Nerva Note #23

by Gaius Marcellus Nerva

Transcript

The New Legion needs a true capital, one that embodies our strength and grandeur. I realized it while recalling my first day in Rome. My hometown in Numidia had its wonders, but it could never match the splendor of that great city. I was in constant awe.

Most on this island are consumed by the present - their immediate needs and struggles. Yet a new generation will live within our walls one day. When they see what their forefathers have built, I want them to be as inspired as I was. I want to show them that no matter where they are born, their destinies are theirs for the taking.

Gaius Marcellus Nerva

Victory through discipline

Original text

Legione Nova capitale indiget veri, qui virtutem et maiestatem continet. Nescivi anima mea et recordans dies Romae. Numidiam mea patria in suis miraculis, nunquam posset ilia civitas magna. Ego semper in timore.

Cadent a latere insulae maxime in praesentia - suum necessitatem constituit. Olim duci intra muros hortatur et novam vivet. Quid cum maiorum aedificavi ego volo esse inspiratum sit. Volo ostendere quod ubicunque nati sunt, pro ipsorum fatorum accepta.