04-19-2007, 08:50 AM
Hi all!
Due to the recent relocation of our Cohort into the loving arms of the Batavian Nation I have been reading everything Peroni has thrown at me. One of the articles was about the Civilis Rebellion in the year of the four emperors and I found it really exiting. For example there is a hint of the internal power struggle in the Batavian society where Civilis is refusing to cooperate with another tribal leader who is forced to flee to the north.
Is this something we have more information on? I mean the different groups and party's of the Batavians. Does animosity between different leaders spill into the different cohorts? Are there any records of the system of recruiting into the the Cohorts of the Batavii?
I mean with such a large recruiting base as it seems to have been there is a fair chance for many different Groups/clans/tribes withing the Batavian Nation. Do we have any records of this or is it lost to the teeth of time.
Now that is seem to be a great surge into the Batavian aspect of Roman Reenactment I think such diversity of the tribe could be a very interesting thing to research and portray.
(EDIT: spellcheck)
Due to the recent relocation of our Cohort into the loving arms of the Batavian Nation I have been reading everything Peroni has thrown at me. One of the articles was about the Civilis Rebellion in the year of the four emperors and I found it really exiting. For example there is a hint of the internal power struggle in the Batavian society where Civilis is refusing to cooperate with another tribal leader who is forced to flee to the north.
Is this something we have more information on? I mean the different groups and party's of the Batavians. Does animosity between different leaders spill into the different cohorts? Are there any records of the system of recruiting into the the Cohorts of the Batavii?
I mean with such a large recruiting base as it seems to have been there is a fair chance for many different Groups/clans/tribes withing the Batavian Nation. Do we have any records of this or is it lost to the teeth of time.
Now that is seem to be a great surge into the Batavian aspect of Roman Reenactment I think such diversity of the tribe could be a very interesting thing to research and portray.
(EDIT: spellcheck)