Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat

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09-12-2012, 07:13 PM

A couple of things to add perhaps off topic but related to comments above.

Many years ago, when I was in the old Dark Ages Society (1983-4ish), I watched one of the members swim about 2,000 metres back & forth across a lake at Thorpe Park wearing a sword & mail shirt and pushing his shield before him like a swimming float. He was an ex-schools swimming champion & was proving that bits in Beowulf about them swimming in armour could have happened.

The old groups I was involved with (Viroconium Militia, Numerus Aelius etc) used blunt headed plumbatae and leather headed javelins in the early 90s too. The Numerus Aelius chaps had a great scripted openner for events where they deliberately put a pretty sharp plumbata into a shield on the flank of the opposing line! Ah, the Good Old Days.

Semisalis Abruna of the Batavi iuniores Britanniciani
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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-01-2012, 06:18 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-01-2012, 06:50 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Marcus Aemilius Longinus - 09-01-2012, 08:12 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Neuraleanus - 09-01-2012, 08:13 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Marcus Aemilius Longinus - 09-01-2012, 08:27 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Márk György Kis - 09-01-2012, 09:17 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-01-2012, 09:33 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Jim Bertagnolli - 09-02-2012, 12:48 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 09-02-2012, 12:57 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Marcus Aemilius Longinus - 09-02-2012, 03:34 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Draconis ( Tom) - 09-02-2012, 04:43 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-02-2012, 05:10 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by richard - 09-02-2012, 08:46 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-02-2012, 09:19 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 09-02-2012, 09:42 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Sheikh Al Stranghi - 09-03-2012, 01:19 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 09-03-2012, 02:07 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by jkaler48 - 09-03-2012, 06:18 AM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-03-2012, 01:21 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-03-2012, 01:48 PM

Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS - 09-03-2012, 02:34 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Agrimensor - 09-03-2012, 03:09 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Mithras - 09-03-2012, 04:12 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Marcus Aemilius Longinus - 09-03-2012, 04:56 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by John Conyard - 09-03-2012, 05:15 PM

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Re: Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-03-2012, 09:31 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Doc - 09-04-2012, 01:04 AM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by kevin mills - 09-04-2012, 01:30 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Iagoba - 09-04-2012, 02:59 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-04-2012, 04:48 PM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Evert - 09-04-2012, 08:52 PM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-04-2012, 10:29 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Rado - 09-05-2012, 12:40 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Aulus Maximus - 09-05-2012, 12:51 AM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-05-2012, 01:08 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by arklore70 - 09-05-2012, 06:44 AM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Rado - 09-05-2012, 11:11 AM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Rado - 09-05-2012, 11:22 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Rado - 09-05-2012, 11:48 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Robert - 09-06-2012, 01:35 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Jim Bertagnolli - 09-06-2012, 03:38 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Ammianus - 09-06-2012, 05:19 PM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by M. Demetrius - 09-06-2012, 07:12 PM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Robert Vermaat - 09-07-2012, 02:33 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Ammianus - 09-07-2012, 03:32 PM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-12-2012, 01:28 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Semisalis Abruna - 09-12-2012, 07:13 PM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 09-14-2012, 12:36 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Robert - 09-14-2012, 01:19 AM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Robert - 09-14-2012, 10:17 PM

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Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by M. Demetrius - 09-21-2012, 07:18 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Márk György Kis - 09-21-2012, 09:59 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by jkaler48 - 09-21-2012, 10:19 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Robert - 09-21-2012, 10:41 PM

Why do 1st Century Roman groups avoid combat - by Robert Vermaat - 09-26-2012, 03:01 PM

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