Late Roman event at ARCHEON, July 2005

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Archeon - Late Roman Event
Friday 29, Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July 2005

Day 1 -

Friday

The Teuxandrii have already set up camp yesterday, and are displaying their armour.

Heavy armour!

Authari/Jürgen and his naughty knife..

Judging by this display, the Minervii are bringing a lot of soldiers!

Pius/Patrick of the Herculiani..

.. and his decorated tunica.

The first groups had already arrived on Thursday, but Friday the rest of them arrived all through the day. Andreas and me had a busy time organising all these arrivals, while in the meantime getting to know all those Late Romans suddenly appearing in one spot, and besides that practising the drill of the Herculiani. This splendid-looking group from France and Belgium had developed a very intricate drill, which they performed as a separate event together with the French Foederati. We practised with them on Friday, but decided that it would be better not to join them on Saturday or Sunday.

Breakfast is over, and the Herculiani are getting ready to practise.

"Milites"..

For now, the Foederati and the Fectienses are still standing at the sidelines, watching.

centurion Pius/Patrick

Damianus/Damien

Anthemius/Michel and Arbatio

State!

Discedite. Discussing the drill.

Arbogast/Alain

Arbatio/Christian

Move!

Come on you lot, get moving!

Contra cataphracti - against a cavalry attack.

Spathae recondite! Attack the enemy with the sword!

It's already getting a bit dark..

And if that wasn't enough, we still had a show to hammer out, adjusting timetables and finalising details as we went along. The Teuxandrii and the Batavi decided meanwhile where they would be fighting, and who was going to join them in battle. The weather was great, and all had a good time.

Strategic planning - the commanders check out the map.

Afterwards, a quick game..

.. a nice drink..

..and a bite to eat before bedtime.

The sun sets..

With the sun setting, we settled down in the camp - after we had some good discussions around the fires in the camp of course, about re-enacting and all stuff relating to that. And when the last stragglers from the UK and Spain arrived, it was time to get a good night's sleep.

Next day Saturday, and it's for real this time!