Senatus consultum ultimum on a special authorization to elevate meritorious citizens to the equestrian order

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ATTENTION
The Senatus Consultum in this page were issued during the time of schism between the illegal corporate Nova Roma dictatorship and the non-corporate free Nova-Roma. This Senatus Consultum was issued by the true free 'non-corporate' Nova Roma magistratus during this time.


SENATUS CONSULTUM ULTIMUM ON A SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION TO ELEVATE MERITORIOUS CITIZENS TO THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER

Enacted on: the 2770th Parilia, the Birthday of Rome, in the Sacred 20th Year of Nova Roma, a.d. XI Kal. Mai. Sex. Lucilio C. Claudio P. Annaeo Q. Catulo tr. mil. cos. pot. ‡ XX ANRC et MMDCCLXX AUC (In the year of the Consular Tribunes Sex. Lucilius, C. Claudius, P. Annaeus and Q. Catulus, 21st April, 20 ANRC / 2770 AUC / 2017 AD)

Preamble. Considering the emergency situation of the current civil crisis, whereas the laws of Nova Roma do not provide a quick, flexible and adaptable method for the operation of our Roman social hierarchy; and also recognizing the need for the periodical review and maintenance of the traditional Roman social orders; the Senate of Nova Roma enacts the following resolution in order to consolidate the insofar neglected Equestrian Order, and, on the occasion of these Parilia, the 2770th Anniversary of the Founding of Rome in the Sacred 20th Year of Nova Roma, to recognize the achievements, contributions and virtues of our most distinguished citizens who strove to make Nova Roma successful and who defended our republic and liberty against the violent aggression of the illegal tyranny.

I. The Senate of Nova Roma empowers the Tribuni Militum Consulari Potestate to be exempted from under the rules in lex Cornelia de classibus et ordine equestri, and to enroll citizens who distinguished themselves with their extraordinary efforts for the advancement of Nova Roma and for defending the Republic, the People and the laws of Nova Roma, regardless of the number of their Census Points and assiduus status, to the Equestrian Order with the title “eques equo publico” or “eques publicus” (the official English rendition of this shall be “public equestrian” or “public knight”).

I.A. The equestrian rank of the citizens thus enrolled lasts until the next census, when the censores, or any magistrates then holding the potestas censoria, will have the power to review their status, and if the equestrian citizen does not meet the minimum requirement defined at II.B, the censores or magistrates holding the potestas censoria will be obliged to remove the citizen from the roll of equites equo publico.

I.B. The minimum requirement for maintaining membership in the Equestrian Order is to be an active participant of Nova Roman civic life, either in real life events, such as, conventions, meetings, reenacting or any visible form of real life activiy, or in form of online contributions, such as, for example, posting messages to community fora, participating in e-mail discussions, participation in ludi or contests, serving in appointed or elected offices, or producing any visible form of activity. At least one of these criteria must be met in order to maintain public knighthood. Failing to meet at least one of these criteria results in loss of public knighthood. Assiduus status is not a requirement in the year of the elevation to the knighthood, but in the next following such year when a census is held assiduus status will be a requirement for retaining the knighthood, except if the censores (or any magistrate conducting the census), elevate that citizen again to the equestrian order, on account of recent merits.

II. The public equestrians shall remain assigned to, and vote in, the class and century where they would belong according to the number of their Census Points and assiduus status.

III. All existing equestrians who belonged to the Equestrian Order prior to this senatus consultum ultimum, shall be categorized as equites equo publico in the same status as the newly-instituted category.

IV. All assiduus citizens who possess at least 151 Census Points shall be automatically ranked as “equites equo privato”, i.e. self-sustaining or self-sponsored equestrians (the official English rendition of this shall be “private equestrian” or “private knight”). Both the public equestrians and private equestrians shall be considered equestrians, but the public knighthood shall be considered a most prestigious public award given to the most merited citizens, while the private knighthood shall be only an indicator of the “wealth” in Census Points. Loss of assiduus status or losing the required minimum amount of 151 CP will result in automatic loss of the private knighthood.

V (number). Upon recommendation by the nomination committee chaired by the first and sole current member of the Equestrian Order, Quaestor and Praefectus of the Government Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, liberator, the following citizens shall be awarded equestrian rank with the title eques equo publico (including Cn. Cornelius Lentulus confirmed in his equestrian status with the title eques equo publico princeps iuventutis for serving as the first member of the public equestrians, also called “iuventus”, and for serving as the founder of the Liberators’ Saving Nova Roma Movement) effective on 21 April, Parilia:

A. For founding Nova Roma, for long time service to the Republic and for standing up for the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

M. Cassius Iulianus Fl. Vedius Germanicus

B. For remarkably long time continuous extraordinary and exemplary service, loyalty and dedication to the Republic and the People of Nova Roma and for defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

A. Tullia Scholastica P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus

C. For long time continuous extraordinary and exemplary service and dedication to the Republic and the People of Nova Roma and for defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

C. Claudius Quadratus

D. For singularly extraordinary achivements and contributions in defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

P. Porcius Licinus

E. For extraordinary achievements and contributions in defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens and for long time loyalty in service to Nova Roma:

Sex. Lucilius Tutor

F. For extraordinary achievements and contributions in defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens and for long time loyalty to Nova Roma:

Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Alexander

G. For significant contributions in defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens and for exemplary long time loyalty, dedication and honor in service of Nova Roma:

Pompeia Minucia Strabo C. Aemilius Crassus

H. For significant contributions in defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens and for long time loyalty to Nova Roma:

C. Aurelius Suenseranus Iustinus

I. For significant contributions in defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

L. Lucretius Caupo

J. For defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens and for long time loyalty and honor in service of Nova Roma:

A. Liburnius Hadrianus

K. For defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens and for long time loyalty to Nova Roma:

M. Martianius Lupus

L. For defending the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

A. Vergilius Figulus

M. For extraordinary long time exemplary service and loyalty to Nova Roma with distinguished honor and virtue as a commander in the legions of Nova Roma, for extraordinary achievements in Roman reenactment spreading Roman culture all over the world, and for standing up for the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

Gallio Velius Marsallas

N. For extraordinary long time service and loyalty to Nova Roma as a legionary commander and as a leader of a gladiatorial reenactment group, for extraordinary achievements in Roman reenactment spreading Roman culture all over the world:

M. Aurelius Cotta Iovius

O. For long time exemplary service to Nova Roma with loyalty and dedication as a commander in the legions of Nova Roma, for extraordinary achievements in Roman reenactment spreading Roman culture all over the world, and for standing up for the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

M. Caecilius Metellus Tocaiensis C. Villius Vulso Sp. Porcius Gemma

P. For long time exemplary service to Nova Roma with loyalty and dedication as a leader of a reenactment group affiliated to Nova Roma, for bringing Bulgaria to the bosom of the Nova Roman Republic, for extraordinary achievements in Roman reenactment spreading Roman culture all over the world, and for standing up for the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

A. Vitellius Celsus

Q. For extraordinary honor and virtue in long time exemplary public service to Nova Roma with utmost loyalty and for outstanding organization of provincial activities:

A. Iulius Paterculus

R. For exemplary service, honor, dedication and loyalty to the Nova Roman Republic and for standing up for the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

Ti. Cassius Atellus

S. For exemplary service, loyalty and dedication to the Nova Roman Republic during the recent times of hardship, and for actively standing up for the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

T. Domitius Draco Q. Lutatius Catulus Q. Arrius Nauta T. Furius Noctua

T. For exemplary long time loyalty and honor in service of Nova Roma, and for standing up for the republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens:

M. Marcius Rex C. Petronius Africanus

V (letter). For exemplary loyalty and dedication to Nova Roma, to our republican Constitution, the laws of Nova Roma, the freedom and rights of the citizens and for active participation and contributions in civic life during the recent times of hardship:

Sibylla Ambrosia Fulvia Ti. Aurelius Longinus L. Marius Vestinus

VI. The validity of the elevation to the Ordo Equester as public equestrian depends on the acceptance of the honor by the awarded citizen. Assignment to the Ordo Equester as private equestrian is automatic and citizens cannot decline the title, however the actual use of the title in civic life is left to each individual.

VII. Equestrians are entitled to receive distingished seats and take precendence over regular citizens within the same category at public events (an equestrian takes precendence over a non-equestrian ordinary citzen, but a senator or magistrate takes precendence over an equestrian, whereas an equestrian senator takes precendence over an ordinary senator and so on). As their insignia, public equestrians are entitled to wear the tunica angusticlavia, the equestrian trabea, the equestrian (golden) ring and equestrian shoes, private equestrians are entitled to wear only the tunica angusticlavia and the equestrian ring.

VIII. Direct descendants and wives or husbands of living knights of Nova Roma are entitled to wear the tunica angusticlavia, and they are considered to be subsidiary members of the Ordo Equester, although they are not considered knights/equestrians themselves. The legal definition of descendants is “equestri ordine nati” (“from the equestrian order by birth”), that of the wives or husbands is “matrimonio equestri ordine” (“from the equestrian order by marriage”). If the equestrian citizen who is the source of the family members’ association to the Order, loses the knighthood, dies or gets divorced, the association of the descendants or spouses to the Equestrian Order ends automatically, and they are no longer entitled to wear the tunica angusticlavia.

XI. The Tribuni Militum Consulari Potestate or the Censores may enroll further citizens to the Equestrian Order, subject to their collegial veto.

Date: on the 2770th Parilia, the Birthday of Rome, in the Sacred 20th Year of Nova Roma, April 21, 2770 AUC, a.d. XI Kal. Mai. Sex. Lucilio C. Claudio P. Annaeo Q. Catulo tr. mil. cos. pot. ‡ XX ANRC et MMDCCLXX AUC.

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