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Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 08-14-2009
Amongst other things, Comitatus puts out Roman cavalrymen from various Roman periods around six times each year. We operate a “football team” system, whereby everybody gets a chance to practice riding as a Roman, but the first team ride in public displays. Due to illness or absence riders have the opportunity to step up into the first team, or get there by hard work.
Currently we have eight riders. On occasion we put out five cavalrymen in public displays. Next season we would like to increase the numbers of riders. We have the saddles and can make the tack to make this possible. New horses arrive each year. But we would like some more Roman riders.
Many experienced re-enactment riders come to us who would like to ride, which is great. But ideally we would like riders who have a genuine interest in recreating the Roman period. That interest and enthusiasm carried us through the times when it’s wet and muddy, cold and miserable.
We have two riding sessions booked in the autumn to introduce people to Roman riding. They will be held near Goole in East Yorkshire on,
11th October Sunday starting from 11 a.m
15th November Sunday starting from 11 a.m.
PM me for details. These sessions are very much aimed at members of Comitatus who just want to have a go. No previous riding experience is required and it’s very relaxed. But by the spring of 2010 it would be good to have a few more of us riding at events.
http://www.comitatus.net/cavalry.html
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - M. Demetrius - 08-14-2009
Good luck to you and your group, John. Stay in the saddle, and keep this project growing. It's always wonderful to see horsemen galloping across the field.
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Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - kevair464 - 08-14-2009
Thats really cool, I would love to have calvary as part of our group, but its hard to find horses in Chicago, and I don't think the mounted police officers would be willing to let us "borrow".
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 08-14-2009
Quote:Thats really cool, I would love to have calvary as part of our group, but its hard to find horses in Chicago, and I don't think the mounted police officers would be willing to let us "borrow".
Maybe you could offer to let them get kitted out?
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - jvrjenivs - 08-14-2009
Indeed a very nice offer, but also for me a bit too far away. Anyway, I hope to have my own cavalry project started next year, so I'll be riding anyway, if everything goes fine.
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - kevair464 - 08-14-2009
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Quote:Maybe you could offer to let them get kitted out?
Hmm.....with the reputation of Chicago police officers i'm not sure how safe it would be to have them riding around the city with spatha in hand.........
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 08-14-2009
As opposed to a glock or a S&W.... :lol: :lol:
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - kevair464 - 08-14-2009
Quote:As opposed to a glock or a S&W.... :lol: :lol:
You have a point, though i think i'd rather be shot than have the nasty wound that a spatha or gladius makes
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 08-14-2009
Quote:Gaius Julius Caesar:2fi3gz04 Wrote:As opposed to a glock or a S&W.... :lol: :lol:
You have a point, though i think i'd rather be shot than have the nasty wound that a spatha or gladius makes
Hmmm, a clean cut or stab wound in comparison to a small entry wound with internal concussion damage.....I'll give both a miss thanks :lol:
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Iagoba - 08-14-2009
Luckily our city it´s too far...or we´ll be abandoned by my groups starting cavalry section (also late Roman, BTW).
I look forward to see Comitatus in action :wink:
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 08-19-2009
Thanks for all the PM's. Hopefully you have all recieved the information giving time, place and what to expect. If not please drop me a line.
I was very pleased that one of this season's new riders got to ride in her first public displays last Sunday. We were really only supplying two riders plus a guide horse. But a member having to get home on the Sunday morning, and just the right sort of arena layout made it possible to field an an extra rider. And it all went very well.
The next cavalry show at Sewerby Hall has an arena covered in trees. It's a more challenging prospect. You have to ride the horse speedily past the crowd, plan your route dodging the trees, shoot an arrow, hope the horse doesn't decide to go through a tree, and get out fast. And the trees grow larger every year
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It's interesting to note that every Roman cavalry project I know is late Roman. Perhaps early Romans spend too much time polishing their armour to get it dirty. :evil: I wish Iagoba and Jvrjenivs every success in their endeavours.
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 08-19-2009
Well, as I said, I am interested in the earlier period.
Possibly all the later cavelry is more interesting top those who want a heavy armoured impression?
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - jvrjenivs - 08-19-2009
I want to do tibero-claudian period. (But knowing that I just became a new tiro of the Fectienses Seniores, I might also develop some later impression). Anyways, thanks for your wishes, and I must say I'm also thankfull to your effort, as I already learned a lot from your experiences wrote down on your website.
There seems to be some flavian Cavalry around (Timetrotter and Legio X equitata/Gauthier Clerens), but I also didn't see much tibero-claudian cavalry impressions. Always the nicer flavian or 2nd century stuff is used when representing earlier cavalry.
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 08-19-2009
We do many types of Roman cavalry, in many different types of display.
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Have a look at:
http://www.comitatus.net/armyages.html
But in this country clients want us to concentrate on AD 43- AD 410.
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 10-04-2009
The first session is next Sunday, and we have 10 or 11 riders attending. For some it will be their first time on a horse. Others want to refine their horse archery. I'll post pictures and let you know how we get on.