Nova Roma, page 1

Originally posted by iori_komei
How is this a secret society?

I think that their goal of re-surecting an ancient republic and advancing esoteric knowledge and re-organizing the modern mind is good enough. The mason's aren't really a secret society, and the bilderbergers aren't even a society. It falls into the genre, imo. Also, the mystery religions are, by definition, secret.

There are at least a few ATSers that are part of this group (i'm not one, btw).

WeBDeviL
As a sovereign nation, do they preside in Italy?

Here is their Declaration of independence.

We acknowledge ancient Roman territory to be our cultural and religious homeland, and claim historical rights to all sites and territories which were under the direct control or administration of the ancient Roman Republic and Empire between 753 BCE and 395 CE.

That means, at a minimum, all that is red here

I beleive the Empire also laid claim to islands in the atlantic coast, such as ibiza and whatnot.

Further, in order that our world presence may be established, Nova Roma claims our physical territory to be extant and manifest through those places that our State, Citizens, and religious organizations may physically own, occupy, and maintain throughout the world. These territories shall exist in a status of Dual Sovereignity, being under the cultural and spiritual administration of Nova Roma, even as they remain under the civil dominion and laws of other hosting nations

The interesting thing is that, organizations like the UN and EU might start to recognize these micro-nations, of which there are many. This would be a first step in moving torwards resurrection of the physical republic.

Here is an interesting bit where they claim territory for particular occasions

Nova Roma also claims temporary Dual Sovereignity over all other sites where the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Rome shall be worshipped by our Citizens, to preserve our cultural and spiritual unity. This dual sovereignity shall be administered by the People directly and shall last only for the duration of religious ceremonies and rites.

This is worded such that I can see other nations actually agreeing to it, since its for very limited time periods and for specific religious sites. Also, it seems to be in keeping with the ancient traditions, of the mystery cults and such. in that certain things have political realities only because of the religion, and that these religious obligations have the force of law for the length of the festival.