Reenactors in Rome

[Jona Lendering]

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[Decius]

http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=22035

:wink:

[Robert Vermaat]

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A drum?? hock:
Plastic water bottles??? :roll:

[richsc]

Who were they? Not the usual Colliseum folks: I Italica?

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Believe me the plastic water bottles were necessary..not everyone bought canteens....

[Peroni]

There were even soldiers in plastic armour, so a modern water bottle is allowed I think!

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

:lol:

[M. Demetrius]

But was it ancient water? That's the real issue, isn't it?

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

It was Roman water.......

[cacrispvs]

Who were they? Not the usual Colliseum folks: I Italica?

Looks like Legio XI (not us, unfortunately) - www.gsr-roma.com/

there are some photos on their website as well.

according to their site, both the Italian Legio XI and the Swiss Legio XI were there...wish we could have been

[Marcus Mummius]

Who were they? Not the usual Colliseum folks: I Italica?

Looks like Legio XI (not us, unfortunately) - www.gsr-roma.com/

there are some photos on their website as well.

according to their site, both the Italian Legio XI and the Swiss Legio XI were there...wish we could have been

We were there too: Legio XI from Belgium. And here's the proof for that

[cacrispvs]

We were there too: Legio XI from Belgium. And here's the proof for that

now I'm really sad we couldn't be there!!

maybe next time.... :wink:

[Marcus Mummius]

We were there too: Legio XI from Belgium. And here's the proof for that

now I'm really sad we couldn't be there!!

maybe next time.... :wink:

We'd be honoured to march with our transatlantic commilitones!

[M.V.L. Britannicus]

We were there too: Legio XI from Belgium. And here's the proof for that

now I'm really sad we couldn't be there!!

maybe next time.... :wink:

AMICE,
as the rest of the vexillationes of the LEGIO XI CPF You were invited, I think, but I do understand that the trip for you is not so simple.
Anyway as I will be in charge from the invitations (this year I only gave the names of the groups to invite) next year you can be sure that the GSR will invite even the LEGXI CPF from the US!

As about the drums, I know that there are no evidences about the use of TIMPANA in the Roman Army but, belive me sometimes it is necesseary when You have about 1000 people marching, especially if your task is to OPEN the parade.

Last thing, about plastic stuff used by some groups, this huge parade is even for folkloristic groups (for now) and not only re-enactment groups so sometimes we have to accept this kind of groups that anyway are at the very bottom of the parade!!

VALETE SEMPER