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It is with great honor and at the same time with caution that we would like to invite you to the 4th Late Roman Event or LRE IV, to take place on the last weekend of July (Thursday 29-Sunday 31), 2011. This event is to take place on the grounds of the former convent Graefenthal in Germany, just across the Dutch border from Nijmegen.

Because so many of you have kept the faith and continued to ask me when the next LRE was to be organized, I must start with this – LRE IV is in the 4th month of organization, but everything that will follow below is (as usual!) only possible when the funds arrive. We are currently organizing this event with several partners, which apart from Fectio are the Stichting Romeinenfestival (known from the large international Roman events held in Nijmegen), plus several more partners. Currently we are involved in securing European subsidies for this event, and of course everything will stand or fall with those. But we are certainly optimistic, which is why we feel secure enough to publicly announce this event.

Kloster Graefenthal is a former convent, just a few miles SE of Nijmegen and lies close to the Late Roman border. A few miles away to the North lies a hidden ruin of a LR burgus, and to the SE is the LR town Tricensimae, or Xanten. The terrain itself is pleasant and green, with a main building flanked by two fields, all enclosed within a wall and backed by a modern lake.

As to the event itself, we have not yet fully worked out the details, but as with the last three occasions, the infantry will be the main part of it. But we plan to continue developing the show.
One of these developments is yet another stage in the fielding of cavalry. This time, if it all works out as planned, we want to add to the cavalry already seen in the past two events. With the cooperation of the Stichting Ala (ask our fellow member Jurjen on the forum!) we plan to add a few horses, perhaps even one armoured, to the show.
Another development is even more spectacular (if it all works out), because we plan to show the Late Roman navy as well! With the help of the Stichting Millingse Liburna we hope to give the first Dutch replica of a liburna patrol boat her maiden voyage on the lake behind Graefenthal...

Hope to see you all at LRE IV.

The LRE team,

Robert Vermaat - Stichting Fectio
Jurjen Draaisma - Stichting Ala
Paul van der Heijden – Stichting Romeinenfestival

Links

Late Roman Event (LRE IV): http://www.fectio.org.uk/groep/lateroman.htm en http://www.facebook.com/?sk=2361831622# ... 8097315567

Kloster Graefenthal: www.klostergraefenthal.com/
Late Roman connections : http://www.heimat-kleve.de/geschichte/g ... 6.2005.htm
Stichting Romeinenfestival: http://www.romeinenfestival.nl/
Stichting Ala: http://www.ala-batavorum.nl/ en http://www.facebook.com/?sk=ff&ap=1#!/g ... 3812253494
Stichting Fectio: http://www.fectio.org.uk/
Stichting Millingse Liburna : http://www.liburna.nl/

I think i'll start saving for this if it doesn't clash with any other event/job I have..

Sounds like it may be epic!

Claire

Hurray!

[crossig fingers] I hope this year I'll can... Big Grin

Dammit! That's the weekend of the BIG gladiatorial event at the Guildhall in London. Dammit dammit dammit.
:evil:

Most recent info here.

Germania Secunda here we cooooome!!!

Not too fast. We're still working hard to get the financial supports needed to host the event. At least all looks very promising.

If all goes well we can host:
-over 50 soldiers
-6 to 8 cavalry troopers, of which one totally armoured
-the replica patrol boat from St. Millingse Liburna
-over 30 civilians

Sounds like a wonderful program, so I really hope we can get a clearer view on finances pretty soon and make it all happen Big Grin

In Sol Invictus we trust.

It is with great regret that I have to announce that LRE IV will not take place in 2011. Although we have tried our best, and we managed to come very far, unfortunately it was not far enough. The finances proved to be our final stumbling block, especially the impossibility of pre-financing the grant which was indeed within our reach. It was not to be.

I would like to thank a number of people who have, over the past 9 months, tried their best to make this thing happen, especially Jurjen Draaisma, Paul van der Heijden, Henk van der Zand, Erik de Gans, Josef Gietemann and Joachim Lommen (not to mention many others).

I would like to thank everybody who kept the faith, awaiting the return of a unique event, and I’m very sorry that I have to let you down. I can only assure you that this will not have been the last attempt to host an LRE, we will try again. I hope that we will meet again before that time.

Thanks for your support.

I'm sorry to hear that. Economy is tough everywhere, and that's just how it is for the time being. Don't be too distraught, though, you'll find another way. Hang in there and keep looking. Something will present itself, and next year, maybe even bigger than you'd planned.

Here is hoping that the future, with a better economy, will bring the event back, it looked terrific and well done in past years, I'll hope for its return...Hang in there!Mike

Oh, that´s really a pity to hear ... so let´s hope for the future!

Thanks a lot for your efforts!

As LRE was cancelled some of us wanted to still have a joined event next weekend. So there will be Roman soldiers in Museumpark Orientalis on July 30 and 31. People in the area are welcome to visit the reopened park to see how the restauration work is going and meet the soldiers of the Late Roman empire.

After the LRE IV fell in ruin, we decided to organise an event without any budget, just for fun. The place: the bankrupt Museum Park Oriëntalis, Nijmegen (formerly a Bible Museum), which had been closed in 2010 and opened her doors in the weekends without charge.

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Considering that we had no funding, we had a great troupe: Fectio of course (4), the Minervii (4), Contubernium (2), the Ulfinger (3) all the way from southern Germany and even our friends from the Batavi (4), all the way from overseas! Add to that about 10 locals and 2 horses. We had a great time, and we plan to repeat this event.
The museum counted over 2350 visitors.

Great pictures by Jaques Maréschal, who visited on both days: http://www.pixures.be/web2011nijmegen/index.htm
and
http://www.pixures.be/web2011nijmegen2/index.htm
Jacques, many thanks again for visiting us! It was great to meet you.

Pictures by Carla and Patrick (MInervii): http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=...78&type=1

Pictures by Authari (Minervii): http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=...0500824752

Pictures by Gerard Zoethout: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1...856&type=1

Pictures by Gerard (Fectio): http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1...516&type=1

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