1) The literary award, "The Ludi Victoriae Cultural Award" (LVCA) is supported by Nova Roma and organized by the Cohors Aedilis of Senior Curule Aedile Caeso Fabius Quintilianus. It is open to all the citizens of Nova Roma. The task of the contest is to write a text (poetry or novel or text) about the most imposrtant military and political victories of Roma. The theme will be:

- ancient roman military victories
- political victories
- roman wars
- roman great heroes

2) The Award is open to single participants or to groups composed of a maximum of 5 citizens. Each participant or group of participants can participate with just _one_ work. It isn't allowed to be a member of a group and participate as a individual at the same time. The contributed work must be in English, with a maximum of 500 words. These kinds of works are accepted: novel, poem, drama, tragedy, comedy.

3) Each text must have the following facts about the participant(s): Nova Roman name, real name, Nova Roman Provinceage, e-mail address.

4) The deadline to send own work is October 18, 2002 (2755 a.u.c.), by e-mail to sacro_barese_impero@libero.it [Franciscus Apulus Caesar] with the subject "LVCA".

5) The texts will judged by a Jury composed by the four highest Magistrati with Imperium (and thereby with the ancient right to lead armies) of our beloved Res Publica:

- The Senior Consul Marcus Octavius Germanicus
- THe Junior Consul Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
- The Senior Praetrix Pompeia Cornelia Strabo
- The junior Praetor Titus Labienus Fortunatus

Each judge in the jury shall value each work following this table of judgement:
- Contents (0-10 points)
- Roman historical references (0-10 points)
- Language (0-5 points)
- Poetry and dramatization (0-5 points)
- Specific references to roman victories (0-10 points)

5 a) The points from all judges are summarized and this sum will decide who will win.
5 b) The judgements of the jury are un-impugnable.

6) The winner of the Victoriae Cultural Award will be published at the Cohors Aedilis Website - Section Ludi and at the Main Mailing List of Nova Roma and as a virtual Diploma.

7) The texts will be archived by the Ludi organization. The participants give the copyrights of their text to Nova Roma accepting this regulation. This Regulation is accepted by taking part of the "the Ludi Victoriae Cultural Award" (LVCA).

8) The winner shall be announced on the Cohors Aedilis Website - Section Ludi and at the Nova Roman Main Mailing List at October 22, 2002.

Informations:
- Victoriae c/o Cohors Aedilis - Section Ludi: http://italia.novaroma.org/cohorsaedilis/ludi/victoriae/
- Senior Curule Aedile Caeso Fabius Quintilianus: tjalens.h@telia.com
- Quaestor Franciscus Apulus Caesar: sacro_barese_impero@libero.it