The Senate Floor

[conmcb25]

Long Live ME!

And the Great Banana of course, one should not forget to give the banana equal time

[Paddy]

As you say Mighty Emperor of Rome

[Modo44]

Thank you, Senator Chrisius, for your just words. *nods in acceptance*

[MrWhereItsAt]

Hail to the Glory of the Empire founded by Romulus!
Hail to the Emperors, past, present and future!
Hail to the Exultance of the Senate and all the great men (and women?) who are Eminently qualified to forge the future.

Perhaps an impartial and experienced Praetor or two need be appointed. The Senate shall have no bounds on its power capped only by the Emperor Divine, but a justice to rap some knuckles here and there and advise the Senators on matters of law and coexistence with each other might be prudent - in my experience such a thing has been a boon to many civilised nations from which mighty Rome owes her roots, and could aid the Empire similarly.

I hope we shall find mediation in this dispute, so that Rome will again stride onwards with heart and mind united.

[Nimitz]

Here we go again. And I thought you were the one that wanted as few rules as possible.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Nimitz
Here we go again. And I thought you were the one wanted as few rules as possible.

/ooc

Ah, no more rules, just someone to help along the process of us all getting along WITHOUT those silly things at times when it seems difficult to do so

/ooc

The Senator knows me FAR better than that!

[conmcb25]

A couple of Praeter's may actually help not having too many rules.

We use them to "Judge" if we have some sort of a disagreement over the interpretation of the existing rules or the interpretation of a situational dispute not really covered by the rules.

Actually its not a bad idea we just need the right people being Praeter's.

People who are known for impartiality and fairness.

Impartiality is going to be a tough commodity around here, we would need someone like UnO..........

[Addled Platypus]

A wise player has given me guidance to dive in with both feet

I will offer my services as a Praeter

What say my fellow Senators

[scaeva]

Please put me down as one of the Senators

[snoopy369]

Strictly speaking, the Praetors did not try cases including senators, but common citizens and foreigners. Consuls, or the Princeps (president of the senate, loosely) would have had that power.



But I suppose the title doesn't matter.

I suggest, though, that an advisor to the Senate isn't really what we need - I'd prefer someone to advise the Emperor, to warn him/her when he/she is going astray of the Senate's suggestions ...

[Aqualung71]

Originally posted by conmcb25
A couple of Praeter's may actually help not having too many rules.

We use them to "Judge" if we have some sort of a disagreement over the interpretation of the existing rules or the interpretation of a situational dispute not really covered by the rules.

I think we also need a couple of advisors to advise the Praeters when they should in fact be advising the Emperor to accept the advice of the Senate, or indeed to advise the Emperor directly when they feel that the Praeters are incorrectly advising the Emperor or worse still, if the advisors feel the Praeters are not advising the Emperor at all but advising the Senate directly that the Emperor's actions are in fact ill-advised and not according to their own advice, which may indeed result in an irretrievable advisory conundrum

On the other hand.....oh bugger it, I'm off to the Three Weeds

[Nimitz]

Originally posted by conmcb25
A couple of Praeter's may actually help not having too many rules.

We use them to "Judge" if we have some sort of a disagreement over the interpretation of the existing rules or the interpretation of a situational dispute not really covered by the rules.

Actually its not a bad idea we just need the right people being Praeter's.

People who are known for impartiality and fairness.

Impartiality is going to be a tough commodity around here, we would need someone like UnO..........

Hey I did the Justice thing in the first game MrWIA can vouch for that, he appointed me. But, if we do this we need to know who will pick them. In my opinion, I would have the consuls do it. It would give them some more to do and as they stick around longer then the emporer they are a more stable group better able to do things like make appointments. But the senate of course should approve them.

[conmcb25]

Sounds fine by me.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Nimitz

Hey I did the Justice thing in the first game MrWIA can vouch for that, he appointed me.

Oh, yeah, I did, didn't I...? I'm sure that was under stress from whatever political party you were in at the time.

But, if we do this we need to know who will pick them. In my opinion, I would have the consuls do it. It would give them some more to do and as they stick around longer then the emporer they are a more stable group better able to do things like make appointments. But the senate of course should approve them.

I thought the vote was such that there WERE no Consuls needed.... I don't think a Praetor would be needed often, or even very regularly, just in the rare case that things were bad enough that they could not for some reason be sorted out on the Senate floor, or with some closed-doors private negotiations by the more politically active Senators.

I'd be happy to help with any of this, if needed. I may not be too often helping with the gameplay side of things ATM, but the interaction and organisation side I think I could contribute with - plus I possess the spellZ too, which could be of an advantage at times.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by Nimitz

Hey I did the Justice thing in the first game MrWIA can vouch for that, he appointed me.

Oh, yeah, I did, didn't I...? I'm sure that was under stress from whatever political party you were in at the time.

But, if we do this we need to know who will pick them. In my opinion, I would have the consuls do it. It would give them some more to do and as they stick around longer then the emporer they are a more stable group better able to do things like make appointments. But the senate of course should approve them.

I thought the vote was such that there WERE no Consuls needed.... I don't think a Praetor would be needed often, or even very regularly, just in the rare case that things were bad enough that they could not for some reason be sorted out on the Senate floor, or with some closed-doors private negotiations by the more politically active Senators.

I'd be happy to help with any of this, if needed. I may not be too often helping with the gameplay side of things ATM, but the interaction and organisation side I think I could contribute with - plus I possess the spellZ too, which could be of an advantage at times. If Rome calls, I shall answer!