06-19-2007, 12:54 PM
I agree - Carthage and Hannibal do rock for just that reason. The range of choices are almost mind-numbing!
I am leaning very much toward that composite cuirass. It would be the most distinct and I already have one mostly made up.
My goal is to have all this done at least by the Legio XX Roman Days 2008 event. As I mentioned, we always have a Samnite and two Celts in the non-Roman camp - throw in a Carthaginian and we'll have the beginnings of a conspiracy against Rome. :lol:
Then there is that other event we participate in where the event organizers mentioned they wanted to look into the possibility of offering elephant rides duing next year's event. I am not so sure how feasible that is - I believe the laws are fairly strict when it comes to elephants due to concern for the health and well-being of the elephant on the one hand and on the other hand because out of control elephants are very dangerous to anyone and anything around them and pretty much impossible for local law enforcement to stop. There are places in the US that offer elephant rides, but they are very controlled environments where there isn't much chance for anything to send one of the elephants into a panic.
At any rate, if they are able to get an elephant then having the impression done for that event will be a must. Although based on Carthaginian coins, the troops on elephants just wore tunics, cloaks and Phyrgian caps (heck...I have all those already...I could portray dismounted elephant cavalry!) but apparently Hannibal rode into a city on the back of an elephant so it wouldn't be entirely unheard of for a Carthaginian officer to be on one. :lol:
I am leaning very much toward that composite cuirass. It would be the most distinct and I already have one mostly made up.
My goal is to have all this done at least by the Legio XX Roman Days 2008 event. As I mentioned, we always have a Samnite and two Celts in the non-Roman camp - throw in a Carthaginian and we'll have the beginnings of a conspiracy against Rome. :lol:
Then there is that other event we participate in where the event organizers mentioned they wanted to look into the possibility of offering elephant rides duing next year's event. I am not so sure how feasible that is - I believe the laws are fairly strict when it comes to elephants due to concern for the health and well-being of the elephant on the one hand and on the other hand because out of control elephants are very dangerous to anyone and anything around them and pretty much impossible for local law enforcement to stop. There are places in the US that offer elephant rides, but they are very controlled environments where there isn't much chance for anything to send one of the elephants into a panic.
At any rate, if they are able to get an elephant then having the impression done for that event will be a must. Although based on Carthaginian coins, the troops on elephants just wore tunics, cloaks and Phyrgian caps (heck...I have all those already...I could portray dismounted elephant cavalry!) but apparently Hannibal rode into a city on the back of an elephant so it wouldn't be entirely unheard of for a Carthaginian officer to be on one. :lol:
Dan Zeidler
Legio XX
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