Re-eneactors focusing too much attention on the principate?

[Matthew Amt]

Do you think that creating posters at the reenactment locations, that shows pictures of the Roman army in earlier and later times would help?

Sure, that's a good idea. It could just be a series of photos of reenactors from other eras, arranged chronologically. Of course, each era would need several photos to show variations in armor, troop type, etc. Print out the photos and glue them to a board of some sort (wood, plastic, cardboard), and add wire ties or strings for tying to a couple stakes. I did something like that for my Bronze Age display. OR if you are an enterprising sort you might concoct a full-scale commercial poster with legally-purchased photos or original artwork, and market it to the rest of us! Of course you have to get ALL the details just right or we'll all gripe, hee hee hee...

I know next to nothing about prices in re-enactment, but isn't lorica segmentata lot cheaper to aquire than lorica hamata? That might be a factor, I know it'd be for me, if I was into it.

Equipment cost is definitely a factor! If one era is an option only with expensive custom-made gear, getting first-century stuff cheap off the shelf is an obvious alternative. You can get an Indian-made lorica for less than a riveted hamata, but there is not a lot of size choice. So getting a lorica that *fits* might cost a lot *more* than a hamata!

Matthew