Centurion

[Robert Vermaat]

What was positive was that he felt that re-enactors had a vital role to play in historically themed films.

Good for you and Britannia Dan! Every step closer is a good one, and directors might see the positive influences and copy them.

Again it is a feature film and NOT a documentary, the characters and plot take precedent over the kit.

Understood. And Gladiator might have beeen questionable at times, we all realise that it generated much interest for Roman history.

However, despite artistic creativity employed on the Picts I can confirm that not a square inch of tartan was used (hooray) and not a single bit of 'Touristy Book of Kells' knotwork appeared in tattoos or on shields (another hooray), also - the question of what 1st to 3rd Century Picts looked like would vex even the most learned people on here so boldness was called for with the art & costume people.

Very good. But as to 'what 1st and 3rd c. Picts looked like'.. welllll... see below:

To get his revenge, Quintus joins General Virilus’ Ninth Legion, which marches north to wipe the Picts from the planet.

That should not have been very hard, because the first time we hear of the Picts is in a panegyric written by Eumenius in 297, 180 years later!! hock: