Evropantiqva - Celtic and Germanic Reenacting

[Caturix]

Even a plywood throwing axe could create quite an impressing if caught in the face .

Yepp...but we tend to target normaly a testudo, or to "call" the shoot before shooting (all at the same time, as you can see in the video... I remeber I really broke my vocal cords shoutin' "Franzisken!!! ...Worpan!!!" )

Do you have a "germanic weapons" page in the making for your website or a good link where I can find some suitable weapons for irregular Batavian troops?

Yepp!

On http://www.Fvlcvm.org , the site of Fvlcvm, the I-II A.D. Germanic Reenacting group of Evropantiqva.

Framea: http://www.fvlcvm.org/framea.html
francisca: http://www.fvlcvm.org/francisca.html
Seax: http://www.fvlcvm.org/sax.html
Sword: http://www.fvlcvm.org/spada.html
Shield: http://www.fvlcvm.org/scudo.html
Club: http://www.fvlcvm.org/clava.html
Helmet anf Armour: http://www.fvlcvm.org/elmo_e_armatura.html

Unfurtunatley it's all in Italian, but if you want I can translate here what you want.

[garrelt]

Looking at your site.
I must point out that the fransisca and saxes pictured are not quite right for the 1ste, 2de century, both being early medieval between 5th to 7th century.

[Peroni]

Looks like you have been raiding the RMRS website for photos of the Batavian kit!

That is my reconstruction drawing of the Kessel helmet and reconstruction of the Krefeld helmet you have their my friend! :wink:

A credit or link to my full article would be nice.

I must point out that the fransisca and saxes pictured are not quite right for the 1ste, 2de century

Here are the Batavian iron axe heads from Maren-Kessel/Lith.. Late 1st C BC early 1st C AD

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

I don't know how is possible in a festival with a fame of rigour to find that kind of "reconstructions":

[garrelt]

Sword and axe from the river Maas at Kessel-Lith.

From the book:
Verleden Land.
Archeologische opgravingen in Nederland.
J.H.F. Bloemers, L.P. Louwe Kooijmans, H.Sarfatij. 1981
Page 72

[Caturix]

Looks like you have been raiding the RMRS website for photos of the Batavian kit!

That is my reconstruction drawing of the Kessel helmet and reconstruction of the Krefeld helmet you have their my friend! :wink:

A credit or link to my full article would be nice.

In fact in the Fvlcvm website we DO have a link to www.romanarmy.net , the site were we took the photos of A batavian helmet.

If you'd like a link on the specific page of the article, we can do it without any problem.

[jvrjenivs]

Looks like you have been raiding the RMRS website for photos of the Batavian kit!

That is my reconstruction drawing of the Kessel helmet and reconstruction of the Krefeld helmet you have their my friend! :wink:

A credit or link to my full article would be nice.

In fact in the Fvlcvm website we DO have a link to www.romanarmy.net , the site were we took the photos of A batavian helmet.

If you'd like a link on the specific page of the article, we can do it without any problem.

I think that he mean you have to put copyright notice & references by all pictures you use on your website and aren't yours.

[Caturix]

Looking at your site.
I must point out that the fransisca and saxes pictured are not quite right for the 1ste, 2de century, both being early medieval between 5th to 7th century.

I know... :oops: ...unfortunately it's really difficult to find pictures of germanic battle knives of the I-II A.D.
Thought, between the III A.D. and the III B.C. ones there is almost no difference, pointing out that, as for the celtic war-knife, there wasn't a particular tipologycal mutation during the ages (probably due to the funcional use of the "weapon"...everyday butcher knives are almost identical to III B.C. celtic knives...)

III B.C. Germanic battle-knives from Denmark:

For the axes, I admit my fault...knowing that III B.C. Celts already know ring-axes I assumed (making a big mistake), that was the same for I-II a.D. Germans...and now I can see that they still used socketed axes.

If it isn't a problem, I would like to ask Peroni to take the axes picture he posted and putting it in the FVLCVM website

[hephestus]

I don't know how is possible in a festival with a fame of rigour to find that kind of "reconstructions":

What or who you refer to "reconstruction".
If you referring to women, I can assure you that are worth much more than many men,There are many women in this forum that Mr play a good job,
if you are referring to the helmets I can give you the source of reference, if you are interested in this. (this is my reconstruction)

Valete

[Tarbicus]

if you are referring to the helmets I can give you the source of reference, if you are interested in this. (this is my reconstruction)

I'd like to see that source reference please.

[Marcus Mummius]

if you are referring to the helmets I can give you the source of reference, if you are interested in this. (this is my reconstruction)

I'd like to see that source reference please.

Me too! Love to see evidence for that.

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

I haven't see they were women. It's no matter to me.

I was thinking in the helmets, the diameter of the hamata rings, galvanized, and the big rivets used in the belt plaques. The whole conjunt, sorry, is a little strange to me.

Yes, i'm interested in your source. I have never saw anything similar in a archeological report.

[hephestus]

Avete
[url:2n9inalk]http://www.arsdimicandi.net/ad_1_000117.htm[/url]

The hamata is light commercial and belts actually have rivets too large (But not my production).
Valete

[garrelt]

As far as i know, the majority of knives found here in the Netherlands are not bigger than 25cm.
The only exception could be The "roman" sword from Woerden, found 2006, which was at first thought of as being as Falcata (dating around 70ad), but now also could be a forerunner of the Germanic sax.
It looks like, as was told during last years Romec in Xanten, as examples found in Scandinavia and the Baltic region.

[Tarbicus]

Avete
[url:3qv1822e]http://www.arsdimicandi.net/ad_1_000117.htm[/url]

What's the museum's provenance for that helmet? Where was it dug up, etc? Looks like another Victorian fake, like the Toledo helmet.