Greetings all, 

February 18th is the anniversary of our Founding, and we begin our 17th year today.  There should be cake!  :)

If you go to the front page of our main Forum, https://groups.io/g/ByzantiumNovum you can see our official communications from the day of our founding right up until today. It truly doesn't seem like it has been so many years, but the records are right there. 

Our "day to day" usually seems pretty quiet, but Byzantium Novum has done - and continues to do - a lot:

I. Our 16 years of continuous operation, government and community are a massive success. The vast majority of micronations fade quickly. 

II. Our structure and stability are themselves success - we have done much to ensure our micronation survives for years to come. 

III. We manifest the presence of Byzantine civilization and culture every day through social media and community - helping to keep the Eastern Roman Empire alive. 

IV. We facilitate education through our Bibliotheca, public presence, translation, commemorations and more. 

V. We continue our work to build Byzantine community world wide and have Citizens all over the world. 

VI. We continue Byzantine culture through keeping Byzantine tradition, and have made donations to Byzantine cultural and religious projects. 

VII. We preserve a vision for the continuation of Byzantine Civilization and Culture to continue into the future. 

In short, our "Byzantine Experiment" is going well and we've built a lot to be proud of. 

I wish all our Citizens the best, and I'm looking forward to the next 16 years!

-Marcus Cassius Julianus

Mezazon 

www.byzantiumnovum.org