in 394 CE.
2. The establishment and/or oversight of programs, either self-study or delivered, that offer
informative content concerning Nova Roma.
3. Such programs may be offered internally to Nova Roman citizens, or externally.
E. Senate Policy Committee:
1. The research and development of strategic plans for the advancement of any goal and objective
of Nova Roma, as described in the Constitution, or in any lex or Senatus consultum, or as
determined by the committee.
2. The selection of items of policy to be included in any Senatus consultum that provides direction to
the consuls in pursuit of maintaining any strategic plan or setting goals for their term of office.
3. Oversight of any plans that are created and/or recommended by the SFC, SCC, SPEC and
SCEC in order to ensure that such plans do not conflict with the work of another committee.
4. To provide such direction to the SFC, SCC, SPEC and SCEC as is necessary to ensure that
conflicts between the mandate and scope of those committees and its own scope and mandate is
minimized or prevented. Those other committees must comply with such directions issued by the
SPC.
5. To act as, and assume the mandate and scope of, any committee where the membership of that
committee is zero.
IV. Recommendations made by a committee shall be by means of posting to the Senate list.
V. Each committee shall present an annual report on its work to the Senate, by means of posting it to the
Senate list after January 1st and by no later than February 1st of the year following that year which the
report speaks to.
VI. The consuls must include any such recommendation at section IV, or annual report at V, in the next
formal meeting of the Senate in session following the posting of such to the Senate list. The chairperson
of the committee posting such a recommendation or report shall supply to the presiding magistrate of
such a session, the text for any proposed Senatus consultum that the committee wishes to be put to the
vote, based on such recommendations or annual report. The presiding magistrate must include such a
proposed Senatus consultum on the Agenda and must put such a Senatus consultum, unaltered in any
way, to the vote.
VII. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus
MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus
consultum that also appears in that list of definitions.
VIII. If an issue of interpretation of this Senatus consultum, on any matter pertaining to this Senatus
consultum, arises then the opinion of the majority of the SPC shall determine the issue.
IX. Upon enactment of this Senatus Consultum the senior consul Gnaeus Iulius Caesar shall:
A. Poll voting members of the Senate for their preferences as to which committee they wish to be
assigned to. Voting members shall indicate which committees they wish to serve on and rank them in
an order of preference.
B. Select such members for each committee, where the maximum number of committee that each voting
member of the Senate shall be allocated to shall not exceed 3. The maximum number of members of
any committee shall be calculated by the formula ((X ÷ 5) × 3 = Y), where X is equal to the number of
voting members of the Senate and where Y is rounded up to the next whole number. That result shall
be the maximum membership number for each committee. Voting members will be allocated between
the committees using their preferences as a guide. The complete list of appointments to the
committees shall then be posted to the Senate list.
C. Appoint a chairperson. The chairperson of each committee shall determine the internal rules under
which it operates.
D. Create a separate Yahoo! Group list for each committee and invite its selected members to that list.
X. Each member of a committee shall serve a term of five years, commencing on their date of appointment
and at the expiry of that period shall be automatically prorogued for another five-year term unless he/she
posts to the Senate list prior to the anniversary of his/her appointment a notice of resignation from that
committee.
XI. A member of a committee may be removed from membership of that committee only by majority vote of
the other members of that committee and only with the consent of the princeps senatus.
XII. Such removal at XI shall only be permitted and lawful when such a member has failed to participate in
any discussions by way of a minimum of one post to the committee Group list within any period of 90
days, unless the committee has received prior notice of a period of absence that covers that 90 days or
more. Such notice of forthcoming absence must be posted to the Group list of the committee.
XIII. A person who becomes a voting member of the Senate after the posting of initial membership at IX.B
must within seven days of his/her joining the Senate list be asked to supply their preferences for
committee membership, using the same process at IX.A. This shall be the responsibility of the
chairperson of the SPC, who shall follow the process at IX.B in order to allocate committee membership
to that new voting member of the Senate.
XIV. It shall be the responsibility of the chairperson of each of the committees the voting member of the
Senate is a member of to send him/her an invitation to their committee’s Group list.
XV. A member of a committee may every year, between January 1st and January 7th, request the chairperson
of the SPC to allocate them to a new committee of their choice, if that committee has not already reached
its maximum membership number.
XVI. The chairperson of the SPC shall, before any allocation at XV, first allocate any voting member of the
Senate who is not yet a member of any committee to any committees of their choice, if such committees
have not already reached their maximum membership number, using the process at IX.A and IX.B. If after
this process the committee of choice for the committee member at XV has reached its maximum
membership number, then that request at XV shall be denied.
XVII. At the expiration of the term at X of a member of a committee who is also a chairperson, that committee
may, should he/she be prorogued for a further term at X, either confirm him/her in that role, or elect a new
chairperson by simple majority.
XVIII. The owners of the committee group lists shall be the current committee chairperson and the princeps
senatus. The owners of the group lists of the abolished committees shall be the censors and the princeps
senatus. These shall be maintained for archival purposes and any voting member of the Senate wishing
access to any such list shall be added as a member.
XIX. In the event of a failure of the consuls to execute the requirements placed on them by this Senatus
consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate and shall be dealt with
according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS
MMDCCLXV
XX. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum:
A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum
must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be
enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden.
B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts,
negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of
all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at
specified at XX.A of this Senatus consultum.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - ANTIQUO  For me the Senate must keep the might to create one committee for one problem as he likes according to the cases, at its discretion.
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS with considerable reservations, particularly about the rigidity of this approach. The final provision (concerning revision) in several of these items is quite troubling, as are those concerned with contempt of the Senate and other punitive measures in this and other items presented in these agenda.  
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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A) Item 1.b: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing]
B)ITEM I.b SC Provinces of Activity.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON PROVINCES OF ACTIVITY
I. The Senate of Nova Roma establishes the following process for annually assigning one or more goals to
each of the following year’s consuls for the purpose of ensuring the continuance and realization of Senate
policy decisions.
II. The Senate Policy Committee (SPC) must annually before September 1st select of items of policy that
shall assigned to the consuls for the following year, where such items are determined according to the
mandate and scope of the SPC.
III. The chairperson of the SPC shall be responsible for initiating debate on the selection of policy items at II,
and shall put all items suggested by members of the SPC during the course of such a debate to the vote.
Each item put to the vote shall also have a date of completion appended to it that shall be on or before
November 30th of the following year (the year being represented in the A.U.C. format). Members of the
SPC will register either YES to include the item, NO to reject it, or ABSTAIN if they wish to make no
choice on a particular item. For an item to succeed and be passed on such a vote it must obtain a simple
majority of members of the SPC. If all members of the committee vote ABSTAIN on an item it shall not be
included at IV. In the case of a tie the chairperson of the SPC shall cast an extra vote to decide the issue.
IV. After the vote at III, the chairperson of the SPC shall be responsible for initiating debate on which of the
items that passed shall be allocated to the senior consul and which to the junior consul for the following
year. The chairperson shall then put the items to the vote to decide which are allocated to which consul
and which, if any, should be shared between both. The members of the SPC shall indicate against each
item to be voted upon SC for senior consul, JC for junior consul, SHARED for both consuls, or ABSTAIN
if they wish no make no choice on a particular item. For an item to be allocated it must obtain a simple
majority of members of the SPC voting to allocate it to a specific consul, or to be shared. If all members of
the committee vote ABSTAIN on an item it shall not be allocated. In the case of a tie the chairperson of
the SPC shall cast an extra vote to decide the issue.
V. The SPC shall then prepare two draft Senatus consulta titled:
A. “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ACTIVITY TO THE
SENIOR CONSUL FOR XXXX A.U.C.”.
B. “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ACTIVITY TO THE
JUNIOR CONSUL FOR XXXX A.U.C.”
XXXX in both V.A and V.B shall be replaced with the A.U.C. form of the following year.
VI. The text of the draft Senatus consultum at V.A shall:
A. Commence with the following “The senior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C. is instructed by the
Senate of Nova Roma to pursue the following items to a successful completion on or before the date
indicated during his/her year in office. The senior consul shall post a progress report monthly to the
Senate, by means of posting to the Senate list, detailing the steps he/she has taken to bring these
items to a successful conclusion. Between December 1st and December 15th of XXXX A.U.C. the
senior consul shall post his/her final progress report to the Senate list. If he/she has not brought any
item below to a successful conclusion, then he/she will explain in detail to the Senate the reasons for
his/her failure to do so.” “XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format.
B. The content of the draft Senatus consultum at V.A shall then list those items at IV that received a
majority of votes marked SC or SHARED.
VII. The text of the draft Senatus consultum at V.B shall:
A. Commence with the following “The junior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C. is instructed by the Senate
of Nova Roma to pursue the following items to a successful completion on or before the date
indicated during his/her year in office. The junior consul shall post a progress report monthly to the
Senate, by means of posting to the Senate list, detailing the steps he/she has taken to bring these
items to a successful conclusion. Between December 1st and December 15th of XXXX A.U.C. the
junior consul shall post his/her final progress report to the Senate list. If he/she has not brought any
item below to a successful conclusion, then he/she will explain in detail to the Senate the reasons for
his/her failure to do so.” “XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format.
B. The content of the draft Senatus consultum at V.B shall then list those items at IV that received a
majority of votes marked JC or SHARED.
VIII. The process for the Senate voting upon the draft Senatus consulta at V.A and V.B shall be:
A. The chairperson of the SPC shall post the draft consulta at V.A and V.B to the Senate list between
September 1st and October 1st inclusive.
B. The consul holding the rods for the month in which they are posted must within 5 days of their posting
obtain the auspices for a formal meeting of the Senate in session within the month in which they are
posted, the debate period of which must be no less than 168 hours in length.
C. If the auspices are favorable the consul at VIII.B must issue the call to convene for the proposed
session for which the auspices were sought, and include the draft Senatus consulta at V.A and V.B
as agenda items in that call to convene.
D. The consul at VIII.B must put the draft consulta at V.A and V.B, unaltered in any way, to the vote,
which shall be by way of simple majority.
E. On January 1st of the following year:
1. If the draft consulta at V.A succeeded at the vote and passed, then the citizen who was elected
senior consul shall be automatically assigned the personal responsibility for bringing each item in
the now passed Senatus consultum, as at V.A, to a successful conclusion on or before the date
of completion for that item.
2. If the draft consulta at V.B succeeded at the vote and passed, then the citizen who was elected
junior consul shall be automatically assigned the personal responsibility for bringing each item in
the now passed Senatus consultum, as at V.B, to a successful conclusion on or before the date
of completion for that item.
IX. Between January 1st and January 31st each year the consul who holds the rods for that month must issue
a call to convene a formal meeting of the Senate in session and must include, in addition to any other
items, an agenda item that must be put to the vote by way of simple majority as a proposed Senatus
consultum, with the title SENATUS CONSULTUM TO ENDORSE PROVINCE OF ACTIVITY RESULTS
XXXX A.U.C, and the following text within:
C. “The Senate of Nova Roma endorses the fact that the senior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C., AAAA,
discharged the requirements placed upon {him/her} to the best of {his/her} ability.”
D. “The Senate of Nova Roma endorses the fact that the junior consul for the year XXXX A.U.C., BBBB,
discharged the requirements placed upon {him/her} to the best of {his/her} ability.”
“XXXX” shall be replaced with the previous year in A.U.C. format. “AAAA” shall be the full Nova Roman
name of the senior consul for the previous year, while “BBBB” shall be the full Nova Roman name of the
junior consul for the previous year. “{him/her}” and “{his/her}” will be amended to the correct choice for the
gender of the consul concerned.
X. Item IX.A and item IX.B must be put to the vote as separate items. If IX.A or IX.B does not succeed in
passing, then the item that fails shall be removed from the Senatus consultum and the one that succeeds
shall remain and form the only text in the body of the Senatus consultum. If both items fail then the
Senatus consultum fails in its entirety.
XI. In the event that one or both of the items fail to pass the vote at IX, then automatically such a failure shall
be deemed to be contempt of the Senate by the former consul concerned at IX.A and/or IX.B for the
purposes of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV. Such contempt of the
Senate shall be dealt with by the princeps senatus by the process at section IX of the SENATUS
CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV.
XII. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus
MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus
consultum that also appears in that list of definitions.
XIII. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus
consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute
between members of the Senate over such meaning.
XIV. In the event of a failure of the consuls to execute the requirements placed on them by this Senatus
consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate and shall be dealt with
according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS
MMDCCLXV
XV. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum:
A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum
must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be
enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden.
B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts,
negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of
all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at
specified at XV.A of this Senatus consultum.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS I have some reservations about this item and overall it's a good idea, but personally I do think in some aspects modifications are needed.
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - ANTIQUO  This SC seems to me "une usine à gaz". The consuls are magistrates. They are not the servants of the Senate as the Senate is not the chamber of registration of the wishes of the consuls.
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO Several of the reasons given above also apply here.  This is extremely rigid, and constrains the consuls in ways we should not; this rigidity and desire for control seem to do more harm than good to us.    
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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A) Item 1.c: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing]
B) ITEM I.c SC Legal drafting.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON LEGAL DRAFTING
I. The Senate, recognizing the need of some magistrates to have assistance in drafting legal
instruments in English, authorizes the Gaius Equitius Cato to identify citizens of Nova Roma with an
excellent command of the English language, as evidenced by their grammar, punctuation and
vocabulary whilst also demonstrating clarity of meaning in their posts.
II. Gaius Equitius Cato will ascertain whether those citizens identified at section I above are willing to be
identified as potential scribes for magistrates wishing to draft legal instruments.
III. Those citizens so willing shall have their names entered onto a dedicated page on the Nova Roman
website/wiki.
IV. Gaius Equitius Cato shall develop a recommended standard format for each type of legal instrument
and shall ensure that those citizens at III are proficient in the use of each format. He shall also ensure
that such citizens are knowledgeable as to the contents of all existing legal instruments in force.
V. A magistrate wishing the use of the services of such a citizen shall, after ascertaining that citizen is
available and willing to undertake the task, appoint him/her as a scribe.
VI. Gaius Equitius Cato shall evaluate any negative feedback on the performance and/or quality of work
of any such citizen selected at V, and if he feels it appropriate to do so shall remove their name from
the page at III.
VII. Use by a magistrate of such citizens at III is not mandatory.
VIII. In the event that the content of a proposed legal instrument would create either a conflict with an
existing legal instrument, or a legal ambiguity, then either the scribe at V. and/or Gaius Equitius Cato,
shall draw that to the attention of the magistrate at V.
IX. Gaius Equitius Cato shall execute this commission for a term of three years. Prorogation for a further
term of three years shall automatically occur if the Senate does not address the matter of his
prorogation before the three-year anniversary of his first or last appointment.
 
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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A) Item 1.d: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing]
B)ITEM I.d SC New member Provocatio.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ADDITION OF A NEW MEMBER TO THE PROVOCATIO COMMITTEE
The Senate appoints Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix as a member of the Provocatio Committee.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  Sulla should have enough to keep him busy without this.
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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A) Item 1.e.i: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing]
B) ITEM I.e.i SC Citizenship reapplication_rev_1.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE REAPPLICATION PROCESS FOR CITIZENSHIP
I. The Senate, recognizing the absence of a procedure to regulate the process of reapplication for
citizenship by a person who resigned from Nova Roma, or had his/her citizenship removed for failing
to register during a census, or who was classified as a socius, or who was legally stripped of his/her
citizenship, enacts the following procedure.
II. This Senatus consultum shall be considered for the purpose of section V of the Lex Minucia Moravia
de civitate eiuranda the “prevailing legal procedures” that govern reapplication for citizenship.
III. The censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) shall not enter any person who reapplies for
Nova Roman citizenship into the reapplication process for citizenship, as specified at section VI of the
Lex Minucia Moravia de civitate eiuranda, nor shall the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or
singly) approve the grant of Nova Roman citizenship to such a person, if that person at any time while
holding, or subsequently while not holding, Nova Roman citizenship was/is a member and/or
participant, or is suspected and/or listed as being a member and/or participant within the records of
the Senate of Nova Roma, of any organization that the Senate has deemed by any Senatus
consultum to be a competing organization.
IV. If the censors acting in a collegiate manner believe that mitigating circumstances exist to justify
accepting such an application at III, then they shall request the consuls to include on the agenda of
the next formal meeting of the Senate in session, and item concerning this reapplication. The
presiding magistrate of that session may include this matter on the agenda, and may put the item to
the vote. In the event the matter is put to the vote a draft Senatus consultum shall be presented
requesting the Senate to approve the reapplication of the person at III.
V. In the event that the person at III making the reapplication was, in addition to being a member and/or
participant, or is suspected and/or listed as being a member and/or participant within the records of
the Senate of Nova Roma, also a member of any Board of Directors, Senate, or any organizational
body that serves the same or similar purpose of control and/or direction as a Board of Directors or
Senate, then the Senatus consultum at IV shall require an extraordinary majority in order to be
successful. All other cases the Senatus consultum at IV shall require a simple majority in order to be
successful.
VI. Any failure on the part of the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly), whether accidental,
negligent or deliberate to abide by the terms of this Senatus consultum, shall invalidate the process of
reapplication and regardless of whether the person at III was subsequently classified as a citizen,
shall invalidate his/her citizenship, as that person shall not be a citizen of Nova Roma as a result of
that failure.
VII. Upon discovery of such a failure at VI, the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) and/or
consuls must immediately inform the person that he/she is not a citizen. Should that citizen have
subsequently stood for election for any position within Nova Roma and been successful, or been
appointed to any position, or reclaimed any position, such a position shall be automatically deemed
vacant. The censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) must also immediately correct all
censorial records to indicate that the person is not a citizen.
VIII. In the event of such a failure as at VI, then the censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) may
be deemed to be in contempt of the Senate if in the opinion of the princeps senatus such a failure
was due to negligence or was deliberate. If the princeps senatus deems it to be contempt of the
Senate, then he/she shall proceed to deal with the matter according to the process at section IX of
the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV.
IX. In any other case where a person reapplies for Nova Roman citizenship that does not involve
membership and/or participation, actual or suspected, of a competing organization, as at III, then the
censors (acting in a collegiate manner or singly) shall at their discretion proceed with the process of
reapplication.
X. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus
MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus
consultum that also appears in that list of definitions.
XI. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this
Senatus consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate
in any dispute between members of the Senate over such meaning.
XII. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum:
A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus
consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority
before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden.
B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts,
negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes
of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the
method at specified at XII.A of this Senatus consultum.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - ANTIQUO   I think that we must ask the people to vote upon the process of citizenship in submitting a law or an addendum to the Lex Minucia Moravia to the Comitia Centuriata. Because the process of citizenship exceeds the frame of the Senate.
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  This again is overly rigid.  Mere membership in another organization with a similar focus should not be construed as detrimental to Nova Roma.  Is the Roman Way a competing organization?  How about the Societas Via Romana, which supposedly has also experienced a drop off in membership? 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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A) Item 1.e.ii: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing]
B) ITEM I.e.ii: SC RPR Competing Organization.pdf
 
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE RES PUBLICA ROMANA AS A COMPETING ORGANIZATION
The Senate of Nova Roma deems that the organization known and/or operating as the Res Publica Romana,
currently operating at the time of the enactment of this Senatus consultum under the internet domain name of
http://www.respublica-romana.com/, is a competing organization.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  I don’t know much about this group, but it may well appeal to a group of people different from those interested in NR.  In any case, this sort of rigidity and fear of other organizations seems counterproductive
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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A) Item 1.f: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing]
B) ITEM I.f: ITEM I.f SC Conflicts of Interest.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
I. The Senate, recognizing the need to prevent conflicts of interest arising for members of the Senate,
enacts the following.
II. If a member of the Senate of Nova Roma shall be found, or reasonably suspected, to be at the same
time a member of any Board of Directors, Senate, or any organizational body that serves the same or
similar purpose of control and/or direction as a Board of Directors or Senate, of an organization that
the Senate has deemed by any Senatus consultum to be a competing organization, then he/she shall
be in contempt of the Senate for such a conflict of interest and the princeps senatus shall proceed to
deal with the matter by way of the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE
RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV.
III. The CFO shall:
A. Refund the full amount of the tax paid, whether by the member of the Senate or by another on
his/her behalf, for the tax year in which it is discovered that the member of the Senate was in
such a conflict of interest at II.
B. The CFO shall refund it to the member of the Senate, or if paid by another and that other person
can be identified then to him/her.
C. 15 days after the member of the Senate is found to be in a conflict of interest and if the conflict of
interest still exists, then the CFO must refund the tax.
D. Under 15 days the decision whether to refund the tax shall be at the discretion of the CFO, based
on advice from the princeps senatus as to whether the conflict of interest is likely to still exist by
the 15th day.
IV. The CFO shall notify the Senate list when such a refund has been issued, and the censors shall then
immediately endorse the censorial records for the member of the Senate that he/she is capite censi. It
is not necessary for the CFO to prove that funds have been deposited in the account of, and/or
accepted by, the person to whom they are refunded but just that the refund has been issued. In the
event that the refund cannot be issued via PayPal then the CFO will issue a cheque, or purchase a
US Postal Money Order, and mail them to the mailing address for member of the Senate as recorded
on the censorial database. Additionally issuing the refund by services such as Western Union, if the
CFO deems suitable, shall be proof that the refund has been issued.
V. For the purposes of III.D of the Lex Apula de assiduis et capite censis the refund of taxes at III of this
Senatus consultum shall be deemed to be a non-payment of taxes by the member of the Senate, and
the censors must, immediately after recording the status of capite censi at IV of this Senatus
consultum:
A. Revoke the member of the Senate’s membership of the Senate as per III.D of the Lex Apula de
assiduis et capite censis.
B. Remove that member of the Senate from the Senate list as per XII.C.2 of the SENATUS
CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV.
C. Notify the Senate list of the completion of V.A and V.B.
VI. Should the member of the Senate also be a voting member of the Senate then the CFO shall
immediately after V.C remove him/her from the list of directors of Nova Roma Inc.
VII. The CFO shall not accept any subsequent payments of tax by or on behalf of that now former
member of the Senate until the conflict of interest has been removed by proven resignation from the
Board of Directors, Senate, or any organizational body that serves the same or similar purpose of
control and/or direction as a Board of Directors or Senate, of the competing organization.
VIII. In the event of a failure of the princeps senatus, CFO or censors to execute the requirements placed
on them by this Senatus consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate
and shall be dealt with according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE
RATIONE SENATUS MMDCCLXV.
IX. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus
MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus
consultum that also appears in that list of definitions.
X. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this
Senatus consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate
in any dispute between members of the Senate over such meaning.
XI. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum:
A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus
consultum must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority
before it can be enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden.
B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts,
negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes
of all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the
method at specified at XI.A of this Senatus consultum.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  Here again we are exhibiting an irrational fear of other organizations.  What is to prevent the Senate or a future consul from declaring the Metropolitan Museum or the Archaeological Institute of America or the Junior Classical League as a competing organization?  What about the SVR?  Or the other groups some former citizens founded?  This may look good to some, but to me it does us no good.
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87754 From: Bruno Zani Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 2
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A) Item II.c: [passed option C, with 11 votes]
B) ITEM II.c: SC Structure of provinces.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF THE PROVINCES OF NOVA ROMA
I. The Senate determines that the future structure of the provinces of Nova Roma shall be:
A. To abolish all provinces and replace them with nothing.
B. To keep the existing provinces in principle and just not appoint anyone for now pending a finite
solution.
C. To keep the existing provinces in theory and alter the criteria to more realistically reflect when a
geographical area gets a governor and becomes a province.
D. To abolish the provinces as they are and move them into continental groupings.
E. To keep the existing provinces and appoint as normal.
F. To abolish those provinces where there is less than 5 citizens and no governor.
G. To assign the more dormant provinces to adjacent governors.
H. To assign the more dormant provinces to senators.
II. Voting members of the Senate may cast a maximum of two votes, for example “C and G”
III. The item in I.A to I.H inclusive, or any combination thereof, that receives the most votes shall be the only
item/combination to appear in section I in the published version of the Senatus consultum after the call to
close.
C) Votes for option C
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - (did not vote)
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - (did not select this option)
*DIPI*  - (did not select this option)
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - (did not select this option)
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - (did not select this option)   
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
Please note that the following options also received votes:
option E 2 votes (*CPD* and *ATS*)
option H 2 votes (*CPD* and *SCA*)
option D 1 vote (*TIS*)
option F 1 vote (*MCGG*)

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A) Item II.d: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing]
B) ITEM II.d: SC Nova Britannia.pdf 
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE DIVISION OF NOVA BRITANNIA PROVINCE
I. The Senate of Nova Roma hereby divides the province of Nova Britannia into two provinces, Nova
Britannia Citerior and Nova Britannia Ulterior
II. Nova Britannia Citerior shall be comprised of the States of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire.
III. Nova Britannia Ulterior shall be comprised of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the States of
Connecticut and Rhode Island.
IV. The Senate appoints Marcus Cassius Iulianus as pro consul of Nova Britannia Citerior.
V. The Senate appoints Marcus Minucius Audens as pro consul of Nova Britannia Ulterior.
VI. Should this Senatus consultum be enacted it shall supersede the provision of I.T of the SENATUS
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - ANTIQUO We are talking about a tiny geographical area. It seems counter-intuitive and wholly unnecessary to have TWO governors for such a very small area when we have ONE governor (Caesar) for TWO provinces covering a comparatively vast geographical area.
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  Many of our provinces are larger (and less populated) than either of the proposed divisions of Nova Britannia.  Either of these gentlemen would make a fine governor, but one wonders why we should make this division among such small states. 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS 
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A) Item III.a: [passed - 14 in favor, 2 opposing]
B) ITEM III.a: SC Tax rate formula_rev_3.pdf 
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE PROCESS FOR SETTING THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX RATE
I. The Senate establishes the following process for determining the annual tax and this process shall be the
only method used for that purpose.
II. The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) must annually between July 15th and July 31st obtain from the
Senate Policy Committee (SPC) details of any policies (actual or proposed) that have a known, or
estimated financial, cost.
III. The SFC shall debate and vote upon such policies at II for the purpose of determining the content of the
draft budget for the following year. In the event that one or more of the policies at II cannot be supported
financially, the SFC shall inform the SPC of this fact no later than August 15th of each year, in order to
allow time for the SPC to modify such policies and resubmit them to the SFC.
IV. Between August 15th and August 31st the SFC must set the annual tax rate, which must be in USD
dollars.
V. The annual tax shall consist of five separate rates, one for each of the five classes of the Comitia
Centuriata.
VI. Using the most recent data available from the censors the SFC shall determine which centuries fall into
which of the five Comitia Centuriata classes, by using the percentages specified at section III of the Lex
Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis.
VII. The SFC shall, using the known and estimated expenses, as determined at III and from data supplied by
the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. determine what rates of tax in each of the five
classes are necessary in order to generate a revenue amount at least, or greater than, the known and
estimated expenses. The SFC shall then debate and vote upon the tax rate to apply to each of the five
Comitia Centuriata classes.
VIII. The SFC shall conclude the debates and votes on the draft annual tax and the draft budget before
September 1st annually. The tax period, to which the annual tax shall apply, shall start on January 1st and
end on December 31st of each year.
IX. The SFC shall present the draft annual tax and draft budget to the CFO. The CFO must approve or reject
the draft annual tax and draft annual budget. If he/she rejects either or both, then he/she must supply a
reason to the SFC, which may resubmit to the CFO an amended version of the rejected item(s).
X. Once the CFO has approved both the draft annual tax and draft budget, then the SFC shall prepare:
A. A draft Senatus consultum titled “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE ANNUAL TAX RATES FOR
XXXX A.U.C.” XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format. This shall have in
its text the draft annual tax.
B. A draft Senatus consultum titled “SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE BUDGET FOR XXXX
A.U.C.”. “XXXX” shall be replaced with the following year in A.U.C. format. This shall have in its
text the draft budget details.
XI. The process for the Senate voting upon the draft Senatus consulta at X.A and X.B shall be:
A. The chairperson of the SFC shall post the draft consulta at X.A and X.B to the Senate list between
September 1st and October 1st inclusive.
B. The consul holding the rods for the month in which they are posted must within 5 days of their posting
obtain the auspices for a formal meeting of the Senate in session within the month in which they are
posted, the debate period of which must be no less than 168 hours in length.
C. If the auspices are favorable the consul at XI.B must issue the call to convene for the proposed
session for which the auspices were sought, and include the draft Senatus consulta at X.A and X.B
as agenda items in that call to convene.
D. The consul at XI.B must put the draft consulta at X.A and X.B, unaltered in any way, to the vote,
which shall be by way of simple majority.
XII. If the draft Senatus at X.A succeeds and is passed, then the CFO shall post to the Forum list (aka Main
List), the Nova Roma announce list, and the website/wiki details of the annual tax rates for the next year.
XIII. All taxes must be remitted by the means specified annually by the Chief Financial Officer of Nova Roma
prior to the commencement of a new tax period, such means being one or more of the following payment
options:
A. PayPal
1. In respect of IX.A all transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment
sent to Nova Roma, so for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal
transaction fee is 50 cents, then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
2. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman
PayPal account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted,
shall not have paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until
the full amount due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
3. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified annually by the
CFO.
4. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified annually by the CFO.
B. Personal check / bank draft / bank money order
1. This must have an encoded sequence of banking numbers on it, to prevent it having to be sent on
collection by Nova Roma’s bank.
2. The details of what style of name of Nova Roma checks should be made payable to will be
specified annually by the CFO,
3. The address which checks must be sent to will be specified annually by the CFO.
4. The other details required on checks will be specified annually by the CFO.
5. Any citizen whose check, or bank draft or bank money order was rejected for payment by his/her
financial institution, for insufficient funds or other reasons, shall have the amount of any fees that
are charged to Nova Roma Inc. as a result of the return added to the amount due and payable by
him/her in respect of the annual tax due and payable. Should that citizen have been classified as
assidui the CFO will re-classify him/her as capite censi. Payment of the amount of such fees
owning shall be required in full before that citizen can be again classified as assidui. Such fees
owed shall be treated for the purpose of this Senatus consultum as arrears owed on the annual
tax.
XIV. The annual tax for a particular year is due and payable in full by March 31st of that particular year. The
amount a citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at section X.A of this Senatus consultum for
the class he/she is in, which in turn is determined by the century he/she is in, as at section VI of this
Senatus consultum. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class 2 then
the tax due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class 2. The annual tax due and payable each
tax period by a citizen is based on the class and century a citizen is in at a time:
A. After the enactment of the draft Senatus consultum at X.A
B. Between the commencement and end of that tax period
C. Of the actual payment of the annual tax due and payable by that citizen. Should the full amount of tax
due not be paid before any recalculation of the century a citizen is in, the final amount of annual tax
due and payable by that citizen shall always be the rate for the highest class and century a citizen
was in during any tax period.
Any payments made by a citizen before XIV.A and XIV.B shall not be considered payment of the annual
tax and shall be treated as a donation to the general revenue of Nova Roma. For a payment of the annual
tax, whether partial or full, that complies with XIV.A and XIV.B to be recorded as such a payment of the
annual tax, then the transaction method must include clear notation that it is paid towards the annual tax
due and payable by the citizen concerned.
XV. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for a particular year by March 31st of that
particular year then between April 1st and September 30th of that particular year he/she shall pay the
amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount specified at
section X.A of this Senatus consultum for class 1.
XVI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for a particular year by September 30th of that
particular year then between October 1st and October 31st of that particular year he/she shall pay the
amount due and payable as at XIV, less any partial payments already made, plus double the amount
specified at section X.A of this Senatus consultum for class 1.
XVII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st. All arrears of the
annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods, will carry over
into the following tax period and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax due for that
following year.
XVIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year and/or arrears owing from
previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-bycase
basis.
XIX. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum its provisions will take effect for the planning and setting of
the annual for the year 2766 A.U.C. The tax period the tax period for the year 2765 A.U.C. shall run from
March 1st to December 31st. Subsequent years will be as per VIII and shall start on January 1st and end
on December 31st of each year. For 2765 A.U.C. only the following sections will be modified as follows:
A. XIV will be modified to read “May 31st” instead of “March 31st”.
B. XV will be modified to read “May 31st” instead of “March 31st” and “June 1st” instead of “April 1st”
XX. In the event of a failure of the consuls to execute the requirements placed on them by this Senatus
consultum, then that failure shall be deemed to be contempt of the Senate and shall be dealt with
according to the process at section IX of the SENATUS CONSULTUM DE RATIONE SENATUS
MMDCCLXV.
XXI. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus
MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus
consultum that also appears in that list of definitions.
XXII. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus
consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute
between members of the Senate over such meaning.
XXIII. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
E. ITEM IV: Enact a policy enabling late payment of taxes
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-06-01-results.html
XXIV. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum:
A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum
must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be
enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden.
B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts,
negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of
all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at
specified at XXIV.A of this Senatus consultum.
 
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - ANTIQUO  I think that this process is too rigid and too complex with interaction between committees. We need something more easy and more flexible which leaves open doors in acting that a tax year is always a year of 12 months  from the 1st January to the 31December even if the  period of the tax may begin after the establishment of the budget proposed by the consuls each year.  I think too that we may have more alternatives than the "only" way proposed in this SC according to the cases.
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  This is heavy-handed, and overly restrictive
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS

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A) Item III.b: [passed - 13 in favor, 2 opposing, 1 not voting]
B) ITEM III.b: SC Tax rate 2765_rev_3.pdf 
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE NOVA ROMAN ANNUAL TAX FOR 2765 A.U.C.
I. The Senate establishes the following as the annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. This tax period shall run from
March 1st 2765 A.U.C. to December 31st 2765 A.U.C. inclusive.
Class 1 rate - $42.00
Class 2 rate - $34.00
Class 3 rate - $25.00
Class 4 rate - $17.00
Class 5 rate - $ 9.00
II. The following centuries shall fall into the following classes, using the percentages specified at section III
of the Lex Octavia altera de comitiis centuriatis as a guide.
Class 1 rate – Centuries 1 to 15
Class 2 rate – Centuries 16 to 27
Class 3 rate – Centuries 28 to 37
Class 4 rate – Centuries 38 to 45
Class 5 rate – Centuries 46 to 50
III. All taxes for 2765 A.U.C. must be remitted by PayPal:
A. All transaction fees charged by PayPal must be calculated into the payment sent to Nova Roma, so
for example if the tax a citizen has to pay is $10.00 USD and the PayPal transaction fee is 50 cents,
then the citizen must remit $10.50 USD.
B. If an amount of money less than the exact amount of tax due is deposited in the Nova Roman PayPal
account, then the citizen who remitted it, or the citizen on whose behalf it was remitted, shall not have
paid the full amount of tax due and shall not be classified as one of the assidui until the full amount
due is remitted and received in the Nova Roman PayPal account.
C. The PayPal account which the annual tax must be remitted to will be specified by the CFO.
D. The other details required on the PayPal transaction will be specified by the CFO.
IV. The annual tax for 2765 A.U.C. is due and payable in full by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C. The amount a
citizen has to pay is equal to the amount specified at section I of this Senatus consultum for the class
he/she is in, which in turn is determined by the century he/she is in, as at section II of this Senatus
consultum. For example if a citizen is in century 22, and century 22 is specified as in class 2 then the tax
due and payable by the citizen is equal to that for class 2. The annual tax due and payable each tax
period by a citizen is based on the class and century a citizen is in at a time:
A. After the enactment of this Senatus consultum
B. Between March 1st 2765 A.U.C. to December 31st 2765 A.U.C. inclusive
C. Of the actual payment of the annual tax due and payable by that citizen. Should the full amount of tax
due not be paid before any recalculation of the century a citizen is in, the final amount of annual tax
due and payable by that citizen shall always be the rate for the highest class and century a citizen
was in during any tax period.
Any payments made by a citizen before IV.A and IV.B shall not be considered payment of the annual tax
and shall be treated as a donation to the general revenue of Nova Roma. For a payment of the annual
tax, whether partial or full, that complies with IV.A and IV.B to be recorded as such a payment of the
annual tax, then the transaction method must include clear notation that it is paid towards the annual tax
due and payable by the citizen concerned.
V. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by May 31st of 2765 A.U.C.
then between June 1st and September 30th of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and payable
as at section IV of this Senatus consultum, less any partial payments already made, plus the amount
specified at section I of this Senatus consultum for class 1.
VI. If a citizen fails to pay in full the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. by September 30th of 2765
A.U.C. then between October 1st and October 31st of 2765 A.U.C. he/she shall pay the amount due and
payable as at section IV of this Senatus consultum, less any partial payments already made, plus double
the amount specified at section I of this Senatus consultum for class 1.
VII. No payments of the annual tax will be accepted from November 1st to December 31st of 2765 A.U.C. All
arrears of the annual tax due and payable for a particular year, plus any arrears on previous tax periods,
will carry over into tax period for of 2766 A.U.C. and remain due and payable, in addition to the annual tax
due for 2766 A.U.C.
VIII. Payment arrangements of the annual tax due and payable for 2765 A.U.C. and/or arrears owing from
previous tax periods are at the discretion of the CFO and must be negotiated on an individual case-bycase
basis.
IX. The following Senatus consulta are repealed:
A. Senatvs Consvlta Q. Fabius' Tax proposal for the citizens of Nova Roma.
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2000-11-09-vii.html
B. Senatvs Consvlta Taxation
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2001-07-18-viii.html
C. Senatvs Consvltvm - Modification to Senatus Consultum on Taxation
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-01-05-v.html
D. ITEM IV. Annual Membership Fee Rate Adjustment
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-11-09-results.html
E. ITEM IV: Enact a policy enabling late payment of taxes
http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/senate/2002-06-01-results.html
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - (Did not vote)
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - ANTIQUO I think that is an error. A tax year must begin on 1st January and end on the 31 december following, as the debts we paid are
calculated on the year.The price for the class 1 (centuries 1 to 15) is too expensive. For me taxes are necessary to cover the annual expenses provided by the budget and are not the prices for the position of the citizens within the centuries. I think that this SC will force many citizens to become "capite censi" due to the level of these tax rates.  
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  This is also heavy-handed and overly restrictive, plus the requirement to remit the tax by PayPal and add its fee (as in the above item) puts an added burden on the citizens.  Not everyone has such an account, or wants one.  The bank accounts were supposed to have been put in our control so that checks could be used; one wonders why this has not been done.
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item III.c: [passed - 14 in favor, 1 opposing, 1 non voting]
B) ITEM III.c: SC Tax payment validation.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE VALIDATION PROCESS FOR TAX PAYMENTS
I. The Senate establishes the following as the process for validating annual tax payments made by citizens.
II. In order to comply with the requirements of the Lex Galeria de privatis rebus the censors are directed to
appoint and maintain the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. as a censorial scribe.
III. The CFO shall annually post to the Forum list (aka the Main List) and the Nova Roma announce list that
citizens making tax payments shall be deemed to consent to the CFO accessing their album civium
record in order to validate the payment where insufficient details are provided to identify who the payment
relates to, as well as ensuring assidui status is updated promptly. The CFO shall ensure that this is also
posted to the website/wiki next to the link to the Nova Roman PayPal account.
 
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - (Did not vote)
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO  A consular quaestor should take care of this. If we don’t have them, perhaps we should call for a suffect election.
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item V: [passed option C - 5 in favor]
B) ITEM V: SC Nova Roma seal.pdf 
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE SEAL OF NOVA ROMA
I. The Senate of Nova Roma approves the choice of the item below as the seal of Nova Roma.
A. nrsealbig
B. NRsealBIG2
C. NRsealBIG3
D. Nrsealsmall
E. Nrsealsmaller
F. NRsealSMALLER3
G. NRsealSMALL2
H. nrsealsmallest
II. The item in I.A to IH inclusive that receives the most votes shall be the only item to appear in section I of
the published version of the Senatus consultum after the call to close.
The following options received votes:
option c 5 votes (*TGP*, *MMA*, *MCJ*, *SCA*, *LCS*)
option e 4 votes (*CnIC*, *QSP*, *CEC*, *TIS*)
option a 2 votes (*ATS*, *GVA*)
option f 1 vote (*GPL*)
option g 1 vote (*MCGG*)
option b, d and h had 0 votes
Senator L. Equitius Cincinnatus Augur abstained on all choices.
Senator D. Iunius Palladius did not vote for any choice.  
Senator C. Petronius Dexter objected to all choice since the wording "SPQR" is still used officially by the city of Rome and appear on her flag and coat of arms.
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A) Item VI.a: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing]
B) ITEM VI.a: SC MMP funds transfer.pdf  
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE DEFUNCT MAGNA MATER PROJECT
I. The Senate authorizes the Chief Financial Officer of Nova Roma Inc. to identify all donations made from
the funds of Nova Roma Inc. in the name of Nova Roma Inc., also operating as Nova Roma, to the now
defunct Magna Mater Project (aka MMP) and to transfer those funds back to the general revenue of Nova
Roma Inc.
II. The Senate requests the collegium pontificum take such steps as it considers necessary by way of
conducting a public piaculum as a result of:
A. The creation of the Magna Mater Project
B. The transfer of funds donated in the name of Nova Roma from the MMP back to general revenue
C. Any refund of funds, past or future, from the MMP back to the original donor
 
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS with reservations.
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item VI.b.i: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 abstaining]
B) ITEM VI.b.i: SC AOI corrections.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE RATIFICATION OF AND CORRECTIONS TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
I. The Senate of Nova Roma Inc. as its Board of Directors ratifies the Articles of Incorporation dated
October 2002 and the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated November 2003, purported to
be, and shown here as being, filed with the Attorney General of the State of Maine:
http://www.novaroma.org/aerarium_saturni/nrinc.html.
II. If it is determined by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. and the censors as cosecretaries
of Nova Roma Inc. that the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated November
2003 has not been so filed then the CFO and the censors are authorized by the Senate to take such
steps as are necessary to so file that amendment providing that amendment is judged by the CFO
and censors to be correct, and if it is not correct then to file any amendment(s) required in order to
accurately reflect the current state of the class of members of Nova Roma Inc. as exists as a
consequence of the provisions of the bylaws of Nova Roma Inc.
III. The Senate authorizes the CFO to pay such fees as are required by the Attorney General of the State
of Maine to file and/or correct the amendment(s) to the Articles of Incorporation.
 
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ABSTINEO pro tempore at least.
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item VI.b.ii: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing]
B) ITEM VI.b.ii: SC AOI ratification process.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE PROCESS OF RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENTS THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
I. The Senate of Nova Roma Inc. as its Board of Directors establishes the following as the process to
amend the Articles of Incorporation of Nova Roma Inc pursuant to the provisions of TITLE 13-B MAINE
NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT.
II. If a change to the Constitution and/or the enactment of a lex passed in comitia would cause a conflict with
the Articles of Incorporation already filed with the Attorney General of the State of Maine, then after such
a change or enactment occurs a proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall be presented
to the Senate in the form of a draft Senatus consultum that shall require a vote by way of extraordinary
majority to succeed and be passed before the Articles of Incorporation can be so amended.
III. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Nova Roma Inc. the censors as co-secretaries of Nova Roma Inc.
shall be the only members of the Senate authorized to file an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
with the Attorney General of the State of Maine.
IV. The definitions provided at section I DEFINITIONS of the Senatus consultum de ratione senatus
MMDCCLXV shall be applicable to deriving meaning of a word or phrase included in this Senatus
consultum that also appears in that list of definitions.
V. The princeps senatus shall be the final authority on determining the meaning of any part of this Senatus
consultum where such meaning is unclear to any member of the Senate, and/or to arbitrate in any dispute
between members of the Senate over such meaning.
VI. Upon enactment of this Senatus consultum:
A. The only lawful method of subsequently superseding, amending or repealing this Senatus consultum
must be by way of a Senatus consultum that must achieve an extraordinary majority before it can be
enacted. Any other method or attempt shall be illegal and forbidden.
B. No other Senatus consultum shall be enacted where the proposed content of which conflicts,
negates, overrides, limits or otherwise affects in a negative manner the contents and/or purposes of
all or any part of this Senatus consultum, whether directly or indirectly other than by the method at
specified at VI.A of this Senatus consultum.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - ANTIQUO  For three reasons
1. I am reflecting again on the assignation of power after power to the princeps senatus which is unnecessary and unhistoric. I simply don't like it.
2. Power to amend the Articles of Incorporation should - in my own opinion - belong to the membership of the corporation; this is common practice across the board in institutions which follow parliamentary procedure.
3. The "protective" phrase is simply too restrictive and abrogates the rights of a future Senate to decide for itself, in normal business circumstances (not this "extraordinary majority"), whether or not it wants to keep this SC as it is.
My opposition to these two will not stand, I know, seeing the votes that have already been cast; but though I truly admire the consul's efforts so far - and continue to overwhelmingly support 99% of his agenda - I cannot help but feel in some way that the future of the Respublica is being put into an ever-decreasingly-sized box any deviation from which may prove to be impossible no matter how future consuls or senates feel. I am not afraid of the consul's intentions, but the law of UN-intended consequences is simply too inevitable to ignore.
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS Again, this is rather rigid and heavy-handed, but with reservations, uti rogas.
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87755 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve Caeca et omnes,

Caeca I couldn't agree more with what you are saying. One of the pleasures of reading XIX or earlier history books is that you learn both of the epoch in the book and of the epoch of the writer.

O obviously it must be good authors and not pure propaganda. But even you read from contemporaneous authors (like Cicero etc) you aren't getting the facts but how they had seen them.

Valete,
Crassus

Sent by iPhone

No dia 12 de Mar de 2012, às 18:54, "C. Maria Caeca" <c.mariacaeca@...> escreveu:

> C. Maria Caeca T. Valeriae Celeris S. P. D.
>
> You know, the objectivity of writing in the social sciences comes up often, and in most discussion groups. Unless one is dealing with the laws of physics, chemical formulae, or, perhaps, computer code, people are talking, even in print, about other people, and that is true no matter how much time separates the writer and the subject. I don't think thee *can* be an absolutely objective history, although I do think that a good historian will be as objective as possible, and do far more reporting than editorializing. Still, any written work, fiction or nonfiction will, to some extent, reflect the views of the writer, and we, as readers must keep that in mind. For that reason, I prefer to read more than one book on a subject, particularly books written by people with very different viewpoints. Naturally, I, also am not entirely objective, though I do try to keep an open mind.
>
> These things are not new ...they have been true for as long as one comments on another person's life, works, or, for that matter, the history of a nation or its people. People write about what other people did, or thought, and they do so from their own vantage pint. So long as we keep this in mind, I see no problem, and so long as what we are reading isn't blatant propaganda, or a blatant revision of history which is unsupportable given basic facts, again, I can accommodate personal stances. Sometimes I think we learn as much about the historian as about the history being presented, and that can be interesting, also.
>
> Vale et valete
> C. Maria Caeca
>
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87756 From: Bruno Zani Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Report on february Session of the Senate - Gubernatorial appointment
A) Item II.b: [each governor requires individual approval]
B) ITEM II.b: SC Governors_rev_1.pdf
SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE APPOINTMENT OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS 2765 A.U.C.
I. The Senate hereby prorogues or appoints the following citizens as governor of the province against which
their name is appended.
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A) Item II.b.a: [passed - 14 in favor, 1 opposing, 1 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.a: America Austroccidentalis: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Postumianus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - ABSTINEO
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - ANTIQUO There is no way I can vote for anyone who owes any member of the board $4k dollars US.
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS Uti rogas, though if Valerianus lives there now, perhaps he could take this on. I had heard that Metellus wishes to reduce his commitments to NR
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.b: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.b: America Austrorientalis: Lucia Iulia Aquila
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS I vote yes but I do have some concerns especially regarding Lucia  Iulia Aquila's availability, as it seems she has been most busy lately.  I am hoping that she seeks this appointment for positive reasons and she will have the time to contribute to this position.  Perhaps she will clear my doubts and be an outstanding Governor and I wish the best of luck to her.
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS   
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.c: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.c: America Boreoccidentalis: Gaius Pompeius Marcellus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS  
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.d: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.d: America Medioccidentalis Superior: Gaius Pompeius Marcellus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS   
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.e: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.e: Argentina: Vibia Aemilia Regilla
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS Regilla comes across as someone who has enthusiasm and drive, she will make an excellent Governor for both Provincia's.
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS   
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.f: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.f: Australia: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - ABSTINEO A couple comments I'd like to make. I have noticed the absence of the Junior Consul during this session and I do not recall seeing any posts from anyone submitting a proxy for him.  The previous session his activity was  quite sparse as well, it seems the Senior Consul has been taking on quite a load which the Senior Consul has performed has done a stellar job but unfairly so in my personal opinion.  Until the Junior Consul can show some initiative and actually performs his duties as "Consul" he should not be bestowed with any Governorships.
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - ANTIQUO I have no faith and confidence in this individual.
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ABSTINEO  Has he moved there? 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.g: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.g: Brasilia: Vibia Aemilia Regilla
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.h: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.h: Britannia: Gaius Marcius Crispus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.i: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.i: California: Quintus Fabius Maximus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ANTIQUO
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.j: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.j: Canada Citerior: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.k: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.k: Canada Ulterior: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.l: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.l: Dacia: Titus Iulius Sabinus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.m: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.m: Guria: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - ABSTINEO
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - ANTIQUO I have no faith and confidence in this individual.
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ABSTINEO  
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.n: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.n: Hibernia: Gaius Marcius Crispus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.o: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.o: Hispania: Gaius Aemilius Crassus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS An excellent choice.
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.p: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.p: Lacus Magni: Tiberius Galerius Paulinus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS  Perhaps we should merge these provinces
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.q: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.q:  Mediatlantica: Tiberius Galerius Paulinus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.r: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.r: Mexico: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - ABSTINEO
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*LCS* - ANTIQUO Same comment as above.
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ABSTINEO  
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.s: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.s: Nipponia: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - ABSTINEO
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - ANTIQUO Same comment as above.
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ABSTINEO  
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
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A) Item II.b.t: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.t:  Nova Britannia: Marcus Minucius Audens
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
--------------------------------------------------------------
A) Item II.b.u: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.u:  Pannonia: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
--------------------------------------------------------------
A) Item II.b.v: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.v:  Sarmatia: Titus Flavius Severus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
--------------------------------------------------------------
A) Item II.b.w: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.w: Thule: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - ABSTINEO
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*LCS* - ANTIQUO Same as above
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - ABSTINEO  
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
--------------------------------------------------------------
A) Item II.b.x: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.x:  Venedia: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
-------------------------------------------------------------- 
A) Item II.b.II: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.II:  The Senate hereby appoints Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus as praefectus Italiae.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
-------------------------------------------------------------- 
A) Item II.b.III: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.III:  The Senate hereby appoints Gaius Petronius Dexter as legate of Gallia. This shall be a 1st rank position.
His function shall be to locate any suitable candidates for the position of governor of Gallia and to be a
temporary point of contact between Nova Roma and new and existing citizens.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS  
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
--------------------------------------------------------------

A) Item II.b.IV: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
B) ITEM II.b.IV:  The Senate of Nova Roma hereby appoints Gaius Petronius Dexter as legate of Germania. This shall be
a 1st rank position. His function shall be to locate any suitable candidates for the position of governor of
Germania and to be a temporary point of contact between Nova Roma and new and existing citizens.
C) Votes
*MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
*SCA* - UTI ROGAS
*MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
*LCS* - UTI ROGAS
*CEC* - UTI ROGAS
*LECA* - UTI ROGAS
*TGP* - UTI ROGAS
*CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
*TIS* - UTI ROGAS
*DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
*MMA* - UTI ROGAS
*CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
*GPL* - UTI ROGAS
*QSP* - UTI ROGAS
*ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
*GVA* - UTI ROGAS
--------------------------------------------------------------  
Valete

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87757 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #9 (Latin Contest)
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Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.


We had delay the posting of Question #9 of March 11 because our contestants needed a bit more time for their answers. But now, the Certamen Latinum is mercilessly moving forward!

You can STILL jump in the Certamen Latinum of the ludi Novi Romani, celebrating the founding of Nova Roma. Questions are open to answering from answering Question #7. The older questions are now closed, because I publish the answers to Question #6 today.

Find and answers to previous questions here:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum

And now, let's see answers to Question #6:


ANSWERS


Answer #6
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#Answers_6


RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS


1st - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 339.5 pts
2nd - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 333 pts
3nd - L. Aelia Corva - 329.5 pts
4th - M. Pompeius Caninus - 329 pts pts
5th - V. Aemilia Regilla - 278 pts
6th - T. Valeria Celeris - 166 pts
7th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)


It seems we've got a trench war here: there's no change since the last rankings; although Caninus is getting closer and closer to Aelia. But still anything can happen till the end! And Aemilia, who was first for 5 turns, has not send her asnwers to Question #8 yet. It can turn the race!
But as for now, the epic struggle is between Placidus and Hadrianus for the first place, followed by Aelia and Caninus, with a half point of difference. Aelia Corva, this brand new citizen, can win everything - the chances are still there. And don't forget Aemilia's power. We saw her once raising, tomorrow she might write her name into Nova Roma's Latin glory book.
Tomorrow is the last question...
Hold your breath, Quirites...
The battle of gigants is peding over our heads...
Hold your breath, Quirites, hold it...

JOIN this exciting race, and be you the first, second, fifth or tenth. It doesn't matter: what matters it's that you became more Roman by learning some bits of Latin. Even if you check in the race for only one turn, this is still worth it, because you will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.


PARTICIPATING


The deadlines for the previous Question #8 is the time of tomorrow's Last (10th) Question's posting (24 hours from now). You can send it to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> until the posting of tomorrow's Question. Answers to today's Question #9 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.

You can find the previous Question #8 here:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_10th_-_Day_10_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_8_of_the_Certamen_Latinum



March 11th - Day 11 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 9 of the Certamen Latinum


I. INTRODUCTION 9 - The Subjunctive


We started with the dictionary forms of Latin nouns and verbs, since without knowing them there's no way to use the Latin words in sentences. We declined nouns, and conjugated verbs in the Present and in all three Past Tenses (Imperfect, Perfect, Pluperfect), and we composed simple Latin sentences with adjectives and adverbs.

Today we learn about the formidable Subjunctive Mood, hardest things in all Latin studies, nightmare of all Barbarians :) Some think it was the Roman weapons that won the Barbarians, but Latinists will tell you, it was the Subjunctive - when Barbarian peoples tried to learn Latin, it killed them all. But I think you will see soon that Subjunctive is not at all as formidable as it might seem, and after a bit of practicing, you'll see the myths around the Subjunctive are just fairy tales, and we'll eat Subjunctive for breakfast.

But let's start from the beginning. What does the Subjunctive Mood mean?

The Subjunctive is a verb mood typically used in subordinate clauses to express a wish, hope, possibility, condition, uncertainty, opinion, necessity, or action that has not yet occurred. It is sometimes referred to as the Conjunctive Mood, as it often follows a conjunction.

English has a very shy Subjunctive which appears only in a few situations visibly, but sometimes it's there even if the verb does not show it. Examples of English Subjunctives are the following:

"I wish he were here." (In Indicative it would have been "He is here.")

"The teachers insisted that the homework be ready." (In Indicative it would have been "The homework is ready.")

"Were" is not Past, and "be" is not infinitive, but both are Subjunctives here. English uses two main Subjunctive forms, the Present Subjunctive (he be, he go, he come) and the Past Subjunctive (he were, he went, he came), which look identical to the normal Indicative forms. These forms, however, sound archaic to modern English speakers, and in most of the sentences, when Latin uses Subjunctive, English uses auxiliary verbs like, "may", might", "would", "should", "can", or "could". These are expressed in Latin by the Subjunctive.

Latin uses four Subjunctive Tenses, Present Subjunctive, Imperfect Subjunctive, Perfect Subjunctive and Pluperfect Subjunctive. Let's see what they are there for, and what each of these Subjunctive Tenses mean.

Since it's getting to become a very high octane number Latin knowledge, I suggest you review all past lessons on our Certamen Latinum webpage:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum

1. The Subjunctive Present

You use Subjunctive Present (e.g. "Dicam") when English uses the auxiliary verbs "let" ("Let me say it"), "may" ("May I say it") or, mainly in subordinate clauses, when English uses Present Subjunctive or Imperative ("Imperat ut dicam": "He orders that I say"; or "Dicas": "Say it").

This tense is formed from the 2nd dictionary part, by cutting off the infinitive endings "-are", "-ére", "-ere" and "-ire", and replacing them with the personal endings shown in the table on our website, respectively to the conjugation group to which the verb belongs to.

Learn the conjugation of the Imperfect Tense on our website:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Subjunctive_Present

2. The Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used in Latin when English uses the auxiliary verbs "would" and "should", "Dicerem" can be translated as "I would say" or "I should say". Sometimes it can also be translated with "could" or "might" as "I could say" or "I might say". In wishes and in conditional sentences, it is translated by English Past Subjunctive ("Vellem dicerem": "I wish I said"); in subordinate clauses, however, it is translated by English Present Subjunctive ("Imperavit ut dicerem": "He ordered that I say").

This tense is formed from the 2nd dictionary part, by cutting off the infinitive endings "-are", "-ére", "-ere" and "-ire", and replacing them with the personal endings shown in the table on our website, respectively to the conjugation group to which the verb belongs to. Practically, the formation of this Subjunctive Imperfect looks like as if the personal endings would be simple attached to the infinitive.

Learn the conjugation of the Subjunctive Imperfect on our website:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Subjunctive_Imperfect

3. The Subjunctive Perfect

The Subjunctive Perfect rarely appears in independent sentences, it's mostly used in subordinate clauses. When it's used independently, it normally translates with the English auxiliary verbs "may have". "Dixerim" can be translated as "I may have said".

This tense is formed from the 3rd dictionary part, by cutting off the Indicative Perfect Tense first person singular ending "-í", and replacing it with the Subjunctive Perfect personal endings shown in the table on our website.

Learn the conjugation of the Subjunctive Perfect on our website:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Subjunctive_Perfect

4. The Subjunctive Pluperfect

The Subjunctive Pluperfect can be translated with the English auxiliary verbs "would have" or "should have". "Dixissem" can mean "I would have said", "I should have said". Sometimes it can be translated as "I could have said" or "I might have said". It is translated by English Pluperfect Subjunctive ("I had said") when it is used in subordinated clauses ("Vellem dixissem": "I wish I had said").

This tense is formed from the 3rd dictionary part, by cutting off the Indicative Perfect Tense first person singular ending "-í", and replacing it with the Subjunctive Pluperfect personal endings shown in the table on our website.

Learn the conjugation of the Subjunctive Pluperfect on our website:

http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation#Subjunctive_ Pluperfect


II. QUESTION 9


Translate the following complex sentences to Latin, using the the Subjunctive Tenses where they are needed. The Latin words needed to these translations are given below in their dictionary form. Use them.

Follow the guidelines here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation
http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!

"If the Roman comitia had not elected Marcus Tullius Cicero, the extraordinary man, the evil conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina would have terribly subverted the fundamentals of our republic." (19 pts)

si (if)
Romanus, -a, -um (Roman)
comitia, -orum, n (comitia, assembly: used only in pluar)
non (not)
creo, -are, -avi, -atum (elect)
Marcus, -i, m; Tullius, -i, m; Cicero, -onis, m (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
singularis, -e (extraordinary, special, singular)
vir, viri, m (man)
impius, -a, -um (evil)
haughty (superbus, -a, -um)
coniuratio, -onis, f (conspiracy)
Lucius, -i, m; Sergius, -i, m; Catilina, -ae, m (Lucius Sergius Catilina)
terribilis, -e (terrible)
subverto, -ere, -verti, -versum (subvert)
fundamentum, -i, n (foundation, fundamental)
noster, -tra, -trum (our)
res, rei, f; publica, -ae, f (republic)

"If we were drinking from the sweet nectar of the immortal gods, we would feel the divine force in our bodies: but we are drinking simple wine." (13 pts)

bibo, -ere, bibi, bibitum (drink)
ex + ablative (from)
dulcis, -e (sweet)
nectar, -aris, n (nectar)
immortalis, -e (immortal)
deus, -i, m (god)
divinus, -a, -um (divine)
vires, -ium (force: used only in plural)
in + ablative (in)
corpus, -oris, n (body)
sed (but)
simplex, -icis (simple)
vinum, -i, n (wine)

"Let's hear the wise words of Marcus Cicero, because he might say many things of great importance." (10 pts)

audio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (hear)
sapiens, -entis (wise)
verbum, -i, n (word)
quia (because)
dico, -ere, dixi, dictum (say)
multus, -a, -um (much, many)
res, rei, f (thing)
magnus, -a, -um (great)
momentum, -i, n (importance)

"He may have believed the shrewd boy, but the father reprehended the boy, his son, because the boy had caused many harms. (12 pts)

credo, -ere, -didi, -ditum + dative (believe)
versutus, -a, -um (shrewd)
puer, -i, m (boy)
pater, patris, m (father)
reprehendo, -ere, -hensi, -hensum (reprehend)
suus, -a, -um (his)
filius, -i, m (son)
affero, -ferre, attuli, allatum (cause, bring into)
detrimentum, -i, n (harm)

”Although they should have waited until the end of the dinner, the guests might have already drunk all the wine, because they were singing Latin songs.” (13 pts)

quamquam (although)
exspecto, -are, -avi, -atum (wait)
usque ad + accusative (until)
finis, -is, m (end)
cena, -ae, f (dinner)
hospes, -itis, mf (guest)
iam (already)
bibo, -ere, bibi, bibitum (drink)
omnis, -e (all)
vinum, -i, n (wine)
cano, -ere, cecini, cantum (sing)
carmen, -inis, n (song)
Latinus, -a, -um (Latin)


III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:


"If the soldiers of Pompey had fought vehemently, Caesar would not have won." (6 pts)

si (if)
miles, -itis, m (soldier)
Pompeius, -i, m (Pompey)
bello, -are, -avi, -atum (fight)
vehemens, -entis (vehement)
Caesar, -aris, m (Caesar)
non (not)
vinco, -ere, vici, victum (win)

- you will easily identify "would not have won" as Subjunctive Pluperfect if you check the introduction about the Subjunctive. "Would have" (or "might have" and "should have") is usually Subjunctive. Since the first clause is introduced by "if", you are right to suspect that is a subordinate clause.
- You can also learn from the introduction that "had fought" is probably an English Pluperfect Subjunctive, and Latin translates it with the same construction, with a Pluperfect Subjunctive.
- Thus we have the two predicates translated, both as Pluperfect Subjunctives: "bellavissent" (1 pt), and "non vicisset". (1 pts)
- After translating the subjects in nominative (soldiers; Caesar) (1 + 1 pts), the possessive construction in genitive (of Pompey) (1 pt), and the adverb (vehemently) (1pt), we get the following solution:

"Si milites Pompei vehementer bellavissent, Caesar non vicisset."


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


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The correct answers of the previous day and interim results will be announced together with the posting of the next questions.


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87758 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - Gubernatorial appoint
Salvete omnes!

Thank you tribune, I have skimmed the reports but I shall go over them more in detail in the next day or two.

>> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS I vote yes but I do have some concerns especially regarding Lucia  Iulia Aquila's availability, as it seems she has been most busy lately.  I am hoping that she seeks this appointment for positive reasons and she will have the time to contribute to this position.  Perhaps she will clear my doubts and be an outstanding Governor and I wish the best of luck to her.

Gratias tibi Aeternia. SED [BUT] I am busy, but much of my work is revolves around preparation and administration of monthly meetings of the Aedes Venus Genetrix/Mystic Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia that revolve around aspects of Rome, including the religio. And other projects include presentations regarding ancient philosophy and great aspects of the Roman world, including March 20th on the "Lost Eagle."
So, as you can see, this enriches my provincia. I have not updated our page and still need to finish with last year but you will see we are a busy provincia with many opportunities.


Vale, et valete

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, Bruno Zani <reenbru@...> wrote:
>
> A) Item II.b: [each governor requires individual approval]
> B) ITEM II.b: SC Governors_rev_1.pdf
> SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE APPOINTMENT OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS 2765 A.U.C.
> I. The Senate hereby prorogues or appoints the following citizens as governor of the province against which
> their name is appended.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.a: [passed - 14 in favor, 1 opposing, 1 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.a: America Austroccidentalis: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Postumianus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - ABSTINEO
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - ANTIQUO There is no way I can vote for anyone who owes any member of the board $4k dollars US.
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS Uti rogas, though if Valerianus lives there now, perhaps he could take this on. I had heard that Metellus wishes to reduce his commitments to NR
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.b: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.b: America Austrorientalis: Lucia Iulia Aquila
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS I vote yes but I do have some concerns especially regarding Lucia  Iulia Aquila's availability, as it seems she has been most busy lately.  I am hoping that she seeks this appointment for positive reasons and she will have the time to contribute to this position.  Perhaps she will clear my doubts and be an outstanding Governor and I wish the best of luck to her.
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS   
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.c: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.c: America Boreoccidentalis: Gaius Pompeius Marcellus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS  
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.d: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.d: America Medioccidentalis Superior: Gaius Pompeius Marcellus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS   
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.e: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.e: Argentina: Vibia Aemilia Regilla
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS Regilla comes across as someone who has enthusiasm and drive, she will make an excellent Governor for both Provincia's.
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS   
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.f: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.f: Australia: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - ABSTINEO A couple comments I'd like to make. I have noticed the absence of the Junior Consul during this session and I do not recall seeing any posts from anyone submitting a proxy for him.  The previous session his activity was  quite sparse as well, it seems the Senior Consul has been taking on quite a load which the Senior Consul has performed has done a stellar job but unfairly so in my personal opinion.  Until the Junior Consul can show some initiative and actually performs his duties as "Consul" he should not be bestowed with any Governorships.
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - ANTIQUO I have no faith and confidence in this individual.
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - ABSTINEO  Has he moved there? 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.g: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.g: Brasilia: Vibia Aemilia Regilla
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.h: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.h: Britannia: Gaius Marcius Crispus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.i: [passed - 15 in favor, 1 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.i: California: Quintus Fabius Maximus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - ANTIQUO
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.j: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.j: Canada Citerior: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.k: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.k: Canada Ulterior: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> A) Item II.b.l: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.l: Dacia: Titus Iulius Sabinus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.m: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.m: Guria: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - ABSTINEO
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - ANTIQUO I have no faith and confidence in this individual.
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - ABSTINEO  
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.n: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.n: Hibernia: Gaius Marcius Crispus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> A) Item II.b.o: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.o: Hispania: Gaius Aemilius Crassus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS An excellent choice.
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.p: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.p: Lacus Magni: Tiberius Galerius Paulinus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS  Perhaps we should merge these provinces
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.q: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.q:  Mediatlantica: Tiberius Galerius Paulinus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.r: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.r: Mexico: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - ABSTINEO
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *LCS* - ANTIQUO Same comment as above.
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - ABSTINEO  
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.s: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.s: Nipponia: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - ABSTINEO
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - ANTIQUO Same comment as above.
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - ABSTINEO  
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.t: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.t:  Nova Britannia: Marcus Minucius Audens
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.u: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.u:  Pannonia: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.v: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.v:  Sarmatia: Titus Flavius Severus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.w: [passed - 13 in favor, 1 opposing, 2 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.w: Thule: Gaius Tullius Valerianus Germanicus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - ABSTINEO
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *LCS* - ANTIQUO Same as above
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - ABSTINEO  
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> A) Item II.b.x: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.x:  Venedia: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> -------------------------------------------------------------- 
> A) Item II.b.II: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.II:  The Senate hereby appoints Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus as praefectus Italiae.
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> -------------------------------------------------------------- 
> A) Item II.b.III: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.III:  The Senate hereby appoints Gaius Petronius Dexter as legate of Gallia. This shall be a 1st rank position.
> His function shall be to locate any suitable candidates for the position of governor of Gallia and to be a
> temporary point of contact between Nova Roma and new and existing citizens.
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
> *CnIC* - UTI ROGAS
> *TIS* - UTI ROGAS  
> *DIPI*  - UTI ROGAS
> *MMA* - UTI ROGAS
> *CPD* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GPL* - UTI ROGAS
> *QSP* - UTI ROGAS
> *ATS* - UTI ROGAS 
> *GVA* - UTI ROGAS
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> A) Item II.b.IV: [passed - 16 in favor, 0 opposing, 0 abstaining]
> B) ITEM II.b.IV:  The Senate of Nova Roma hereby appoints Gaius Petronius Dexter as legate of Germania. This shall be
> a 1st rank position. His function shall be to locate any suitable candidates for the position of governor of
> Germania and to be a temporary point of contact between Nova Roma and new and existing citizens.
> C) Votes
> *MCJ* - UTI ROGAS
> *SCA* - UTI ROGAS
> *MCGG* - UTI ROGAS 
> *LCS* - UTI ROGAS
> *CEC* - UTI ROGAS
> *LECA* - UTI ROGAS
> *TGP* - UTI ROGAS
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87759 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Iulia Crassum Caecum Omniaque salute impertit plurima

Latines and Romans themselves are preferable but our modern scholars often make amazing contributions, esp. those who think as you, I and Petronius do and strive to represent Ancient Rome and Ancient Romans as accurately as possible.
Even with that, classicists argue amongst themselves, I see this here in Nashville at meetings - where I mostly listen not being a classicist;)they almost rival the philosophical discussion meetings!

But this is good because it encourages people to strive harder to increase their understanding of Ancient Rome. Many Classical/Historic authors have issues with those that went before them and do their best to improve. One of the reason they write their book, their thesis is another as are new discoveries yet another. This is why it is important to read many different books on a subject, both ancient and modern. Much of the enjoyment I get from reading a modern book is because I either agree with a aspect, disagree (at which point I am mentally arguing) and/or research what I either find questionable or have never heard of. Like everything else we must separate the wheat from the chaff.

A book I have found interesting because it contains the words of common ancient Romans and portrays Roman thought in interesting ways through objective reporting is "Death and Burial in the Roman World" by J.M.C Toynbee.

On the subject of the thread, mos maiorum, I ask citizens if any would be willing to help form our own Facta Dicta?

"Rather than legislate or define Mos Maiorum, we can form our own Facta Dicta (learning from the problems of Valerius Maximus' own FD), our own handbook, that encourage virtues and condemns vices by compiling memorable deeds and words that exemplify our New Roman ideals of virtues adapted from ancient virtues to form our evolved and modern tradition. We learn from the example of the past in hopes we can improve our future, but, it seems sometimes, we are condemned to repeat it. I propose no such repeating of the ancient mos maiorum and its many problems but a new modern adaption of such. Our Album Civium can provide some material for such a tome. Our Mos Maiorum, our virtues, is defined by example. By our mulier/vir bonus. Cicero said "verba docent exempla trahunt" [words instruct, examples lead.] We are virtuous not by our opinions but by the opinions of our fellow citizens based on our Mos Maiorum."

Curate ut valeatis optime

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "C. Aemilius Crassus" <c.aemilius.crassus@...> wrote:
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> Salve Caeca et omnes,
>
> Caeca I couldn't agree more with what you are saying. One of the pleasures of reading XIX or earlier history books is that you learn both of the epoch in the book and of the epoch of the writer.
>
> O obviously it must be good authors and not pure propaganda. But even you read from contemporaneous authors (like Cicero etc) you aren't getting the facts but how they had seen them.
>
> Valete,
> Crassus
>
> Sent by iPhone
>
> No dia 12 de Mar de 2012, às 18:54, "C. Maria Caeca" <c.mariacaeca@...> escreveu:
>
> > C. Maria Caeca T. Valeriae Celeris S. P. D.
> >
> > You know, the objectivity of writing in the social sciences comes up often, and in most discussion groups. Unless one is dealing with the laws of physics, chemical formulae, or, perhaps, computer code, people are talking, even in print, about other people, and that is true no matter how much time separates the writer and the subject. I don't think thee *can* be an absolutely objective history, although I do think that a good historian will be as objective as possible, and do far more reporting than editorializing. Still, any written work, fiction or nonfiction will, to some extent, reflect the views of the writer, and we, as readers must keep that in mind. For that reason, I prefer to read more than one book on a subject, particularly books written by people with very different viewpoints. Naturally, I, also am not entirely objective, though I do try to keep an open mind.
> >
> > These things are not new ...they have been true for as long as one comments on another person's life, works, or, for that matter, the history of a nation or its people. People write about what other people did, or thought, and they do so from their own vantage pint. So long as we keep this in mind, I see no problem, and so long as what we are reading isn't blatant propaganda, or a blatant revision of history which is unsupportable given basic facts, again, I can accommodate personal stances. Sometimes I think we learn as much about the historian as about the history being presented, and that can be interesting, also.
> >
> > Vale et valete
> > C. Maria Caeca
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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87760 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia C. Mariae Caecae sal!

This was just beautiful.. As much as I am tempted to do a PR (Poetic
Respose), I feel it may take away the beauty of this devotional.


Kudos times ten =)

Vale quam Optime,
Aeternia


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87761 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Ludi Novi Romani For Apollo and Diana
Gratias tibi Ago, Mi Aeternia! thank you so very much!

Vale, Maria

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87762 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve!

"And what is your opinion on a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum?"

If I understand correctly the Mos Maiorum is what I would term an evolutionary social compact. It is evolutionary in the sense that it evolves over time and a compact in the sense that it carries not the force of law but of custom agreed to by it's members.

If you forgive me the indulgence of starting at a more basic level I will table the direct question, on a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum, for a moment and consider the difference between law and custom as regards to Nova Roma.

Nova Roma, as I understand it to be presently structured, does not carry the actual force of law upon its members. What passes for a Constitution, and Laws, are binding insofar as they voluntarily pertain to membership in the organization and members voluntary abide by those laws or face, at worst, expulsion and a revocation of citizenship. Yet no member may be deprived of life, liberty, or property, irrevocably in the case of the first two, and only voluntarily in the case of the latter. The Constitution serves, under US law, as bylaws for the organization and the magistrates it establishes as board members or corporate officers.

Yet this suffices, at least for now, as a "modern adaptation" of the Ancient Roman Constitution. We have Censors, Consuls, Senators, Praetors, and Aedilis. We have a Cursus Honorum in that we have a path, and requirements, for office. So for all practical purposes we have a modern adaptation of the Roman Constitution that functions within the framework of a modern legal non profit corporate entity.

Yet this Constitution is what I would term a top down legal structure. Within the voluntary constraints mentioned above actions of the Senate carry the force of law upon the members. The Constitution would be considered evolutionary only is the sense that it can be amended based upon an approved process. It does not change dynamically, based on unconscious input of its members, but in a structured and defined manner.

The Mos Maiorum, on the other hand, carries none of the force of law, voluntarily in nature or not, upon its members. It evolves dynamically, following no structured or defined process, as social customs evolve based on interactions among the members. Social compacts such as the Mos Maiorum are often referred to as "unwritten rules" and they are usually unwritten for a reason. When written such social customs often loose their dynamism and become burdensome for their followers, taking on the character of religious strictures or empty facades, loosing the intent in the practice.

So how do we effect a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum? I think we are seeing that here today, being played out in this forum. The Mos Maiorum was a common social compact adhered to voluntarily, without force of law, by the common agreement of the members of a given society to adopt some customs and discard others, expressed in an unconscious manner. We see it here in its most rudimentary form by the adoption of common forms of address, common methods of courtesy, when addressing one another. No one is told how to post, admonished for using the wrong greeting or salutation, nor does it carry the force of law on how we should address one another, yet over time a custom develops and new members adopt it to fit in. We have, in a mostly unconscious manner, adopted a common courtesy and common form of address as a modern adaptation of the Mos Maiorum.

As each of us, over time, brings forward various aspects of ancient Roman culture that we practice in our modern lives and others, consciously or not, adopt them as well, we add another unwritten piece to the modern Mos Maiorum.

Social Compacts, unlike Constitutions, are not written by committee's, or voted on in solemn assemblies. They are best when they are not written, or voted on, at all.

So to answer your question (knew I would get there eventually) my opinion of a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum is that we are establishing it on a daily basis in the best method possible, without consciously trying to at all, and that future generations will then have the best base to build upon and follow.

Vale!

G. Claudius Axenrothus
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87763 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve Gai Claudi!

Dis gratias!

>So to answer your question (knew I would get there eventually) my opinion of a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum is that we are establishing it on a daily basis in the best method possible, without consciously trying to at all, and that future generations will then have the best base to build upon and follow.

Bene, but we also must apply it consciously according to good moral conscience within our culture and the bigger society within which our culture resides. Teaching, advising and behaving according to the mos are part of the mos as well. Just as you might take a child shopping with you and he steals a piece of candy. That is not inline with the mos of our culture and society so we teach the child accordingly and we act accordingly.

As for the constitution, where do I begin? I may come back to it later but as you may have read I am not a fan because I think anything worth salvaging from this historically troublesome document could be adopted into and/or covered by our Leges, bylaws and Main Laws.

Cura ut valeas,

Julia

--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Yehya" <yehya_61@...> wrote:
>
> Salve!
>
> "And what is your opinion on a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum?"
>
> If I understand correctly the Mos Maiorum is what I would term an evolutionary social compact. It is evolutionary in the sense that it evolves over time and a compact in the sense that it carries not the force of law but of custom agreed to by it's members.
>
> If you forgive me the indulgence of starting at a more basic level I will table the direct question, on a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum, for a moment and consider the difference between law and custom as regards to Nova Roma.
>
> Nova Roma, as I understand it to be presently structured, does not carry the actual force of law upon its members. What passes for a Constitution, and Laws, are binding insofar as they voluntarily pertain to membership in the organization and members voluntary abide by those laws or face, at worst, expulsion and a revocation of citizenship. Yet no member may be deprived of life, liberty, or property, irrevocably in the case of the first two, and only voluntarily in the case of the latter. The Constitution serves, under US law, as bylaws for the organization and the magistrates it establishes as board members or corporate officers.
>
> Yet this suffices, at least for now, as a "modern adaptation" of the Ancient Roman Constitution. We have Censors, Consuls, Senators, Praetors, and Aedilis. We have a Cursus Honorum in that we have a path, and requirements, for office. So for all practical purposes we have a modern adaptation of the Roman Constitution that functions within the framework of a modern legal non profit corporate entity.
>
> Yet this Constitution is what I would term a top down legal structure. Within the voluntary constraints mentioned above actions of the Senate carry the force of law upon the members. The Constitution would be considered evolutionary only is the sense that it can be amended based upon an approved process. It does not change dynamically, based on unconscious input of its members, but in a structured and defined manner.
>
> The Mos Maiorum, on the other hand, carries none of the force of law, voluntarily in nature or not, upon its members. It evolves dynamically, following no structured or defined process, as social customs evolve based on interactions among the members. Social compacts such as the Mos Maiorum are often referred to as "unwritten rules" and they are usually unwritten for a reason. When written such social customs often loose their dynamism and become burdensome for their followers, taking on the character of religious strictures or empty facades, loosing the intent in the practice.
>
> So how do we effect a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum? I think we are seeing that here today, being played out in this forum. The Mos Maiorum was a common social compact adhered to voluntarily, without force of law, by the common agreement of the members of a given society to adopt some customs and discard others, expressed in an unconscious manner. We see it here in its most rudimentary form by the adoption of common forms of address, common methods of courtesy, when addressing one another. No one is told how to post, admonished for using the wrong greeting or salutation, nor does it carry the force of law on how we should address one another, yet over time a custom develops and new members adopt it to fit in. We have, in a mostly unconscious manner, adopted a common courtesy and common form of address as a modern adaptation of the Mos Maiorum.
>
> As each of us, over time, brings forward various aspects of ancient Roman culture that we practice in our modern lives and others, consciously or not, adopt them as well, we add another unwritten piece to the modern Mos Maiorum.
>
> Social Compacts, unlike Constitutions, are not written by committee's, or voted on in solemn assemblies. They are best when they are not written, or voted on, at all.
>
> So to answer your question (knew I would get there eventually) my opinion of a modern adaptation of Mos Maiorum is that we are establishing it on a daily basis in the best method possible, without consciously trying to at all, and that future generations will then have the best base to build upon and follow.
>
> Vale!
>
> G. Claudius Axenrothus
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87764 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve!

"Teaching, advising and behaving according to the mos are part of the mos as well. Just as you might take a child shopping with you and he steals a piece of candy. That is not inline with the mos of our culture and society so we teach the child accordingly and we act accordingly."

Are you really teaching the child the Mos Maiorum in a conscious manner or simply teaching them to obey the law in a conscious manner?
Is it the legal aspects of theft that you are teaching the child against, or the moral? I realize it may seem a manner of semantics but I think what you are doing at this point is moving theft from a legal issue to a moral one.

If you consider the moral aspect to be the part covered by the Mos Maiorum then you must consider the origins of that morality. Is it based on modern, or ancient, constructs?

For instance I can explain to you why theft is illegal but can you explain to me the basis for theft being considered immoral? And do you base that moral aspect on ancient, or modern, interpretations?

Earlier I introduced the concept of courtesy and basic modes of communication as components of the Mos Maiorum. Now you are adding the component of morality which then must be considered acceptable to the majority that make up the Mos Maiorum. As a legal issue I think we can all agree that theft is wrong. As a moral issue I would think we could all agree as well.

But do we all agree on the source of that moral construct, and is the source of that moral construct important, when we are forming a moral component to the Mos Maiorum, or is the expression of morality in its result? In other words does it matter why an action is considered immoral by each of us if all of us agree it is immoral?

Discussions of morality always interest me and I have my own theories regarding its origins. So understanding your concept of morality as a component of the Mos Maiorum would interest me greatly.

Vale!

G. Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87765 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Omnibus in foro S. P. D.

I would like to make some comments on the subject matter of this report, because I believe that these issues are, or should be, of interest to every citizen in Nova Roma. When I first read this ...I had several reactions, but they are, ultimately unimportant, because in some instances they were reflexive against changing the status quo ...and simply deciding to keep things as they are, because they are familiar is not an option of first resort. One of those reactions, though, might be pertinent to a discussion, here, because I may not have been the only citizen to react as I did. My first thought was that it would seem that the Senate is removing the P in SPQNR ...and replacing them with total control over our Government. But ...no, it isn't, and I could see this in a 2nd reading, or at least, I think I can. At first blush, this all seems very efficient, very organized, and entirely unRoman. Given that we are trying to create a modern working Roman republic, I was concerned that the Senate was changing our way of doing things to a way that would sit very well in a modern corporate board room, but not in a working Roman Republic. Then I had to remind myself of a few things.

The Senate had, traditionally, in ancient Rome, 3 areas in which it had absolute power. They were: 1. in fiscal matters (the collection and disbursement of funds): 2 the conduct of Foreign relations, and 3. The conduct of wars. Now, fortunately, we don't have any wars to fight, at least not literally, but if one keeps these 3 prerogatives in mind, much of this report makes more sense. I am speaking now about the several committees that have been formed in the Senate. The first, the finance committee is pretty much self explanatory. My questions began with the 2nd committee specified.

B. Senate Communications Committee:
1. The delivery of consistent messaging both internally within Nova Roma, and externally. Such
messaging shall only reflect the policies and goals of the Senate as defined within Senatus
consulta or the work of the SFC, SPED, SCEC and SPC.
2. To seek new ways to publicize Nova Roma externally by means of articles, postings and
communications on other electronic message boards and to maintain messaging to any such
existing means of communications that Nova Roma utilizes and/or is featured in.
3. To prepare and deliver such content as the committee sees appropriate to do so that assists in
the performance of its duties at III.B.1 and III.B.2.
4. To make recommendations to the Senate on the advisability and benefits, or otherwise, of any
contact with a reconstruction, reenactment or otherwise ancient Roman themed group with a
similar and/or compatible mandate and goals to Nova Roma. Such recommendations to the
Senate shall include the presentation in the form of a draft Senatus consultum of any
memorandum of understandings with such groups, as the committee considers appropriate and
beneficial to Nova Roma.

I am a bit confused about the 1st directive here. If I'm not mistaken, the only reports we have from the Senate are the voting reports, which lie within the duties of the Plebeian Aediles. Does this change that duty, and if so, why? Other than these reports, what would the Senate have to communicate to the citizens?

I decided that the rest of this falls under the prerogative of the Senate to conduct "Foreign" affairs, and might indeed be beneficial, since we would have a consistent voice, and be able to manage our contacts with other organizations and, hopefully, Roman oriented blogs such as Rogueclasicist and a few others. We should, I think, increase our outward looking presence, and doing so in this form gives us options we might not have, if we continue to leave this to individual citizens.

I have the same concern regarding committee C and D ...I think they are both excellent, but I would like to see members of the citizenry or at least non-Senatorial magistrates represented here.

While I am delighted to see the idea of providing education discussed anywhere, but especially in the Senate, I am not at all convinced that the management of that initiative should be totally held by the Senate. Do we even have the human resources to produce learning materials, let alone people who are willing to offer them, and do all the work that would be necessary in presenting them, or am I ahead of myself, here? I am hoping the end result of this will be a selection of courses dealing with topics of interest to us ...but I am concerned that one element of our Republic has entire control over what is taught and who teaches it.

At first reading the policy committee totally confused me ..but I can see why it could become necessary ...but again, is the Senate the only body vested with setting our goals? From the sounds of this, the opinions of non-Senatorial citizens have become superfluous, unless, of course, someone on the appropriate committee finds them interesting. Again, I would feel more positive about this committee if there were to be representation of other groups than the Senate.

Sections IV through XIX are matters having to do with the membership, formation and terms of committee members, and are internal to the functions of the Senate, so I have no comment, since the Senate has full power to manage its internal affairs. I do, however, have a question about provision XX. What is an extraordinary majority? Has that been specified at, say, 2/3 or 3/4 of all voting senators? Is it the same in all instances in this first report?

On Provinces of Activity: It took several readings to fully understand this, and I finally came to the conclusion that this is a good thing. At first, it seems to fly in the face of ancient custom, but, we aren't ancient Romans, nor do we live in Ancient Rome. Then, the Senators and Magistrates all knew one another socially, and could, because they did, and all lived in one city, exert pier pressure to ensure continuity of action. We don't have that luxury, so all too often, initiatives begun during one year's Senate session are simply left untended or forgotten by the Consuls of the next year. This provision ensures accountability, and while it does put some restraints on the actions of Consuls, I'm not sure that it overly inhibits them from governing as they see fit. Accountability by Government is never a bad thing, to my way of thinking, and this does provide it. If the sitting Consuls are *really* opposed to any initiative carried over into their year, they could, unless I am mistaken, overturn it by gathering an extraordinary majority (again, what would that be?) to defeat it. But it would allow for continuity of efforts, and *that* I think, makes this beneficial for us, in the long run.

I do have some comments and questions on this one.

SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE REAPPLICATION PROCESS FOR CITIZENSHIP

I find myself wondering why, exactly, this is necessary. I can see why there shouldn't be people serving in both organizations, that is, clearly, a conflict of interest, so far as I'm concerned, but if a citizen leaves NR, tries another organization and decides the grass really isn't greener on the other side of the fence and wants to come back "home", should we be obstructive? what purpose dos it serve, and what message dos such a restrictive attitude send about us and our self confidence? Personally, I don't much care what any competing organization does, unless they come here, or start spamming our members to recruit them, in which case, I'd happily find a hungry lion. But, even when derogatory posts and blog entries are made about us, I feel that we are strong enough to ignore or answer them, word for word, if need be. I do agree that the RPR is, whatever their official stance, an organization which was founded as a potential replacement for NR, and will do what it can to hurt or even destroy us, but I don't think we need to entirely bar the gates, and I'm not sure that doing so isn't exactly what they *want* us to do. Still, this also comes under the category of "Foreign affairs" ...which is the Senate's prerogative, so what I think is, at best, my own opinion.

One final comment. The last 2 reports have been extremely detailed, and most carefully prepared. Reading them is, for those of us who do not have legal training, a challenge, but it is more than worth that challenge, because with these Consulta, we are creating new, very organized ways of conducting our business. Yes, they are specific. Yes, they apply constraints and limitations we have not had before, but what they also provide is structure, and, given our past history, structure may well be what we need.

Valete bene!
C. Maria Caeca




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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87766 From: luciaiuliaaquila Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve Gai Claudi!

Excellent comments.

Mos Maiorum is Tradition (I speak of modern, not ancient but "ours"), it is our tradition based on our private mos and our public mos of hegemonic culture, the hegemony of our society. It is an abstract concept integrated into our minds, body and soul – we each carry our personal mos maiorum and together we form our public mos maiorum. This is how societies form, the social expectations, these norms are formed by the majority.

We instill in our children mores, virtues, a sense of right and wrong through exempla but also through teaching which is more than just right or wrong or obeying the law, but a discussion of why it is wrong and our responsibility for our actions, inaction, consequences etc.
But our mos and laws are compatible. Theft is a moral issue. And it is also a legal issue.:) I am pleased you recognized this.

Vale bene,

Julia


--- In Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com, "Yehya" <yehya_61@...> wrote:
>
> Salve!
>
> "Teaching, advising and behaving according to the mos are part of the mos as well. Just as you might take a child shopping with you and he steals a piece of candy. That is not inline with the mos of our culture and society so we teach the child accordingly and we act accordingly."
>
> Are you really teaching the child the Mos Maiorum in a conscious manner or simply teaching them to obey the law in a conscious manner?
> Is it the legal aspects of theft that you are teaching the child against, or the moral? I realize it may seem a manner of semantics but I think what you are doing at this point is moving theft from a legal issue to a moral one.
>
> If you consider the moral aspect to be the part covered by the Mos Maiorum then you must consider the origins of that morality. Is it based on modern, or ancient, constructs?
>
> For instance I can explain to you why theft is illegal but can you explain to me the basis for theft being considered immoral? And do you base that moral aspect on ancient, or modern, interpretations?
>
> Earlier I introduced the concept of courtesy and basic modes of communication as components of the Mos Maiorum. Now you are adding the component of morality which then must be considered acceptable to the majority that make up the Mos Maiorum. As a legal issue I think we can all agree that theft is wrong. As a moral issue I would think we could all agree as well.
>
> But do we all agree on the source of that moral construct, and is the source of that moral construct important, when we are forming a moral component to the Mos Maiorum, or is the expression of morality in its result? In other words does it matter why an action is considered immoral by each of us if all of us agree it is immoral?
>
> Discussions of morality always interest me and I have my own theories regarding its origins. So understanding your concept of morality as a component of the Mos Maiorum would interest me greatly.
>
> Vale!
>
> G. Claudius
>
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87767 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Cn. Caesar C. Mariae Caecae sal.

CMC: “I am a bit confused about the 1st directive here. If I'm not mistaken, the only reports we have from the Senate are the voting reports, which lie within the duties of the Plebeian Aediles. Does this change that duty, and if so, why? Other than these reports, what would the Senate have to communicate to the citizens?”
CNIC: The answer is simple, the work of the committees. The rules now allow, except under certain conditions, for reporting of formal meetings of the Senate by the Tribunes during the actual session and verbatim. The choice is theirs. However the work of Senatorial committees has never been reported on, and now it will be.

CMC: “I have the same concern regarding committee C and D ...I think they are both excellent, but I would like to see members of the citizenry or at least non-Senatorial magistrates represented here.”

CNIC: These are senatorial committees. Where they take information from is up to them. I am sure that in terms of enterprise and education ideas will be polled. That is the whole point. Take the enterprise committee. How many times have good ideas been mooted on one list or another, but there has been no mechanism to progress them, help develop them? Too many. This is not simply a case of Senators dreaming up their own ideas, though that would be good too, but adopting a team approach to developing ones mooted here and elsewhere.

CMC: “While I am delighted to see the idea of providing education discussed anywhere, but especially in the Senate, I am not at all convinced that the management of that initiative should be totally held by the Senate. Do we even have the human resources to produce learning materials, let alone people who are willing to offer them, and do all the work that would be necessary in presenting them, or am I ahead of myself, here? I am hoping the end result of this will be a selection of courses dealing with topics of interest to us ...but I am concerned that one element of our Republic has entire control over what is taught and who teaches it.”

CNIC: We have to start somewhere, and I am not denying there will be challenges, but again it is about recognizing the importance of the issue and affording it representation and a voice in the Senate.

CMC: “At first reading the policy committee totally confused me ..but I can see why it could become necessary ...but again, is the Senate the only body vested with setting our goals? From the sounds of this, the opinions of non-Senatorial citizens have become superfluous, unless, of course, someone on the appropriate committee finds them interesting. Again, I would feel more positive about this committee if there were to be representation of other groups than the Senate.”

CNIC: In order to ensure policies in the Senate are planned strategically rather than on a twelve month cycle, there has to be a group that has oversight of that planning process. All we have done is plan tactically, if we planned at all. If we are to progress to the vision at the founding of Nova Roma, that means trying to ensure a continuity of the planning cycle. Views are not superfluous, but what is needed is a long term view so we don’t constantly chop and change. Also since we have limited resources, not only money, but time and human resources, ensuring a coordination of policy among all the committees is vital, lest one end up working at cross purposes with another.

CMC: “Sections IV through XIX are matters having to do with the membership, formation and terms of committee members, and are internal to the functions of the Senate, so I have no comment, since the Senate has full power to manage its internal affairs. I do, however, have a question about provision XX. What is an extraordinary majority? Has that been specified at, say, 2/3 or 3/4 of all voting senators? Is it the same in all instances in this first report?”

CNIC: An extraordinary majority is defined in the senate rules as 4/5ths of voting members of the Senate. It is a constant in all respects and incidents mentioned.

CMC: On Provinces of Activity: It took several readings to fully understand this, and I finally came to the conclusion that this is a good thing. At first, it seems to fly in the face of ancient custom, but, we aren't ancient Romans, nor do we live in Ancient Rome. Then, the Senators and Magistrates all knew one another socially, and could, because they did, and all lived in one city, exert pier pressure to ensure continuity of action. We don't have that luxury, so all too often, initiatives begun during one year's Senate session are simply left untended or forgotten by the Consuls of the next year. This provision ensures accountability, and while it does put some restraints on the actions of Consuls, I'm not sure that it overly inhibits them from governing as they see fit. Accountability by Government is never a bad thing, to my way of thinking, and this does provide it. If the sitting Consuls are *really* opposed to any initiative carried over into their year, they could, unless I am mistaken, overturn it by gathering an extraordinary majority (again, what would that be?) to defeat it. But it would allow for continuity of efforts, and *that* I think, makes this beneficial for us, in the long run.

CNIC: The consuls were allocated provinces in times of emergency. It is a slight adaptation to our needs, but again will ensure continuity of policies from year to year.

CMC: “I do have some comments and questions on this one.

SENATUS CONSULTUM ON THE REAPPLICATION PROCESS FOR CITIZENSHIP”

CNIC: The concern is with conflicts of interest between both BoD/executive committees (apply whatever name – it is the controlling committees of the executive branches). If someone reapplies how do we know what position was held or not held? Information may not be readily available in the future. I could say “I was never a member of their BoD, rejoin, take my place in the Senate, all the while still being a member of a competing organization’s BoD. That creates a conflict of interest. Each case will therefore be examined on its merits and the evidence available. The rights afforded under NR law commence once the decision has been taken to approve reapplication. This measure simply puts cases of those who were members of a competing organization up for review. Those who were ordinary members and didn’t engage in a campaign of vilification will likely have no barriers. Those who may have been members of a BoD of a competing organization, or who as ordinary members of such an organization did engage in a process of vilification of NR, will have their applications reviewed with more scrutiny. Now it maybe that all who have left have no intention of returning, but if they do, then this is the process. This is no longer just “open door” to those who have given up their citizenship and sailed off to join a competing organization. Our citizenship is not something to be handed around like candy, and if it has been spat out before, then we will review whether it is beneficial to both NR as well as the applicant to renew it.

Optime valete



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87768 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
C. Maria Caeca Cn. Iulio Caesari Consuli S. P. D.

Thank you, Consul for graciously taking the time and trouble to answer my questions.

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87769 From: Gnaeus Iulius Caesar Date: 2012-03-12
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Caesar Caecae sal.

My pleasure :) If you have queries on anything else, please post and I will answer them.

Optime vale.

From: C. Maria Caeca
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:31 PM
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Nova-Roma] Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1


C. Maria Caeca Cn. Iulio Caesari Consuli S. P. D.

Thank you, Consul for graciously taking the time and trouble to answer my questions.

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87770 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve Iulia et omnes,



I do agree with you and I would like only to add more detailed perspective
on the following:

"Latines and Romans themselves are preferable but our modern scholars often
make amazing contributions, esp. those who think as you, I and Petronius do
and strive to represent Ancient Rome and Ancient Romans as accurately as
possible.
Even with that, classicists argue amongst themselves, I see this here in
Nashville at meetings - where I mostly listen not being a classicist;)they
almost rival the philosophical discussion meetings!

But this is good because it encourages people to strive harder to increase
their understanding of Ancient Rome. Many Classical/Historic authors have
issues with those that went before them and do their best to improve. One of
the reason they write their book, their thesis is another as are new
discoveries yet another. This is why it is important to read many different
books on a subject, both ancient and modern. Much of the enjoyment I get
from reading a modern book is because I either agree with a aspect, disagree
(at which point I am mentally arguing) and/or research what I either find
questionable or have never heard of. Like everything else we must separate
the wheat from the chaff."

Latines and Roman themselves are indeed preferable but not sufficient. More
we should read them with two things set in our mind. One they aren't
impartial observers not only as no one can be totally impartial when telling
important matters on their own time but many of these ancient authors were
not trying to be impartial from the beginning. They wanted to make a
statement and what they report and how they do it is aiming to that first
goal.

Secondly our ancestors had a way of think and a society that in many aspects
are very close to the one of our times making sometimes to escape to a
modern and unaware reader the fundamental differences in the way to see the
world and society. What I mean is if you read Iliad and Odyssey of Homer the
differences between our ways of conceiving the world and the one from those
societies are so obvious that they can't escape to any reader.

Now when you read the preface of Livy of his work (and the all work for that
matter) it is shocking how the way to see the world are very like History
and Science authors of the XIX century. It is very easy to think the ancient
Romans thinking in the same way as our more recent ancestors with a mind
very like ours only a little less technological advanced. But that would be
missing the big differences in the way ancient Romans saw society and the
roll of persons and Immortal Gods in that society.

The true is for good and bad the Christian period of 15 centuries (depend
the way it is count) did made a break in the bases of how to conceive the
world and although we, in the so called western world, did return to some
aspects of the classical period are in fact very different. Even us in Nova
Roma who love and admire Roma Antiqua to the point of wanting to found our
society on those times will never be a perfect modern ancient Roman society.
I think for most of us it would be a shock to suddenly be living in ancient
Rome of Cicero and Caesar much more than if we would be living in 14th
century even if we admire the first and not the second society.

To read modern History authors is it also a must since they not only
incorporate the last discoveries but also advance the previous works of
others. What you describe of reading modern works is what happen to me and
sometimes I can be arguing and disagreeing with author for all book and
nevertheless I can enjoy the book more than books of which I do agree more
with the author.

Valete optime,

Crassus



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87771 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: The Republic and the Mos Maiorum w/ book excerpt
Salve!

"We instill in our children mores, virtues, a sense of right and wrong through exempla but also through teaching which is more than just right or wrong or obeying the law, but a discussion of why it is wrong and our responsibility for our actions, inaction, consequences etc."

But why is it wrong? How does the moral component fit within the tradition you speak of? Is there a common base of morality formed within the Mos?

Christian communities base their morality on the Bible, Islamic on the Koran, others on their various religious traditions. Is there a common moral heritage within the Nova Roma community that unifies the teachings you describe? Does there need to be? Or can each individual form their own moral base as long as the end result exhibits commonalities?

Morality, to me, has its underpinnings, its origins, in the dynamics at play in the need for group survival among primitive man. Human beings are, at their base, a social animal given to forming packs, or small social groupings, that were necessary for their initial survival. Thus "moral" actions were those that enhanced the social aspects, the social cohesion, of that primitive group, and immoral actions were ones that hindered the same. This explains how stealing from within a social group was morally wrong yet stealing from another group, often expressed as war, plunder, and rape, was morally acceptable.

As man progressed the definition of the individual social group expanded until today many of us recognize the universality of the human race, in that we are all comprised of one large social group. But the same basic underpinnings to morality remain, in its most primitive form, in that any action that harms the cohesion of the social order is immoral and any action that enhances it is moral.

So to me theft has a moral component because it harms that social cohesion essential for a functioning society. Even within such arbitrary social groupings such as Nova Roma morality, in the form of honesty, trustworthiness, honor, absence of backbiting, gossip, and tale telling, are all critical moral attributes necessary for the continued cohesion of the Nova Roma community. So any social compact, such as the Mos Maiorum, would need to contain not only the rules of social interaction, the common courtesies and modes of address I discussed earlier, but a common moral orientation based on defined values.

So my question to you is does it matter the individuals moral base, be it religious, natural, or philosophical, if the outcome, the agreed set of moral and immoral defined actions, are similar, to the cohesion of the group?

Vale!

Gaius Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87772 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Report on february Session of the Senate - part 1
Salve!

"CNIC: In order to ensure policies in the Senate are planned strategically rather than on a twelve month cycle, there has to be a group that has oversight of that planning process. All we have done is plan tactically, if we planned at all. If we are to progress to the vision at the founding of Nova Roma, that means trying to ensure a continuity of the planning cycle. Views are not superfluous, but
what is needed is a long term view so we don't constantly chop and change.
Also since we have limited resources, not only money, but time and human
resources, ensuring a coordination of policy among all the committees is vital, lest one end up working at cross purposes with another."

I thought this was excellent! It seems to recognize the realities of the situation and move Nova Roma from an ad hoc grouping into long term strategic planning which, to my understanding, is the province of the Senate. If you think back to the second Punic war the long term strategic plan the Senate instituted, despite tactical failures against Hannibal, was sound and ensured the long term viability of the state. Consuls came and went, armies were raise, lost, and formed again, but the overall strategic direction remained the same year after year. It is this consistency that the Senate provided and their ability to adapt this consistency to changing tactical situations

Vale!

Gaius Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87773 From: M. Pompeius Caninus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
M. Pompeius Caninus Omnibus in foro S.P.D.


Please help me congratulate these fine citizens of Nova Roma for their participation in the Certamen Historicum for Ludi Novi Romani 2765:

1st Place: Tiberius Galerius Paulinus

2nd Place: Vibia Aemilia Regilla3rd Place: Publius Annæus Constantinus Placidus
4th Place: Servius Marius Paullus

Thank you!

Valete bene! 

 
M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87774 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
Salvete omnes,



And congratulations for all participants in the Certamen Historicum and to
Paulinus for his victory.



Valete optime,

Crassus



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Pompeius Caninus
Sent: terça-feira, 13 de Março de 2012 13:32
To: Nova Roma
Subject: [Nova-Roma] Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765





M. Pompeius Caninus Omnibus in foro S.P.D.

Please help me congratulate these fine citizens of Nova Roma for their
participation in the Certamen Historicum for Ludi Novi Romani 2765:

1st Place: Tiberius Galerius Paulinus

2nd Place: Vibia Aemilia Regilla3rd Place: Publius Annæus Constantinus
Placidus
4th Place: Servius Marius Paullus

Thank you!

Valete bene!


M. Pompeius Caninus
America Boreoccidentalis
Vivat Nova Roma!

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87775 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
Salvete!

My congratulations to all who placed in the Certamen horistoricum, and my thanks to all who participated.

Pauline, would you please contact me privately, to confirm your mailing address? I've got a prize to send to you!

Valete bene!
C. Maria Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87776 From: Timothy or Stephen Gallagher Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765
Salve Thank you. and Thanks to all those who helped put on a great event!! Thank you Pompeius Caninus! Vale Ti. Galerius Paulinus
To: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com
From: c.aemilius.crassus@...
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:52:51 +0000
Subject: RE: [Nova-Roma] Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765




























Salvete omnes,



And congratulations for all participants in the Certamen Historicum and to

Paulinus for his victory.



Valete optime,



Crassus



From: Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Nova-Roma@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf

Of M. Pompeius Caninus

Sent: ter�a-feira, 13 de Mar�o de 2012 13:32

To: Nova Roma

Subject: [Nova-Roma] Certamen Historicum Results for Ludi Novi Romani 2765



M. Pompeius Caninus Omnibus in foro S.P.D.



Please help me congratulate these fine citizens of Nova Roma for their

participation in the Certamen Historicum for Ludi Novi Romani 2765:



1st Place: Tiberius Galerius Paulinus



2nd Place: Vibia Aemilia Regilla3rd Place: Publius Ann�us Constantinus

Placidus

4th Place: Servius Marius Paullus



Thank you!



Valete bene!



M. Pompeius Caninus

America Boreoccidentalis

Vivat Nova Roma!



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87777 From: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI - Certamen Latinum #10 ~ LAST QUESTION
***Answer in private message to <cnaeus_cornelius@...>, and NOT TO the mailing list!***
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Cn. Lentulus scriba aedilicius Quiritibus: S. P. D.


AND WE ARE HERE: THE LAST QUESTION OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM! And you can STILL jump in the Certamen Latinum of the ludi Novi Romani, celebrating the founding of Nova Roma, 14 years ago. Questions are open to answering from answering Question #8. The older questions are now closed, because I publish the answers to Question #7 today.

Find and answers to previous questions here:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum

And now, let's see answers to Question #7:


ANSWERS


Answer #7 http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#Answers_7


RANKINGS - PART TIME RESULTS


Let's see how the race looks like before the upcoming final ranking the after tomorow:

1st - P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus - 401.5 pts
2nd - L. Aelia Corva - 392.5 pts
3nd - A. Liburnius Hadrianus - 333 pts
4th - M. Pompeius Caninus - 329 pts pts
5th - V. Aemilia Regilla - 327 pts
6th - T. Valeria Celeris - 166 pts
7th - St. Cornelia Valeriana Iuliana Aeternia - 12 pts (withdrew from race)


What an exciting and epic fight! Although Placidus, uncrowned king of past Latin contests, is undoubtly the first, others can beat him in the last turn, since the last question will be a 100 pts question. Virtually everyone can with the certamen among the contestants.
Aelia has left Liburnius behind, but Liburnius has not sent the answers to Question #9 so far.
Aemilia Regilla is coming frighteningly: she is just some points behind Caninus and Hadrianus, and she still has not sent answers to Question #9, while Placidus and Aelia has.
Liburnius, Pompeius and Aemilia can still send their answers in, and then they might take over the first two places....! They are becoming very good, very, very good at Latin... Everything can happen...
And this is the last question: the day after tomorrow, we will know.
We will know who is the first among equals, the star of the ludi Novi Romani!

JOIN this exciting race, and be you the first, second, fifth or tenth. It doesn't matter: what matters it's that you became more Roman by learning some bits of Latin. Even if you check in the race for only one turn, this is still worth it, because you will get a free correction from which you can learn a lot.


PARTICIPATING


The deadline for the previous Question #9, together with today's Question #10 is 48 hours from the posting of today's Question #10. You can send it to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> within 48 hours from now. Answers both to yesterday's Question #9 and to today's Question #10 may be sent within 48 hours of the posting of this question.

You can find the previous Question #9 here:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_11th_-_Day_11_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_9_of_the_Certamen_Latinum



March 12th - Day 12 of the Ludi Novi Romani – Question 10 of the Certamen Latinum


I. INTRODUCTION 10 - Indirect Speech


We have walked through a long path, but made huge steps, and within just 10 days we are arriving to the hardest height of Latin grammar, to the Indirect Discourse (or Indirect Speech) which includes the Sequence of Tenses rules and the Accusative with Infinitive, two things which made students of Latin cry since the Middle Age.

From the dictionary forms, where we had started, we went through all declensions of nouns and adjectives, we learned the formation of adverbs and the conjugations of Present and Past Tenses, and yesterday we met all tenses of the Subjunctive.

Today, on our last day, we will win and conquer the Indirect Speech, the jewel in our crown.

Now I confess I deceived you when I said we would only "try out" some minor things in the Latin, or when I said we would take a look at some little bits of Latin with these Quizzes. The truth is, that with these lessons we have learned almost all grammar of the Latin language, and almost every difficult feature in Latin. And now we are on the top, learning about the hardest grammar in Latin, which if you will be able to conquer, you will have conquered Goddess Latinitas Herself, and the doors of the "Roman Mind", and all Classical and Medieval Literature will re-open for you, forever.

I'm not joking when I say the Indirect Speech poisoned the lives of many schoolboys and girls since the Fall of the Roman Empire, especially with the terrible Accusative with Infinitive and the Sequence of Tenses - but I assure you by the end of the day you will laugh into the eyes of these monsters: they are monsters only to those who are not willing to domesticate them.

But first we must define what we are about to domesticate.

Indirect Speech (Reported Speech, or Indirect Discourse) refers to a sentence reporting what someone has said, thought, seen, heard or percieved by any mental activity. It is almost always used in spoken English.

Direct Speech is:

"Cicero said: 'I see Brutus in the garden'."

Indirect Speech is:

"Cicero said (that) he saw Brutus in the garden".

From this example we can see that there must be some rules about the Sequence of Tenses, because in the Indirect Speech "see" became "saw". Yes, there is a Sequence of Tenses rule in English, too, and we will see that the Latin rules are similar, but Latin uses them only in Indirect Questions, because in Indirect Statements Latin has chosen an entirely different solution: the Accusative with Infinitive. We will take care of this first.

Now, there are three types of Indirect Speech, depending on the reported sentence if it is a statement, order or question, an Indirect Speech can be Indirect Statement, Indirect Command, or Indirect Question. Let's start with the Indirect Statements.

1. Indirect Statements

In English, the verb tense of the reported, indirect sentence follows a simple logical Sequence of Tense rule: if the reporting verb ("said") is in the past, the reported clause will be in a Past Tense. If the reporting verb is present ("say"), the reported clause will be in a Present Tense:

With the reporting verb in Present:

"Cicero says: 'I see Brutus in the garden'." (Direct Statement)
"Cicero says (that) he sees Brutus in the garden." (Indirect Statement)

With the reporting verb in Past:

"Cicero said: 'I see Brutus in the garden'." (Direct Statement)
"Cicero said (that) he saw Brutus in the garden." (Indirect Statement)

Instead of this rule, in Latin we find that there is an entirely different construction, the Accusative with Infinitive, used for reporting statements.

1.1. Accusative with Infinitive

There is a similar construction in English, when you say "I see Brutus come," and "I see him go," where "come" is an infinitive without the usual "to" (otherwise it would have been "comes"), and "Brutus" is an accusative. English uses the Accusative plus Infinitive with verbs of wishing, believing and perception ("I believe Brutus to come"). The infinitive is usually introduced by "to", but in some cases (e.g. with "see") it's without "to".

"I see Brutus come."
"Video Brutum venire."

"I believe Brutus to come."
"Credo Brutum venire."

However, English does not use this construction with verbs of saying. There is no "I say Brutus to come". English puts it as "I say (that) Brutus comes". In Latin, however, we must always use the Accusative with Infinitive construction with all verbs of saying, thinking, perceiving or communicating.

"I say (that) Brutus comes."
"Dico Brutum venire." (Literally: "I say Brutus to come.")

1.2. Reported Statments' Timing in the Accusative with Infinitive Construction

1.2.1. If the Reported Statement is about an event which is contemporaneous, simultaneous with the time of the reporting verb, like "I say (that) Brutus comes (is coming)", or "I said (that) Brutus came (was coming), we use the Present Infinitive, i.e. the 2nd dictionary form:

amo, -are, -avi, -atum --> amare (to love)
facio, -ere, feci, factum --> facere (to make)
venio, -ire, veni, ventum --> venire (to come)

It does not matter of what tense the reporting verb is:

"I say (that) Brutus comes / is coming."
"Dico Brutum venire." (Literally: "I say Brutus to come.")

I said (that) Brutus came / was coming.
"Dixi Brutum venire." (Literally: "I said Brutus to come.")

1.2.2. If the action of the reported sentence is prior to the time of the reporting verb, like "I say (that) Brutus came (has come)", or "I said (that) Brutus had come", you must use the Perfect Infinitive. To form a Perfect Infinitive, you simply cut off the Perfect Tense "-i" ending of the 3rd dictionary form, and add ending "-isse" to the Perfect Stem:

amo, -are, -av|i, -atum --> amavisse (to have loved)
facio, -ere, fec|i, factum --> fecisse (to have made)
venio, -ire, ven|i, ventum --> venisse (to have come)

It does not matter of what tense the reporting verb is:

"I say (that) Brutus has come / came / was coming."
"Dico Brutum venisse." (Literally: "I say Brutus to have come.")

"I said (that) Brutus had come."
"Dixi Brutum venisse." (Literally: "I said Brutus to have come.")

All Latin Indirect Statements have to follow these rules, and all Latin Indirect Statements are to be transformed into such Accusative with Infinitive contructions.

2. Indirect Commands

An Indirect Command is a reported command. Indirect Commands express what someone begs, asks, urges or orders. Let's see an English example:

"I begged that Brutus come."

"Come" is an English Subjunctive here. Latin uses Subjunctive as well. If the verb introducing the Indirect Command is Present, Latin uses Present Subjunctive in the subordinate clause; if the main verb is Past, Latin uses Imperfect Subjunctive in the subordinate clause. English never varies, it uses always the Present Subjunctive. Let' see it on examples:

With the reporting verb in Present:

"I beg that Brutus come."
"Oro ut Brutus veniat."

With the reporting verb in Past:

"I begged that Brutus come."
"Oravi ut Brutus veniret." (Literally: "I begged that Brutus came/would come.")

All Latin Indirect Commands have to be in Present or Imperfect Subjunctive follow the rules above.

3. Indirect Questions

An Indirect Question is a reported question, it reports what someone asks, or could have asked. English Indirect Questions follow the same Sequence of Tenses rules as in the case of Indirect Statements, but there's an additional change in the structure of the sentence:

"From where does Brutus come?"
"Cicero asks from where Brutus comes."

We can see that English changes word order and does not use the auxiliary verb "do/does" for Indirect Questions. In Latin you must use the Subjunctive to indicate Indirect Question. The Latin Sequence of Tenses for Indirect Questions is the following:

3.1. Sequence of Tenses

3.1.1. If the time of the verb in the reported question is contemporaneous, simultaneous to the time the verb of asking that introduces the Indirect Question, you will use

a) Present Subjunctive: if the reporting verb is Present;
b) Imperfect Subjunctive: if the reporting verb is Past.

With the reporting verb in Present:

"I ask from where Brutus comes / is coming."
"Quaero unde Brutus veniat."

With the reporting verb in Past:

"I asked from where Brutus came / was coming."
"Quaesivi unde Brutus veniret."

3.1.1. If the time of the verb in the reported question is prior to the time of the reporting verb of asking that introduces the Indirect Question, you will use

a) Perfect Subjunctive: if the reporting verb is Present;
b) Pluperfect Subjunctive: if the reporting verb is Past.

With the reporting verb in Present:

"I ask from where Brutus came / has come / was coming."
"Quaero unde Brutus venerit."

With the reporting verb in Past:

"I asked from where Brutus had come."
"Quaesivi unde Brutus venisset."

You must use the Subjunctive always, in this Sequence of Tenses, whenever you translate an Indirect Question to Latin.


II. QUESTION 10


Translate the following complex sentences which contain Indirect Statements, Indirect Commands and Indirect Questions to Latin, using the Accusative with Infinitive construction where needed, and the Subjunctive Tenses according to the Sequence of Tenses, where they are needed. The sentences below are mostly sligt alterations of all sentences we have translated so far, so although it's 18 sentences, all of them were translated by you on the previous days. So don't be afraid, it's not as much as it seems. Your work will mostly consist of transforming the sentences we had translated so far into Indirect Speech. The Latin words needed to these translations are given below in their dictionary form. Use them.


Follow the guidelines here:

http://novaroma.org/nr/Declension
http://novaroma.org/nr/Conjugation
http://novaroma.org/nr/Latin_sentence

Be careful, and read ALL information on the pages!

”I say without doubt that my friend knew many women, but he has never found the perfect one.” (9 pts)

dico, -ere, dixi, dictum (say)
sine +ablative (without)
dubium, -i, n (doubt)
scio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (know)
multus, -a, -um (much, many)
mulier, -eris, f (lady, adult woman)
sed (but)
invenio, -ire, -veni, -ventum (find)
numquam (never)
optimus, -a, -um (perfect)

Comment: The word “one” does not have to be translated.

”Lentulus saw that Popillia and Maria were slowly walking down to the forum, and that they suddenly stopped because of a nice cat.” (10 pts)

Lentulus, -i, m (Lentulus)
video, -ére, vidi, visum (see)
Popillia, -ae f (Popillia)
et (and)
Maria, -ae f (Maria)
lentus, -a, -um (slow)
descend, -ere, -scendi, -scensum (walk down)
in + accusative (to, into)
forum, -i, n (square, forum)
cum (when)
subito (suddenly)
consisto -sistere -stiti –stitum (stop)
propter + accusative (because of)
felis, -is, f (cat)

”Tullia asked why our guests were cheerfully singing Latin songs, and whether they had already drunk the sweet wine.” (11 pts)

Tullia, -ae, f (Tullia)
quaero, -ere, quaesivi, -itum (ask)
cur (why)
noster, -tra, -trum (our)
hospes, -itis, mf (guest)
cano, -ere, cecini, cantum (sing)
hilarus, -a, -um (cheerful)
carmen, -inis, n (song)
Latinus, -a, -um (Latin)
num (if, whether)
iam (already)
bibo, -ere, bibi, bibitum (drink)
dulcis, -e (sweet)
vinum, -i, n (wine)

Comment: The phrase “in Latin” is expressed in Latin by an adverb, derived regularly from “Latinus, -a, um”.

"I don’t understand why the bad senators vehemently attacked Marcus Tullius Cicero with their angry speeches yesterday, because I know our Cicero was just defending the state with his proposals." (20 pts)

intellego, -ere, -lexi, -ectum (understand)
malus, -a, -um (bad)
senator, -oris, m (senator)
vehemens, -entis (vehement)
oppugno, -are, -avi, -atum (attack)
Marcus, -i, m; Tullius, -i, m; Cicero, -onis, m (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
suus, -a, -um (their, his)
iratus, -a, -um (angry)
oratio, -onis, f (speech)
heri (yesterday)
quia (because)
scio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (know)
tantum (just)
defendo, -ere, -endi, -ensum (defend)
res, -ei, f; publica, -ae, f (state, republic)
sententia, -ae, f (proposal)

Comments: "with" is expressed here in both places by using the ablative without preposition.

"Atticus ordered that Cicero start to write his book on the nature of the gods, because Atticus knew that Cicero had finished his other duties, and that he had free time, but Cicero did not find the place where he had put down his pen." (25 pts)

Atticus, -i, n (Atticus)
impero, -are, -avi, -atum (order)
ut (that)
incipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum (start)
scribo, -ere, scripsi, scriptum (write)
suus, -a, -um (his)
liber, libri, m (book)
de + ablative (about; on)
natura, -ae, f (nature)
deus, -i, m (god)
finio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (finish)
ceterus, -a, um (other, the rest of)
officium, -i, n (duty)
habeo, -ere, -bui, -bitum (have)
liber, -era, -erum (free)
tempus, -oris, n (time)
locus, -i, m (place)
ubi (where)
depono, -ere, -posui, -positum (put down)
stylus, -i, m (stylus, writing utensil, pen)

"Lentulus asks whether Aelia, Aemilia, Aeternia, Caninus, Hadrianus Placidus and Valeria enjoyed our Latin competition, because Lentulus thinks that Aelia, Aemilia, Aeternia, Caninus, Hadrianus Placidus and Valeria fought admirably." (25 pts)

Aelia, -ae, f (Aelia)
Aemilia, -ae, f (Aemilia)
Aeternia, -ae, f (Aeternia)
Caninus, -i, m (Caninus)
Hadrianus, -i, m (Hadrianus)
Pacidus, -i, m (Placidus)
Valeria, -ae, f (Valeria)
probo, -are, -avi, -atum (enjoy, approve)
certamen, -inis, n (competition)
puto, -are, -avi, -atum (think)
bello, -are, -avi, -atum (fight)
mirabilis, -e (admirable)


III. AN EXAMPLE HOW TO DO IT:


"We heard that the soldiers of Pompey had fought vehemently, but we don't know why Caesar won." (7 pts)

audio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (hear)
miles, -itis, m (soldier)
Pompeius, -i, m (Pompey)
bello, -are, -avi, -atum (fight)
vehemens, -entis (vehement)
nescio, -ire, -ivi, -itum (do/does not know)
cur (why)
Caesar, -aris, m (Caesar)
vinco, -ere, vici, victum (win)

- in the first part is an Indirect Statement, which means that we have to use the Accusative with Infinitive construction here. We see that the time of the reported statement's verb "had fought" is prior to the time of the reporting verb "heard", so "had fought" will be translated with a Perfect Infinitive: "bellavisse". (1 pt)
- We put "the soldiers" in accusative ("milites"), because that's the object of the construction "we heard the soldiers to have fought". (1pt)
- The second part is an Indirect Question (why Caesar won), thus we will use the Subjunctive. The time of the reported question's verb, "won" is prior to the time of the reporting verb "I don't know", which is a Present Tense. So, according to the rules of the Sequence of Tenses, after Present reporting verb if a verb of prior time follows, the repored verb shall be in Perfect Subjunctive. In this case it's "vicerit". (1 pt)
- After translating everything else (4 pts), which is not new grammar, we get the following result:

"Audivimus milites Pompei vehementer bellavisse, sed nescimus cur Caesar vicerit."


IV. RULES OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM


One question a day will be posted, participants must send their answers not to this e-mail address but to <cnaeus_cornelius@...> within 48 hours of the posting of the question. ***Posting answers to the mailing list is FORBIDDEN!***

The correct answers of the previous day and interim results will be announced together with the posting of the next questions.


SEE TODAY'S QUESTION ON OUR WEBSITE:
http://novaroma.org/nr/Ludi_Novi_Romani/MMDCCLXV/Certamen_Latinum#March_12th_-_Day_12_of_the_Ludi_Novi_Romani_.E2.80.93_Question_10_of_the_Certamen_Latinum


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87778 From: Belle Morte Statia Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765- Certamen Mythologicum Winners!
Sta. Cornelia Aeternia Omnibus in foro S.P.D.

Greetings to all. Here are the top four finishes for the Certamen
Mythologicum Ludi Romani 2765! I would like to thank all those who
participated, this was the biggest turn out for any Mythology Quiz since
it started being held last year. Lets keep that momentum going for the
future (hopefully)...

Now I admit there were a couple curve balls thrown in this quiz, this was
definitely a quiz of knowledge & wit, because the questions were not always
what they appeared to be. So I applaud truly our contestants for they were
brave souls =).

***Each question was worth three points each.

***My decision is final in interpreting what is and what is not a correct
answer.


*Top Quartet*

1. M. Pompeius Caninus (81 pts)
2. L. Aelia Corva (75 pts)
3. A. Decia Scriptrix (72 pts)
4. V. Aemilia Regilla (57 pts)

Accolades go to C. Equitius Cato (33 pts) and Cn. Lentulus (9pts) for their
participation.... I think Lentulus gave me a day for his day ;)...

The answers for the Certamen Mythologicum, will be posted on the Ludi page
in the next days to come..


Congrats to all participants!

Valete Optime,
Aeternia (Quiz -Facilitator)

--
"De mortuis nil nisi bonum"


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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87779 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-13
Subject: Re: LUDI NOVI ROMANI 2765- Certamen Mythologicum Winners!
Salvete!

Congratulations, all you very smart people! Thanks, also for participating! You are all far more brave than I am! Canine, you need to contact me, please, I need info from you ...and *you* have a choice to make!

Valete Bene!
C. Maria Caeca

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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87780 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Salve!

Nova Roma is an organization that seeks to restore Ancient Roman culture. As an organization is, for all practical purposes, a social grouping organized around a specific purpose Nova Roma can be considered to be a small society or social group governed by all rules pertaining to social groups. That this social group is organized in a virtual manner, via electronic media, instead of the more traditional physical interactions that govern many societies, in no way negates the concept that Nova Roma is, itself, a functioning society.

Except in the most primitive societies where written laws, rules, by-laws, or constitutions are unknown, most societies function on multiple levels. One level are those written laws, the governing structure that supports them, the magistrates, rulers, enforcers, elected and unelected officials that control the functional aspects of society. Another level is the social norms, the folkways and mores, that have developed dynamically as an unwritten code of conduct that defines the underlying philosophy of any social grouping.

It is this latter level I wish to discuss. Within Nova Roma we have a strong hierarchical structure that is developing the former with a written Constitution, the election and appointment of magistrates, governors, and other leaders, and the financial and infrastructure controls necessary to the orderly functioning of our society. It is an aspect of our society I am not qualified to speak on nor do I wish to.

All societies, even primitive ones, have social norms. Any social grouping larger than one person develops, over time, a code, often unwritten, that governs its interactions. The larger the society, the more interactions that exist, the more complex the code often becomes.

In Ancient Rome this code was referred to as the Mos Maiorum. The Mos Maiorum can thus be defined as an unwritten code of social norms governing social interactions among members of a given society (historically Ancient Roman society but latterly Nova Roman society).

Underpinning the social norms of any just society is a moral code or moral base. What has always attracted me to Roman social norms was the active attachment of virtues to the existing social structure. More then just an afterthought, or a goal to be taught to the young, virtues and public morality were defined components of the Mos Maiorum.

Like Plato in the Republic, but in an active and interactive manner, Nova Roma is an attempt to develop a just society, yet one is based on Ancient Roman principles. Ancient Rome was, perhaps, more just in theory than practice but it is the good we see in this long lost culture and not the bad we seek to recreate.

To begin this discussion on my understanding of morality, virtue, and the Mos Maiorum I want to offer the following four definitions I devised for discussion:

A moral action is one which contributes to social cohesion

An immoral action is one which contributes to social anarchy

A virtue is an active attribute of a moral action

A vice is an active attribute of an immoral action

I thought to stop here and see if there is any interest in discussing or debating this and then continue later on how I see these terms could interact as a base component of Mos Maiorum.

Vale

Gaius Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87781 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Symposium
Salve!

In Plato's Symposium the participants all spoke in turn on a given subject and then debated the different responses. Is there any interest in something similar here where the participants would all post a short essay on a defined topic, either by name or anonymously, and then we debate the responses? The topic could be related to any aspect of Ancient Rome or Nova Roma we all agree on.

Vale!

Gaius Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87782 From: C. Aemilius Crassus Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Salve Claudi et omnes,



You have good points and a good starting point.



First I would like to say it is always dangerous to try to rationalize too
much complex social dynamics because there is an important, but many times
hidden, irrational aspect in how every society behaves. In fact many time
first there is the moral norm and afterwards appears the rationalization for
it.

Even if the society governed by wise persons would be the best society
possible wouldn't work if most people didn't believe on it or didn't agree
on who would be wise persons.



"To begin this discussion on my understanding of morality, virtue, and the
Mos Maiorum I want to offer the following four definitions I devised for
discussion:

A moral action is one which contributes to social cohesion

An immoral action is one which contributes to social anarchy

A virtue is an active attribute of a moral action

A vice is an active attribute of an immoral action"

I would say a moral action is one which seems to contribute to the benefit
and/or social cohesion of the society within a long time span so it is fixed
in the moral custom. I mean moral custom isn't a casuistic matter and
usually it is absolute. It is wrong to rob someone no matter the
circumstances (at least from the same society if it from other society as
you have said in other post it is good and it is called plunder). For
something to become part of the moral custom it needs to be considered good
or bad for the most of the society for long time and gradually it is fixed
in the moral code. So I can't use the formula if it contributes for social
cohesion it is moral to decide the moral action.



Secondly it has more to due to the social perception than with real effects
on the general wealth of the society.



Just my two cents.



Valete optime,

Crassus



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87783 From: Yehya Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Salve!

"First I would like to say it is always dangerous to try to rationalize too much complex social dynamics because there is an important, but many times hidden, irrational aspect in how every society behaves. In fact many time first there is the moral norm and afterwards appears the rationalization for it."

All too true, although I think the danger comes from trying to implement such rationalizations. Debating and discussing them simply adds to the discussion.

Vale!

Gaius Claudius
Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87784 From: C. Maria Caeca Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Morality, Virtue, & Mos Maiorum
Salve Crasse, et salvete omnes!

Crasse, you bring up a very good point, and I'd like to expand on it, and on a couple of other things, as well. Societies, whatever their environment are formed not of theories, but of people, and, no matter how sensible and rational people are in their postulates or discussions, they are also irrational, and often act by reacting to some stimulus entirely separate from their agreed upon code of behavior. This is why we see, for example, "personal cults" where a very strong individual can exercise potentially lethal influence on large groups of people. To disregard this irrational, emotional impulse, specially where groups are concerned, is to wear what could become dangerous blinders, because groups can and do become uncontrollable mobs, from time to time. On the other hand, these same potential mobs can exhibit unexpected rectitude and bravery, also, and can coalesce to achieve a goal with unexpected unanimity, especially when the entire group seems to be, or is, threatened.

I think that, in a virtual community, such as this currently is, we must, if we are to be successful, keep some things in mind. We come from many different cultures, many different, though probably similar, sets of mores, and each of us brings his/her own sense of what is, and is not, beneficial conduct and moral stance. What comes out of all this, though, are ideas and unspoken agreements which reflect all that went into their formation, but which may well be exactly unlike any one of the contributors' mores, and that is community.

While this communal understanding can be observed and practiced in practical ways, it cannot and should not be legislated, first, because behavior, which can be legislated, and sometimes must be, is the product, not the source of this code, and 2nd, because attitudes, being internal, can be altered in some ways, but never forcibly, even with clubs and guns, virtual or otherwise.

We, here, I think, have developed a communal sense of what is right, wrong, fair and unfair, and this sense acts in conjunction with, not in opposition to the laws, both internal and external, which determine our actions.

Yet, even this unspoken understanding is flexible, because each individual that chooses to participate in our community life also has his/her own ethical or moral compass, and *that* must be in accord with the group's unspoken guidelines and expectations. If the conflict is too great, a person will, inevitably remove him/herself from the community, or try to function as a virtual outcast, which, ultimately becomes unsupportable, as we have seen, sometimes spectacularly.

Vale et valete bene!
C. Maria Caeca



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Group: Nova-Roma Message: 87785 From: Robert Woolwine Date: 2012-03-14
Subject: Re: Symposium
Ave!

I wish :) that would remind me back in the days when I was in college. :)
I think its a great idea. When Tink was Curule Aedile I kept trying to get
something like this going and to give prizes to the best essay and have
them posted on the website.

Respectfully,

Sulla

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Yehya <yehya_61@...> wrote:

> **
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> Salve!
>
> In Plato's Symposium the participants all spoke in turn on a given subject
> and then debated the different responses. Is there any interest in
> something similar here where the participants would all post a short essay
> on a defined topic, either by name or anonymously, and then we debate the
> responses? The topic could be related to any aspect of Ancient Rome or Nova
> Roma we all agree on.
>
> Vale!
>
> Gaius Claudius
>
>
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