Civis romanus sum

[bogeyman]

The Latin phrase civis romanus sum (cīvis rōmānus sum) (Classical Latin: [ˈkiːwɪs roːˈmaːnʊs ˈsũ], "I am (a) Roman citizen") is a phrase used in Cicero's In Verrem as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen.[1] When travelling across the Roman Empire, safety was said to be guaranteed to anyone who declared, "civis romanus sum".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civis_romanus_sum

So great was the retribution of Rome universal understood as certain should any harm befall even one of it citizens. The Roman Empire is gone, yet now in this world can any citizen say the same?

[Desire]

I'll try using it and see what happens!:idea:

[Rainbowheart]

Do you think it would help Germans today
as a plea for the legal rights?

[Nasu]

Do you think it would help Germans today
as a plea for the legal rights?

Maybe. You could perhaps use it as a legal precedent. It is accepted, legally that the Roman Empire was in fact ended by my / our Germanic ancestors. One could argue that if all roads led to Rome and it in turn was the legal basis for all the laws we use today for governance, that in fact we are all still under its influence and therefore potentially citizens of Rome. Pretty sure that nobody's coming to rescue us though if we declare it, looks like we're going to have to rescue ourselves. However I would change our mantles and scepters to not say SPOR but rather PSOR, (Senate People Of Rome to People Senate Of Rome). Carry on world citizen of Rome.... N