Massive gathering in Germania in 2009

[P Sertorius Scaevola]

The shield Marcus describes is the republican Gemina scutum. I found it to provide the best cover against the neverending hail of Germanic javelins!
Your fate was similar to mine; I engaged four tribesman by battering into the bunch, knocking over the first, throwing no. 2 off balance and thrusting both with the gladius. I managed to get no.3 down but the 4th got me in the back as I thrusted the 3rd. Good fun and the Germanics were very sportsmanlike.

The javelins were hurled continuously so the obvious choice was to pick them up and return to sender. Beïng lightweight I managed to throw them wel over 25 meters into the the ranks of the Germanics at the rampart. You can see me doing this at a couple of pics, where I have a bunch of them in the right hand. Very entertaining and truely bringing out the child in us.

Toughest thing though was maintaining the line when under attack and after 'wounding' a tribesman; you simply have to finish them off by breaking ranks!

Salvete,

Pavlvs
Aquilifer
Leg. X Gem.

Netherlands