II.   Sovereign

A province is a basic regional land unit under the Roman system of land administration from the 4th Century BCE onwards, but falsely claimed of older provenance.

The word province comes from the Latin word provincia originally meaning “sphere of military action” of the Roman legions in their conquest and subjugation of other Italian civilizations. Prior to the capture of Sicily in 241 BCE, each province was managed by a magistrate, elected from the elite of Rome.

Upon the capture of Sicily in 241 BCE, the first permanent province separate to Italy was secured and a new position called Rector provinciae or "Rector of the Province" as governor of the province – rector meaning “teacher, ruler, director and master”. The head of a Roman Province was always called Rector even though the individual would already hold some other esteemed rank such as consul, praetor or tribune.

In 241 BCE, a second in command was also created for the Rector called the Curator (from Latin cura meaning care) meaning “manager, keeper, overseer and custodian”. The Curator held an essential responsibility within the command and control structure of Roman Fascism as the “Keeper of the (Slave) Rolls” called Custos Rotulorum compiled through a forced “census” being a survey of the conquered people where a handful of the former nobles of the conquered culture were made Roman Citizens and excluded from the rolls and the rest of the population were entered onto the rolls or tabluae as property or “res” also known as “re”.

By 29 BCE, Rome had succeeded in subjugating and creating no less than seventeen (17) Provinces. By this time, a new honorary position was created greater than the Rector – called the Censor. The Censor being an emissary appointed directly by the Emperor or Senate was tasked with visiting each province and “surveying” the property registered on the rolls through a “census” meaning literally a survey of the wealth and property of Rome. The role of the Censor was immense and they were terribly feared, even by Rectors as the Censor carried the Imperium of both the Emperor and Senate with their powers to judge and to strip any powers, rights or lands that were not in order.

By 117 CE, the pagan Roman Empire held no less than fourty six (46) Provinces, including: Achaea • Aegyptus • Africa • Alpes Cottiae • Alpes Maritimae • Alpes Poeninae • Arabia Petraea • Armenia • Asia • Assyria • Bithynia et Pontus • Britannia • Cappadocia • Cilicia • Corsica et Sardinia • Creta et Cyrenaica • Cyprus • Dacia • Dalmatia • Epirus • Galatia • Gallia Aquitania • Gallia Belgica • Gallia Lugdunensis • Gallia Narbonensis • Germania Inferior • Germania Superior • Hispania Baetica • Hispania Tarraconensis • Italia • Iudaea • Lusitania • Lycia et Pamphylia • Macedonia • Mauretania Caesariensis • Mauretania Tingitana • Mesopotamia • Moesia Inferior • Moesia Superior • Noricum • Pannonia Inferior • Pannonia Superior • Raetia • Sicilia • Syria • Thracia.

The whole system collapsed in the West by the 5th Century, yet continued in the East until the end of the 6th Century when the Byzantine Empire introduced the concept of the Exarchates and Themes.

However, in 1540 CE the Roman Provincial System was resurrected as the model of command and control of the Jesuits, including the role of Rector, Curator also called the “Superior” and Censor also called the “Visitor” (from Latin visito meaning literally ‘to go with strength, authority, power and force’).

Today, the Magyar - Jesuit divided the total planet into ninty one  (91) Provinces each controlled by a Rector based at a major education institution and Curator (Superior) still holding the most ancient position of Custos Rotulorum (Keeper of the Slave Rolls), with the present day slave rolls being the Vital Statistics rolls of births, deaths and marriages for that Province.