Nova Roman Xenia Project

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[[Image:Conventus-IV-Theme.gif|right|thumb|190px|Good spirit in a bar, during the IV. Conventus Novae Romae in Rome, Italy. This is what we need more!]]
 
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Xenia (Greek: ξενία) is the Greek concept of hospitality, or generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home. It is often translated as "guest-friendship" (or "ritualized friendship") because the rituals of hospitality created and expressed a reciprocal relationship between guest and host.
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Xenia (Gk: ξενία, Lat. hospitium) is the Greek concept of hospitality, a generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home. It is often translated as "guest-friendship" (or "ritualized friendship") because the rituals of hospitality create and express a reciprocal relationship between guest and host.
  
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The Greek god Zeus was sometimes referred to as ''Zeus Xenios'', meaning he was god of, among other things, travelers. This created a particular religious obligation to be hospitable to travelers, but guests also had responsibilities, beyond reciprocating hospitality.
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The Greek god Zeus was sometimes referred to as ''Zeus Xenios'', meaning he was god of, among other things, travelers. This created a particular religious obligation to be hospitable to travelers, but guests also had responsibilities beyond reciprocating hospitality.
  
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[[Image:CIMG8892_230908.jpg|left|thumb|120px|Nova Romans meet]]The '''"Nova Roman Xenia Project"''', or whatever name we will give to this later, is a possible undertaking that was born from the experience of many Nova Romans all over the world who made each other feel welcome as guests in their homes, facilitating traveling and gathering together, the real life relationships between Nova Romans, knowing the foreign cultures better in which our fellow Nova Romans live, and building our own New Roman culture.
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[[Image:CIMG8892_230908.jpg|left|thumb|120px|Nova Romans meet]]The '''"Nova Roman Xenia Project"''', as it goes by its current name, is an undertaking born from the experience of many Nova Romans, the world over, who have made each other feel welcome as guests in their homes. In this, they have not only aided their fellow citizens in travel but have facilitated the gathering together of members of this global community whereby real life relationships could develop, and in so doing, foster greater awareness of the foreign cultures from which fellow Nova Romans come, ultimately allowing us to build our ''own'' New Roman culture.
  
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Our citizens who are willing to receive their fellow citizens as guests in their home provide them with the greatest possibility ever for fellow modern Romans to know each other in real life, to make easier traveling, gathering together, knowing other cultures where our fellow Nova Romans live, visiting other countries where Romans lived, or where Romans never lived, but their legacy is part of the traditions of the country, as almost everywhere in the world Romans had something that is now part of other cultural traditions.
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Those of us who are willing to receive their fellow citizens as guests in their homes, in so doing, provide them with the finest opportunity for fellow Nova Romans to come to know each other in real life, to understand each other's modern cultures, and to aid each other in travel while visiting countries where Romans may or may not have lived but where their cultural legacy can still be felt.
  
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The project is now in its first phase, there is much to discuss.
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The project is now in its first phase and there is still much to discuss.
  
 
We ask only one thing from you:
 
We ask only one thing from you:
  
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Please share your ideas [[Talk:Nova Roman Xenia Project|'''HERE in this NR WIKI page''']], and if you feel that you are ready to receive your fellow Nova Romans into your house as guests during their time when they are traveled to your city, add your name to this table:
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Please share your ideas [[Talk:Nova Roman Xenia Project|'''HERE in this NR WIKI page''']], and if you feel that you are ready to receive your fellow Nova Romans into your house as guests should their travels lead them through your city, please add your name to this table:
  
 
==Participants in the Xenia Project==
 
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'''*How many guests?''' = It means how many guests you are willing to receive in your home.
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'''*How many guests?''' = the number of guests you are willing to receive in your home.
  
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'''NOTE''' that this is just the very beginning of a possible great project. If you are a native English speaker, '''please help us to correct the English mistakes''' in this page.
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'''NOTE''' that this is just the beginning of a potentially great project.
  
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Further changes in all aspects of this project and its visualization and design van be expected soon. ''Vivat Nova Roma!''
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Further changes in all aspects of this project, including its presentation and design, can be expected soon. ''Vivat Nova Roma!''
  
  

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Good spirit in a bar, during the IV. Conventus Novae Romae in Rome, Italy. This is what we need more!

Xenia (Gk: ξενία, Lat. hospitium) is the Greek concept of hospitality, a generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home. It is often translated as "guest-friendship" (or "ritualized friendship") because the rituals of hospitality create and express a reciprocal relationship between guest and host.

The Greek god Zeus was sometimes referred to as Zeus Xenios, meaning he was god of, among other things, travelers. This created a particular religious obligation to be hospitable to travelers, but guests also had responsibilities beyond reciprocating hospitality.

Nova Romans meet
The "Nova Roman Xenia Project", as it goes by its current name, is an undertaking born from the experience of many Nova Romans, the world over, who have made each other feel welcome as guests in their homes. In this, they have not only aided their fellow citizens in travel but have facilitated the gathering together of members of this global community whereby real life relationships could develop, and in so doing, foster greater awareness of the foreign cultures from which fellow Nova Romans come, ultimately allowing us to build our own New Roman culture.

Those of us who are willing to receive their fellow citizens as guests in their homes, in so doing, provide them with the finest opportunity for fellow Nova Romans to come to know each other in real life, to understand each other's modern cultures, and to aid each other in travel while visiting countries where Romans may or may not have lived but where their cultural legacy can still be felt.

The project is now in its first phase and there is still much to discuss.

We ask only one thing from you:

Please share your ideas HERE in this NR WIKI page, and if you feel that you are ready to receive your fellow Nova Romans into your house as guests should their travels lead them through your city, please add your name to this table:

Participants in the Xenia Project

Name NR Provincia City Country How many guests?* E-mail
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Pannonia Szolnok/Budapest Hungary 2-4 Send mail
Ti. Galerius Paulinus Mediatlantica Maryland/Washington DC USA 3-6 Send mail
L. Livia Plauta Pannonia Budapest Hungary 1-2 Send mail
M. Cornelius Gualterus Graecus Lacus Magni Chicago USA 1 Send mail
Your Name Provincia Name Send mail
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Your Name Provincia Name Send mail
Your Name Provincia Name Send mail
Your Name Provincia Name Send mail
Your Name Provincia Name Send mail
Your Name Provincia Name Send mail

*How many guests? = the number of guests you are willing to receive in your home.

NOTE that this is just the beginning of a potentially great project.

Further changes in all aspects of this project, including its presentation and design, can be expected soon. Vivat Nova Roma!


The entrance to the porticus of a reconstructed Roman house. Come inside, dear guests!
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