Roman Constitution (Superpowers)

Foreword
By decree of Caesar and SPQR, this Constitution is ordained for posterity, leaving no uncertainty regarding the proper government of Rome and its colonies. No magistrate or legate can alter the inalienable rights established here as Law in the eyes of God and of the People. Nevermore shall strife divide the People.

Definitions

 * 1) Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) is the body vested with all powers in this Constitution.
 * 2) A citizen is a free male above the age of reason recognized as such by SPQR.
 * 3) A right by law is an obligation of SPQR to every citizen.
 * 4) A civil duty is an obligation of every citizen to SPQR.
 * 5) A covenant is a mutual agreement between two bodies to each fulfill an obligation to the other.
 * 6) Liberty is the absence of external impediments to voluntary action.
 * 7) Property is that which is under the power of a person or body as recognized by SPQR.

Articles

 * 1) No man shall be recognized as citizen without a certain covenant, outlined by law, with SPQR. This covenant cannot be legitimately made till the man has reached the age of reason. Otherwise, he is not fit to forge an agreement of the sort required of a citizen of Rome.
 * 2) Citizenship is the property of the citizen and shall remain as such unless revoked by the due course of law.
 * 3) Any man who was conceived of a citizen and a daughter of a citizen shall be eligible for citizenship once he has reached the age of reason. This right of inheritance is possessed by the father and grandfather, whether they are living or deceased, and is at their liberty to exercise for their sons and grandsons.
 * 4) Any man whose lineage through his parents is recognized by representatives of the law as Roman, Hellenic, Egyptian, Syrian, Phoenician, Carthaginian, or Hispanic, cannot be refused citizenship without reference to infamous crimes or disinheritance. No legal right binds SPQR to offer citizenship for this reason but it is a poor state of affairs for a son of Rome to live beyond the shade of her protection.
 * 5) Any person eligible for citizenship, above the age of reason, may accept or refuse the social contract with SPQR - that covenant which binds a man to the state - according to his free judgement. Such a freedom is only superceded by the liberty of his father in the right of inheritance and exceeds the liberty of his grandfather.
 * 6) To accept is to knowingly admit "Civis romanus sum" before a representative of the law and to knowingly put one's name to documents admitting the same in writing. No one except the recipient of citizenship may offer himself through this oath to the social contract.
 * 7) No citizen can be refused the legal rights obliged to him by SPQR unless he has violated the terms of his social contract. This violation consists in failure to perform certain duties outlined by law.