05-29-2007, 01:59 AM
Well 'Best overall contributor to research and reconstruction' doesn't mention reenactment at all, so that should not affect whether one feels one can make a choice or not- half the previous winners aren't reenactors: I'm not, neither is Mike Bishop, Ross Cowan, Graham Sumner, and now Kate Gilliver. And the fact that the others are, isn't to do with them being reenactors, but what they've done with respect to making information on the subject of the Roman military to all of us. Now if the type of contribution the nominees are most known for isn't your particular area and thus you consider yourself insufficiently familar with them, that's quite understandable, but don't let reenactment per se be a factor- research and reconstruction can refer to the gladius or the reasons for using it, yes? :wink:
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