Rome 2.0

The Imperial Republic of Rome, or Rome 2.0 is a language revitalization based organization and claimant socio-political revivalist movement with the expressed goal of reintroducing the Latin language and Roman Empire as modern entities. Rome 2.0 follows in the vein of linguistic reconstructionist organizations such as Nova Roma or Hellenism, but without the basis of polytheistic revivalism, instead opting for the separation of church and organization.
Latin Revivalism
One of the expressed goals of Rome 2.0 is to revive the Latin language, focusing on Classical Latin as opposed to more simplified Ecclesiastical Latin or Vulgate. This entails use of the same grammar structure as classical orators, but with an updated vocabulary with terms for modern concepts. For example, the word internet would be Aranea Mundi, the word for airplane would be Vasaeris, and the word for would be Vicipedia.
The official motto of Rome 2.0 is VERITAS PROPAGANDA EST, a play on words that can either be translated as "the truth must be spread," or, "the truth is propaganda," as well as a reference to the proximity of Rome 2.0 to Harvard University, whose motto is simply VERITAS.
Legitimacy and Recognition
The basis for Rome 2.0's claim is the concept of resurective prescription, also known as titular squatting, the theory than any person can claim a title or property that is not currently in use. In 1494, the pretender Byzantine emperor Andreas Palaiologos (1453-1502), while in exile in the Papal States, sold the Imperial Title to the French Monarchy. It remained in use until 1566, at which point Charles IX rejected the title, writing that the honorary position of Byzantine emperor "is not more eminent than that of king, which sounds better and sweeter." Following extinctive prescription, the title fell into disuse until 2017, when a group of Latin scholars in Cambridge, Massachusetts began meeting to discuss the possibility of a revivalist movement, eventually forming a makeshift Roman Senate and drafting a primitive "Emergency Constitution", borrowing language from the United States Constitution.
Though the legitimacy of Rome 2.0 is dubious, the claimant emperor, Thomas MacArthur (Self-proclaimed Latin Title: Imperator Tiberius Cantabrigianus Caesar; Greek: Τιβεριος Κανταβριγιανος Καεσαρ) defended his position by citing the historical laxness with which the title of Roman emperor has been applied .
External Link
Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418210732003800/
See Also
Nova Roma
Revivalism
Third Rome
List of states with limited recognition

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