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Fratres, I've added a link to a short video clip about our arrival at Regensburg last Thursday
(including a short interview with Prof. Zimmer, the director of our university)
Hope you like it!
www.mittelbayerische.de/_misc/videoplayer/videoplayer_365x325.cfm?pid=3299&pk=886
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Congratulation Florian, you did it again
Maybe I can send you some Pálinka to help you recover your strength!
Of course, Laudes awarded!
Valete,
József Janák
Miles Gregarius
Legio I Adiutrix
Pannoniciani Seniores
Brigetio, Pannonia
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Thanks József,
but we did it again, not just me :wink:
Pálinka would indeed be great, although I have already recovered due to my girlfriend's delicious curry (yum!)
Here are a few images of the Danube march...
N.B.: the white linen tunic was washed twice during the project. Now imagine what it would have looked like without that.
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You should rather ask which stains disappeared... :?
Basically it simply smelled a little less bad and the dark gray stains became a little brighter (but not much).
The other picture shows a similar tunic, which was kept at home for comparison.
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It's the same as how my tunices looked like after 2 weeks of marching with one washing between.
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Nice pictures Florian! They show the heavy circumstances of your great march..
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Thanks Robert
Our centurion's tunic looks even worse (= more authentic).
Its previous colour was a light blue... (see lower hem for traces of light blue)
The only area with the original colour is the one protected by the subarmalis (which was once white...)
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In more recent times Armies on the march were followed by people who
washed uniforms, repaired items for the troops, and sold replacement items
for the troops. Wasn't that also true in Roman times?