I mentioned changing my name last October, and now I've finally done it. The process was much simpler than I thought it would be. I'd anticipated a long, drawn-out process, but Censor Modianus handled my request immediately.

So now my (Roman) name is Servius Ambrosius Alaricus. A name much more appropriate for me ( Read more... )

I thought I should send out that greeting to the few people on my friends' list here. As most of you know, I don't personally observe the Saturnalia. In fact the closest brush I've had with the Religio Romana this year was at the autumnal rite to Ceres that Sassafras Grove held last September ( Read more... )

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Nemesis
33% Extroversion, 100% Intuition, 100% Emotiveness, 33% Perceptiveness

You are a normally quiet person with very strong convictions and a marked activist streak. You have a clearly defined sense of right and wrong, and you like seeing people punished for their transgressions. You are Nemesis, goddess of punishment. You are a champion ( Read more... )

It has taken me a couple of weeks to process this enough to even write about it. And I thought it best to record my thoughts here, rather than in my regular Woodwose journal. There are people friended on that journal who would think I've turned into a complete eclectic flake-job. Although I really haven't, by any stretch of the imagination. But ( Read more... )

Our gathering last week seems to have planted a seed of interest in Nova Roma locally. A friend of mine is now applying to be a citizen. She hasn't chosen a cognomen yet, but I'll know her as Lucia Ambrosia. It will be interesting to learn about the new citizenship process as she works her way through it. I suspect we may have one or two others ( Read more... )

It was a small group with only five of us - myself, Deana, Alexandria, Justinius and Antonius - but I think it was a reasonably productive evening. Antonius and I laid out an assortment of Romanesque munchies; olives, grapes, bread with honey, and almonds. And both Deana and Alexandria brought wine ( Read more... )

We officially have a date for the first Colles Ferreus gathering. October 14th, 2759. The tentative plan is a toga party watching the movie Gladiator. Afterward we'll talk a little about what Nova Roma is and what direction(s) we might take Colles Ferreus. I currently see it as a sort of Roman SIG for the Pagans of western Pennsylvania ( Read more... )

Today, after returning home from a week of festivities in Lacus Magni, I found an email announcement from Propraetor Tiberius Galerius Paulinus announcing my appointment to the office of Legatus Pennsylvaniensis Colles Ferreus. I'm also listed as such on the Nova Roma website. So now, after I plough through a pile of obligations coming up over ( Read more... )

Well I didn't wait until after PSG. Tonight I went ahead and accepted the position of Legate for Colles Ferreus. Although I don't know if that name will stick. It's just something I came up with myself - something with a more Roman flavor than 'Pittsburgh'. Accepting the position wasn't a rash decision on my part. After I posted something ( Read more... )