Nova Roma

Nova Roma (SY 182 - SY 196) was a short lived but influential Roman revivalist republic founded in Roma, Italia, Europa on Earth by Septimus Severus Gaiaus Quintus and the World Congress following the death of Marcus Cato Scaevola and the end of the diarchy that had held together Earth civilization in the wake of the Solar War.
With the official title of "proconsul" Quintus claimed official succession to the Consortium and wielded more practical power than he did as a member of World Congress. While that body met for the last time several decades prior to Scaevola's death, Quintus proffered an invitation to any and all former representatives that held a World Congress position to join the newly established Senate at Rome. About 5% of them did, mostly from surrounding European regions. Thus, this Senate and its freely-sent representatives constituted the area of direct control. 
This small Senate quickly established a new Constitution for Nova Roma based almost exclusively on the ideas of Scaevola. Both Quintus and the Senate vowed that it would not use force to bring any new territory under its wing and expressed a desire to reunify the former Consortium by common consent and peace. Former CONPOL officers were reorganised into civilian police forces with limited authority to keep the peace within its area of influence. 
Nova Roma experienced a steady increase in city-states joining the Republic until it was dissolved and the Senate disbanded by the Anthroperium founded at New Athens. 
== Overview ==
At right, a Nova Roman soldier at the time of the republic's heyday.
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