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| − | '''Patricians''' (''patricius'': "descended from the founding fathers") were native-born aristocracy in | + | '''Patricians''' (''patricius'': "descended from the founding fathers") were the native-born aristocracy in ancient Rome, descended from the earliest inhabitants of the city. |
| − | In [[Nova Roma]] | + | In [[Nova Roma]], citizens of the patrician order were originally members of the founding [[Gens|gentes]] and families which formed part of the citizenship at a very early stage in Nova Roma and were therefore instrumental in our early history. This precedent was established under an early [http://www.novaroma.org/tabularium/constitution_new3.html constitution]. |
| − | These citizens are the patrician citizens of Nova Roma: | + | These citizens are the current patrician citizens of Nova Roma: |
*[[List of current patricians]] | *[[List of current patricians]] | ||
| − | New citizens of Nova Roma | + | New citizens of Nova Roma may become [[plebeian (Nova Roma)|plebeians]] or [[patrician (Nova Roma)|patrician]]. Access to the [[patrician (Nova Roma)|patrician]] order is by selection of a stirps (nomen-cognomen combination) considered patrician in the ancient Roman Republic or by adoption into an existing Nova Roman patrician family. In both cases, new citizens must articulate their willingness and dedication to uphold the ancestral traditions of these patrician family names and their commitment to study and research the lineage. |
| − | + | Enacted under the [[Lex Arria de patriciis Romanis (Nova Roma)|lex Arria de patriciis Romanis]], patrician status is ultimately determined by the Onomastic Office of the censors, but is influenced by the following: | |
| − | The [[Current constitution (Nova Roma)|Constitution of Nova Roma]] states that there are three orders equal under the eyes of the law, the [[plebeian (Nova Roma)|plebeian]], [[equestrian (Nova Roma)|equestrian]] and '''patrician''', and says about the patrician order: | + | *if there is published, academic evidence in research and scholarship demonstrating the patrician status of the stirps. |
| + | *in uncertain cases where modern scholarship is undecided, the determining factor shall be what the ''communis opinio'' is about the family in the extant ancient Roman authors. | ||
| + | *stirpes with consuls until the consulship of L. Aemilius Mamercinus and L. Sextius Sextinus Lateranus shall be regarded as patricians even if there is no clear evidence about their status in scholarship or in the Roman authors. | ||
| + | *for a stirps that is identified as patrician, but is found as plebeian in later history (an example would be the Iunii Bruti, patricians at first but plebeians in the late republic), it shall be possible to choose between the patriciatus and the plebs. | ||
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| + | Regarding rights and privileges, functionally there is almost no difference between patricians and plebeians, however, patricians can not participate or vote in the [[comitia plebis tributa (Nova Roma)|''comitia plebis tributa'']], and can not be elected [[Tribunus plebis (Nova Roma)|''tribunus plebis'']] and [[Aedilis plebis (Nova Roma)|''aedilis plebis'']], offices open only to plebeians. These restrictions make plebeians relatively more powerful than patricians. | ||
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| + | The [[Current constitution (Nova Roma)|current Constitution of Nova Roma]] states that there are three orders equal under the eyes of the law, the [[plebeian (Nova Roma)|plebeian]], [[equestrian (Nova Roma)|equestrian]] and '''patrician''', and says about the patrician order: | ||
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Patricians (patricius: "descended from the founding fathers") were the native-born aristocracy in ancient Rome, descended from the earliest inhabitants of the city. In Nova Roma, citizens of the patrician order were originally members of the founding gentes and families which formed part of the citizenship at a very early stage in Nova Roma and were therefore instrumental in our early history. This precedent was established under an early constitution.
These citizens are the current patrician citizens of Nova Roma:
New citizens of Nova Roma may become plebeians or patrician. Access to the patrician order is by selection of a stirps (nomen-cognomen combination) considered patrician in the ancient Roman Republic or by adoption into an existing Nova Roman patrician family. In both cases, new citizens must articulate their willingness and dedication to uphold the ancestral traditions of these patrician family names and their commitment to study and research the lineage.
Enacted under the lex Arria de patriciis Romanis, patrician status is ultimately determined by the Onomastic Office of the censors, but is influenced by the following:
- if there is published, academic evidence in research and scholarship demonstrating the patrician status of the stirps.
- in uncertain cases where modern scholarship is undecided, the determining factor shall be what the communis opinio is about the family in the extant ancient Roman authors.
- stirpes with consuls until the consulship of L. Aemilius Mamercinus and L. Sextius Sextinus Lateranus shall be regarded as patricians even if there is no clear evidence about their status in scholarship or in the Roman authors.
- for a stirps that is identified as patrician, but is found as plebeian in later history (an example would be the Iunii Bruti, patricians at first but plebeians in the late republic), it shall be possible to choose between the patriciatus and the plebs.
Regarding rights and privileges, functionally there is almost no difference between patricians and plebeians, however, patricians can not participate or vote in the comitia plebis tributa, and can not be elected tribunus plebis and aedilis plebis, offices open only to plebeians. These restrictions make plebeians relatively more powerful than patricians.
The current Constitution of Nova Roma states that there are three orders equal under the eyes of the law, the plebeian, equestrian and patrician, and says about the patrician order:
- 1. Ordo Patricius (patrician order)
- a. The Ordo Patricius shall consist of a minimum of 30 families.
- b. Should there be fewer than 30 patrician families the Senate shall have the power to nominate a plebeian family to the Comitia Curiata for elevation to patrician status.
- c. The Senate shall have the power to nominate additional families to the Comitia Curiata for elevation to patrician status if this elevation does not cause the Ordo Patricius to exceed 5% of the population of Nova Roma.
- d. A patrician family may allow its members to form new patrician families.
- 1. Ordo Patricius (patrician order)
