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LRE III - The last
days of the
Roman Empire
Groups from The Netherlands, France,
Belgium, Spain, Great-Britain and Germany will
show you what the Late Roman army looked like in
the latter days of the Roman Empire. During this
weekend you can find out the difference between
Romans and Germans, or between early Christians
and late pagans. Or was there no difference? The
army will march, drill, fight. We will also
demonstrate arrow shooting, spear throwing and
the massed throwing of the plumbata, the lead-weightened
dart.
When?
During
the first week of August (1 to 3) about
70 to 80 soldiers from Late Roman re-enactment
groups from at least 6 European countries will
gather in the Archeon, The
Netherlands. In itself this is a rather unique
event, because this Late Roman Event will again
be the largest purely Late Roman event this year!
Here you can see the reports of the two earlier
events, LRE
I (2005) and
LRE
II (2006).
Who?
The LRE
III will be attended by members from the
Fectienses seniores (NL), Corbvlo
(NL), the Tungrii (NL), the Teuxandrii
(NL), the Foederati (F), Letavia
(F), the Minervii (GE), the Ulfinger
(GE), the Septimani (E), Cohors
I Gallica (E), the Batavi (UK), and
several individual members from other groups.
Together will these groups display to you the
Roman soldiers of the 4th and 5th centuries AD,
or Germanic soldiers allied to Rome (or maybe not).
There will also civilians going about their
business, giving the audience a good picture of a
Late Roman mobile force on campaign that was
quartered inside a town.
On both sides of this page you'll find an
impression of the diversity of the material that
will be displayed by all the attending groups.
What?
The preliminary
program contains the following events:
- The March,
with all of the soldiers marching through
the entire park, ending in the arena.
- The Presentation,
directly after the march, in the arena.
The Late Roman Army gathers for a
presentation to the public, including a
drill, a show of weapons and some
manouvres. Plus a nasty incident
involving our Empress!
- Weapons drill.
We will shoot with bows and throw spears,
but also with the plumbata (leaded dart).
- Training cavalry.
Horses take on the infantry, all as a
training of course. We'll try to train
horses on a shield wall, which can get a
bit spectacular.
- The big fight!
A training of two heavily armoured Roman
formations, with blunt spears and wooden
swords.
Where?
This
event will take place in the Roman part of the Archeon
archaeological park, Alphen aan den Rijn, The
Netherlands. The big
shows will take place in the arena, where most of
the audience can take a seat and enjoy. The
smaller shows will take place on the forum, the
area between the Roman buildings, and on the
tournament field.
Would you
like to find out more? That's possible. Mail us
at fectio@hotmail.com See you
in August!
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