04-07-2007, 02:27 PM
Hello everyone.
My name is Chris Paskert from Riverview, Florida, USA
A former Army Officer who is now working as an assistant director for a local passion play.
From the looks of things this looks like a great forum for learning.
This year I built my first SCUTUM. Of course it is a play prop with out a budget, so the point is that it looks authentic. This next year we are going to be working on lorica segmentata, caligae, and baltevs. We do have two auxillary calvary guys who help out every year with crowd control. Everybody is loving the direction of a more authentic looking Roman detachment.
My interest in Rome is growing because I am now seeing the connections behing the idealism of Rome and some of the concepts behind the Constitution of the US. The interesting if not horrific part of the connection is the conversion of the republic into an empire. I consider myself "kin" to an early republican centurio with no real interest in senate life. just going back home with my farm which I joined to protect anyway.
I also play the part of Pontius Pilate in the play which I mentioned above and have been researching hard into roman clothing loking for historical referencees to busts, paintings, pottery etc. This years pilate costume was based loosely on a combination of the painting "Ecce homo" and a bust of Tiberius Caesar Augustus.
Sorry for being long winded but I'm excited and looking forward to getting to know everybody.
Chris Paskert
My name is Chris Paskert from Riverview, Florida, USA
A former Army Officer who is now working as an assistant director for a local passion play.
From the looks of things this looks like a great forum for learning.
This year I built my first SCUTUM. Of course it is a play prop with out a budget, so the point is that it looks authentic. This next year we are going to be working on lorica segmentata, caligae, and baltevs. We do have two auxillary calvary guys who help out every year with crowd control. Everybody is loving the direction of a more authentic looking Roman detachment.
My interest in Rome is growing because I am now seeing the connections behing the idealism of Rome and some of the concepts behind the Constitution of the US. The interesting if not horrific part of the connection is the conversion of the republic into an empire. I consider myself "kin" to an early republican centurio with no real interest in senate life. just going back home with my farm which I joined to protect anyway.
I also play the part of Pontius Pilate in the play which I mentioned above and have been researching hard into roman clothing loking for historical referencees to busts, paintings, pottery etc. This years pilate costume was based loosely on a combination of the painting "Ecce homo" and a bust of Tiberius Caesar Augustus.
Sorry for being long winded but I'm excited and looking forward to getting to know everybody.
Chris Paskert