07-15-2004, 07:55 PM
While it's not my show <em>per se</em>, I think Rob's idea is to replicate every aspect of a Roman march as closely as possible... it's certainly too much trouble to set it all up and then to do otherwise. (It's heartening that each soldier must carry two sudes in addition to his kit!) That having been said, any event is what the participants make of it. I for one will certainly pull guard duty at night, for example, just to say I did it when I had the chance to. Others may choose not to pull guard due to physical exhaustion, or because that's not a particular aspect of a soldier's field life they feel they need to replicate, and that's OK too.<br>
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As for images, I may try and film a short portion, and then post an MPEG (the cam would be stashed in the cart somewhere). I know Legio IX Hispana [to our south] hikes periodically; and Legio VI Victrix hikes once a month... but never more than 5 miles at a time. So this will be cool from a comeraderie aspect, as well as a gut-check aspect (as we used to say in the Marines), that may not come around again anytime soon.<br>
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If anyone is remotely interested, I'll continue to forward Rob's postings on this thread as the event nears (and yes, pictures after).<br>
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Salvete,<br>
Darius <p></p><i></i>
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As for images, I may try and film a short portion, and then post an MPEG (the cam would be stashed in the cart somewhere). I know Legio IX Hispana [to our south] hikes periodically; and Legio VI Victrix hikes once a month... but never more than 5 miles at a time. So this will be cool from a comeraderie aspect, as well as a gut-check aspect (as we used to say in the Marines), that may not come around again anytime soon.<br>
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If anyone is remotely interested, I'll continue to forward Rob's postings on this thread as the event nears (and yes, pictures after).<br>
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Salvete,<br>
Darius <p></p><i></i>
