07-16-2005, 02:47 PM
Per some earlier comments on this post, the tents displayed at Nashville WERE NOT the tents Deepeeka is offering.
The large tent was especially made for me and would be better described as as "senior centurion tent". The Deepeeka centurion tent would be smaller, to comply with how much space a regular centurion would be authorized in the camp.
The other leather tents were those of LEG XIIII brought from Germany, including the Newstead style tent used on the Alpine March and Limes Ride with Dr. Junkelmann.
The Deepeeka Papillo will be patterned on the Junkelmann/Newstead tent becasaue it must be a wedge style, and these are depicted on Trajan's column. The Vindolanda tent cannot fit onto the Roman camp as described by Hygenius as a legionary tent. It is a wall tent, and wall tents are not designed to be placed edge to edge. It is probably a junior centurion's tent, and with guylines, could fit in the allocated area. It could also very easitly be a civilian tent, used by a sutler camped on the edge of a Roman military post. This was probably very common.
The German LEG VI tents in the pic was made from hides of leather bought near where I lived. The group "centurion" is a fairly wealthy dentist and had the funds to make this gear. Also, groups in Europe are generally well paid to attend events, and can buy nice toys with all the money they make.
Dan
The large tent was especially made for me and would be better described as as "senior centurion tent". The Deepeeka centurion tent would be smaller, to comply with how much space a regular centurion would be authorized in the camp.
The other leather tents were those of LEG XIIII brought from Germany, including the Newstead style tent used on the Alpine March and Limes Ride with Dr. Junkelmann.
The Deepeeka Papillo will be patterned on the Junkelmann/Newstead tent becasaue it must be a wedge style, and these are depicted on Trajan's column. The Vindolanda tent cannot fit onto the Roman camp as described by Hygenius as a legionary tent. It is a wall tent, and wall tents are not designed to be placed edge to edge. It is probably a junior centurion's tent, and with guylines, could fit in the allocated area. It could also very easitly be a civilian tent, used by a sutler camped on the edge of a Roman military post. This was probably very common.
The German LEG VI tents in the pic was made from hides of leather bought near where I lived. The group "centurion" is a fairly wealthy dentist and had the funds to make this gear. Also, groups in Europe are generally well paid to attend events, and can buy nice toys with all the money they make.
Dan
