Album praetorianorum (Nova Roma)

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Introduction

The Cohortes Praetoriae of Nova Roma has been established under consular edict, through edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae.

The Cohortes Praetoriae are the tools of consular, praetorian oversight of internal security and law enforcement, as well as a tool for special officers with grant of imperium. The Cohortes Praetoriae are presidential guards of the Nova Roman Republic, working directly for the implementation of the policies and visions of the consuls and praetores, the presidential magistrates of Nova Roma, and of all officers who have been granted equivalent imperium. Like the vigiles, the praetoriani shall also be divided into praetoriani officiales (administrative, office-work praetoriani) who do only online administrative work, praetoriani armati who do only physical reenactment armed service as a ceremonial guard of our events, and to a category of praetoriani officiales armati who work in both aspects of the Cohortes Praetoriae. The praetoriani shall be the personal guards of the imperium bearing officers and essentially a complementary force to their lictors, filling the same role in a large extent.

Types of Officers

Praetorianus officialis

Members of the Cohortes Praetoriae are termed praetoriani, and their primary function shall be to ensure consular and praetorian oversight and control over the general law enforcement in all aspects, assets, areas and forums of Nova Roma, for example as delegated to participate among the vigiles.

A. The praetoriani officiales shall be service persons guarding that the policies of the consuls, praetors or other imperium bearers are observed, implemented and duly enforced. They represent the will and interests of the magistrate under whom they belong. They have the duty to notice and report any violations or transgressions against the policies and edicts of their superior magistrate to the those magistrates, and to interact with the persons suspected or caught on violation. In case of need, they shall assist the vigiles and complement their numbers.

B. The praetoriani are the watching eyes of those imperium bearing magistrates who appointed them, and they are their out reaching arms which can be sent to any provinces or entities of Nova Roma in order to exert governmental control and united action over all Nova Roma.

Praetorianus armatus

The praetoriani armati are either members of an officially recognized reenactment unit of Nova Roma which represent Roman praetoriani, or individual praetorianus reenactors administratively distributed into formal cohortes created by imperium bearers. They serve Nova Roma at events and do not have any duty in the online work of the praetoriani.

Praetorianus officialis armatus

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

Ranks & Functions

The ranks of the praetoriani, both armati and officiales, follows the Roman military hierarchy as applied in Nova Roma, but with simplification. The functions of each rank among the praetoriani armati shall be determined by the immediate commanders.

Praetoriani may be given the task by their appointing imperium bearer (if they are magistrates with the right to give such commands, the consuls or praetors normally) to participate in the moderation and management teams of the forums and other venues of Nova Roma, and in such cases the description of various degrees of moderator and admin rights apply to the praetoriani delegated among the vigiles. When praetoriani do not have in such forum management tasks, their ranks indicate seniority and higher decision making power, and seniorty is decided by the praefectus praetorio or the imperium bearer directly under whom they serve.

A. If needed, the praetoriani armati and the praetoriani officiales armati can be promoted to other ranks of the more elaborate system used in the Nova Roman legions, but this simplified scale is the recommended range of ranks for them, too. The praetoriani officiales may not be promoted to any other ranks than the ones listed below.

B. The rank grades of praetoriani (with modern approximations), and the functions and requirements of each rank shall be the following. Their title may be praetoriani officialis (online service), praetoriani armatus (field service in reenactment), or mixed: praetoriani officialis armatus.

B.1. Praetorianus officialis gregalis (OR-1)

The praetorianus gregalis shall not have any moderator privileges: their job is to monitor the content of a forum, remind forum users if they are violating, or close to a violation of posting rules and code of conduct, answer questions by users, or to connect inquirers with the officers who can answer and help, and in general provide guidance to forum users if they need assistance. The praetoriani gregales, and all ranks of praetoriani, are generally entrusted to discover irregularities, incorrect behavior or violations of Nova Roman law and to report them to the tresviri capitales.

B.2. Praetorianus officialis tesserarius (OR-3)

The tesserarii shall be the lowest grade of moderators of public forums and other online infrastructures, or praetoriani officialis with any decision making right. A praetorianus may be promoted to this rank only after a minimum of 3 months service as gregalis, but most moderators should be kept in this rank. The tesserarius shall be considered the default rank for moderators.

B.3. Praetorianus officialis vexillarius (OR-4)

The vexillarii shall be an intermediate grade of moderators and minor decision makers. This grade in the rank system shall be granted to those who are selected to be promoted to optio later, and generally should be considered a temporary position. Very long serving tessararii may be promoted to this rank as a recognition for their long and excellent service. This rank shall be filled only if by making this promotion there remain at least two tesserarii in the cohors. A praetorianus may be promoted to this rank only after a minimum of 1 year service as tesserarius.

B.4. Praetorianus officialis optio (OR-5)

The optiones shall be the fullest and highest grade of moderators but not administrators: they still shall not possess all the tools and rights in the technical administration of the forum or a specific online asset. A praetorianus may be promoted to this rank only after a minimum of 2 year service as tesserarius, or a 18 month service as tesserarius and vexillarius combined. This rank should be considered the default rank for leading and experienced moderators.

B.5. Praetorianus officialis centurio posterior (OF-1) (W-1/O-1)

The centuriones posteriores shall be the first grade of administrators in forums or other websites: they shall possess tools with which they can manage not only forum members but the moderators, as well. In other areas of service, they shall be also responsible decision makers in their relevant office. They shall have the right for substantial decisions and changes in the system and editing the archives where it's possible. They have the right to promote or demote praetoriani up to the rank of optio. Only they (and higher ranks) may have the right to remove forum members. A vigil may be promoted to this rank only after a minimum of 1 year service as optio. This rank should be considered the default rank for admins.

B.6. Praetorianus officialis centurio prior (OF-2) (W-3/O-3)

Centuriones priores shall be more experienced chief administrators and decision makers. If the technical system of the forum or other venue makes it possible, they should be given more admin rights than the centuriones posteriores, or even the entirety of admin rights (depending on the asset owner's decision). Very long serving centuriones posteriores may be promoted to this rank as a recognition for their long and excellent service. This rank shall be filled only if by making this promotion there remains at least one centurio posterior in the cohors. A praetorianus may be promoted to this rank only after a minimum of 1 year service as centurio posterior.

B.7. Praetorianus officialis tribunus (OF-5)

The tribunus shall be the highest ranking chief administrator and decision maker among the service personnel, but their access and rights to technical administration tools is not higher than that of the centuriones priores who have the highest rights and complete technical control already (depending on the asset owner's decision). They have the right to promote or demote vigiles up to the rank of centurio prior. This rank shall be considered the top of a vigil career and to fill it shall be seen as an award to the best serving praetorianus centurions. A praetorianus may be promoted to this rank only after a minimum of 1 year service as centurio prior.

C. Demotion to a lower rank shall be a possible process as a reprimand for poor service, mismanagement, abuse of power, dereliction of duty or other types of errors in service.

D. Praetoriani removed from active duty keep their ranks as retired praetoriani ("praetoriani veterani"), and if they are appointed to duty again, they shall be in the same rank that they bore. Praetoriani can be retired by an official decision of the praefectus praetorio. Praetoriani veterani do not possess any rights or duties as praetorianus, but they remain members of the cohors where they belonged and they are entitled to their insignia and to participate in the parades or ceremonial field service of their cohors (if it has any). Remaining member in the cohors does not imply that they have to be privy to the cohors's office work and its discussion group. Praetoriani who wish to quit completely and irreversibly from the corps, or praetoriani who brought disrepute to corps and the commanders wish to cancel their title as praetoriani, can be permanently excluded from the corps of the praetoriani by an official decision of the praefectus praetorio.

E. The functions attributed to each rank may be changed, but only on an individual, case-by-case basis, and only in the form of a decrease of rights and authority, never as an increase. For example, a centurio (who would normally be an admin) may be given the rights of just a moderator, or may be even deprived of all moderation rights and used for other types of work (such as greeting newcomers e.g.) if the work organization within the cohors requires this.

F. Praetorianus officers serving in multiple cohortes of the praetoriani shall hold the same rank in all cohortes, but active moderation or admin rights shall be given to them only if the cohors commanders think so.

The Cohortes Praetoriae of Nova Roma

Praefectus Praetorio

The praefectus praetorio exercitus reconstructivi populi Novi Romani (prefect of the headquarters of the Nova Roman people's reenactment army) represents the commanders-in-chief of the Nova Roman legiones and all ceremonial army, the consuls and the praetors, and serves as their military and law enforcement chief of staff. Currently this position is merged with the praefectus of the Officium Consulare (chief of staff of the Consular Office), with the title "praefectus consulari officio itemque praetorio" but future consuls can decide to appoint separate individuals to each position. The praefectus praetorio is the direct commander of the consular and praetorian Cohortes Praetoriae, and the overall representative commander of all and any Cohortes Praetoriae of other imperium bearers. The praefectus does not act on his own initiative and ideas: he ensures the implementation of decisions and policies of the consuls and praetors. The praefectus praetorio shall be appointed by the consuls by unanimous agreement; they may not appoint any current consuls or praetors to this office, because that person would be subordinate to all of them and would lose the right to act on his own. The citizen appointed to the position of praefectus praetorio becomes a praetorianus gregalis by this appointment if he was not a praetorian previously, in which case he preserve his previous rank.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Citizen Name	Citizenship ID & Date	Citizen Image	Appointment Title	Service Period	Promotion History
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus	#7694 a.d. IX Kal. Sext. ‡ Cn. Salvio Cn. Equitio cos. ‡ MMDCCLVII a.u.c.		Praefectus Praetorio (Chief of Staff) (Merged with: Praefectus consulari officio itemque praetorio) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-

Cohors Praetoria Officialis Consularis I

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

Citizen Name	Citizenship ID & Date	Citizen Image	Appointment Title	Service Period	Promotion History
Ap. Clavius Arcturus	#16350 a.d. VIII Kal. Iun. ‡ Q. Arrio P. Annaeo cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXII a.u.c.		Praetorianus Officialis Armatus, Tribunus Cohortis (Cohors Commander) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus	#7694 a.d. IX Kal. Sext. ‡ Cn. Salvio Cn. Equitio cos. ‡ MMDCCLVII a.u.c.		Praetorianus Officialis, Gregalis (Monitor) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-

Cohors Praetoria Officialis Consularis II

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

Citizen Name	Citizenship ID & Date	Citizen Image	Appointment Title	Service Period	Promotion History
Ap. Curius Rullus	#15366 {Apr 25}} M. Pompeio Sex. Lucilio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXVIII a.u.c.		Praetorianus Officialis armatus, Tribunus Cohortis (Cohort Commander) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-
C. Octavius Delphinus	#16549 a.d. III Kal. Iun. ‡ Q. Arrio (II) T. Domitio (III) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIII a.u.c.		Praetorianus Officialis, Gregalis (Monitor) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-

Cohors Praetoria Officialis Praetoris I

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

Citizen Name	Citizenship ID & Date	Citizen Image	Appointment Title	Service Period	Promotion History
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Cohors Praetoria Officialis Praetoris II

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

Citizen Name	Citizenship ID & Date	Citizen Image	Appointment Title	Service Period	Promotion History
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Cohors Praetoria Officialis Ducis et Legati Pro Praetor Cn. Corneli Lentuli

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

Citizen Name	Citizenship ID & Date	Appointment Title	Service Period	Promotion History
Ap. Clavius Arcturus	#16350 a.d. VIII Kal. Iun. ‡ Q. Arrio P. Annaeo cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXII a.u.c.	Praetorianus Officialis Armatus, Tribunus Cohortis (Cohors Commander) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-
Ap. Curius Rullus	#15366 {Apr 25}} M. Pompeio Sex. Lucilio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXVIII a.u.c.	Praetorianus Officialis armatus, Tribunus Cohortis (High Ranking Administrator) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-
C. Octavius Delphinus	#16549 a.d. III Kal. Iun. ‡ Q. Arrio (II) T. Domitio (III) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIII a.u.c.	Praetorianus Officialis, Gregalis (Monitor) Edictum consulare de cohortibus praetoriis et de cohortibus rei publicae	a.d. III Kal. Ian. ‡ C. Cethego Q. Arrio (IV) cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVI a.u.c. - CURRENT	-

Cohortes Praetorianus Armatorum Reconstructivae

Other cohortes shall be created if a sufficient number of praetoriani reenactors are recruited for the purpose of forming reenactment units of praetoriani . The number of necessary individuals to establish a new cohors shall be at the discretion of the magistrate with imperium. The cohortes praetoriani armatorum reconstructivae shall be composed only of field service praetoriani (praetoriani armati) who wear the historical equipment of ancient Roman praetoriani.

If a praetorianus officialis is also a praetorianus armatus (praetorianus officialis armatus), they shall be added to to a cohors armata praetoriani if, and only if they can physically participate in the field activities of the cohors, and the leadership of the cohors is in agreement with the addition of said individual. In this case, the praetorianus officialis armatus shall be in two cohortes: in his cohors officialis and also in his cohors armata. If the praetorianus officialis armatus does not participate in a field operating (reenacting) cohors armata praetoriani in any form, they shall remain in the cohors officialis alone.