08-28-2002, 04:58 PM
Back to Peter's book...<br>
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This summer we had the great pleasure of touring with peter Connolly, and while he admits to being a great genius, and an demi-deity (all in fun), he bemoans the fact that he can't keep his works updated with all the new information he discovers. He would like to go back and make many changes to his older pictures and books, in the light of what he knows now! He just submitted an article to JRMES on the sarissa and it was obsolete by the time it will be published. He has much more information on the pila and other items, but since he is busy doing research for a book on Julius Caesar, (and several others), I doubt he'll find time to make the corrections and write all the addendum he would like to share.<br>
Yes we talked about the latest lorica finds, tunic color wars, the trails the Helvetii used, the battlefields and many other interesting things during the day. In the evenings we had great conversations, especially about the mental stability of re-enactors, best wines and foods, religion, and even Roman history. I do have one of his lectures and parts of a discussion about the hill where Caesar and the mounted LEG X met the German leader on video, which I will be transferring to VHS sometime in the future.<br>
I wish you could have all been there, at least for the lectures, it would be hard to find a dining table big enough for even 1/4th of the RAT crew. <p>"Just before class started, I looked in the big book where all the world's history is written, and it said...." Neil J. Hackett, PhD ancient history, professor OSU, 1987</p><i></i>
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This summer we had the great pleasure of touring with peter Connolly, and while he admits to being a great genius, and an demi-deity (all in fun), he bemoans the fact that he can't keep his works updated with all the new information he discovers. He would like to go back and make many changes to his older pictures and books, in the light of what he knows now! He just submitted an article to JRMES on the sarissa and it was obsolete by the time it will be published. He has much more information on the pila and other items, but since he is busy doing research for a book on Julius Caesar, (and several others), I doubt he'll find time to make the corrections and write all the addendum he would like to share.<br>
Yes we talked about the latest lorica finds, tunic color wars, the trails the Helvetii used, the battlefields and many other interesting things during the day. In the evenings we had great conversations, especially about the mental stability of re-enactors, best wines and foods, religion, and even Roman history. I do have one of his lectures and parts of a discussion about the hill where Caesar and the mounted LEG X met the German leader on video, which I will be transferring to VHS sometime in the future.<br>
I wish you could have all been there, at least for the lectures, it would be hard to find a dining table big enough for even 1/4th of the RAT crew. <p>"Just before class started, I looked in the big book where all the world's history is written, and it said...." Neil J. Hackett, PhD ancient history, professor OSU, 1987</p><i></i>
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