2015 Roman Consular Election

The 2551st Roman Consular election took place on July 2nd, 2015. On the same day, elections were held to elect Rome's 8 Praetors, 8 Aediles, and 24 Quaestors. The elections were overseen by incumbent consuls Gaius Nepos and Severus Tiberius Napolianus. The election was won by the conservative heiress Atia Alba Ravennia, a member of the extended Albine clan, and by Marcus Ascillier, a liberal journalist and writer. The election was dominated by discussions about the previous year's Fastinii revolts, which saw the deaths of 12 people, including incumbent praetor Opiter Decianus, and billions of pounds in damage.

The nationalist alliance Party Of The Emperor nominated Ravennia after the assassination of the more moderate Titus Scribonius Salonius in January.

The Liberal Alliance was very divided after the revolts. The agrarian Party For The Middle favored a harsh punishment against the leaders of the revolts, and they nominated fellow hard-liner Marcus Ascillier, who had written many articles critical of Nepos's lenient punishment of several low-ranking rebels. The more conciliatory and progressive Roma 2030! along with the Golden Party nominated Secundus Plinius Genialis. The Liberal Alliance made a joint endorsement of both.

The revolutionary party Red Rome, who had surged in popularity among the lower classes after their endorsement of the riots, nominated Maximus Grumio, a senator and governor who had made statements that some considered dismissive of the harm caused by the riots. He actively endorsed the death of Opiter Decianus, and said "These riots are the voice of the proletariat. Their voice must not go unheard!". The Green Party attempted to halt any endorsement, but this effort was thwarted.

The traditional center-left alliance, Voice of the People, collapsed during the Fastinii revolts. The radical parties joined Grumio's Socialist Liberation, while the formerly dominant social democratic party Optio Gracchii failed to qualify in the election. Former Optio Gracchii consul Aquillia Loreia Callisuna was openly critical of her party's decision to not condemn the riots and left her party to join Free and Equal, a small party who were part of the Liberal Alliance. She endorsed Genialis at the party conference.