LRE II Late Roman event at Archeon, July 2006

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Archeon - Late Roman Event (LRE II)
Thursday 27, Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July 2006

Mainstay of the army - the Limitanei

Day 3 -

Saturday

Rob, court poet or bard?

The traders from the East have set up their shops again.

Arming for battle.

Is that Cezary or Spongebob?

The evening before had been quite memorable, or so I heard when I arrived back in town that morning. There were talks of civilians living outside Archeon having alerted the police, something about a Briton singing... Well, we may never know the truth. No-one was arrested, anyway.

Saturday proved to be yet another hot day in a prolonged heatwave.

Jean-Luc and Sandrine.

That tunic - wow!

Also very well dressed - the scholae palace guards!

Dressed for battle, that is!

Practise, practise, practise.. To take advantage of the most people being finally present, we practised the arena sequence again, from drill to fulcum to missile barrage.

The Batavi in the hot sun - but even so they charge the public like true professionals.

13.00-13.40 Parade through the entire park & Presentation in the Arena (all groups), followed by live missile firing outside the arena.

Today was my first command of a Late Roman troop, I was a bit nervous and forgot some commands.. But I think on the whole it went well enough. The high temperatures were a bigger problem. After the drill and the javelin-throwing we hastily looked for some sha Gravis armatura - heavy infantry de.

Forming up in front of the Domus, then a right turn and off through the park. Teuxandrii in front, me leading the standards, Septimani and Batavi behind..

A sagum in this heat? Yes it was suicide, but it also set me apart from the troops... I Germanica and Septimani, Fectienses and Batavi.

Finally we turn into the arena for a bit of hot drill.. Afterwards, Andreas/Chariovalda shows the signs of hard labour.

14.00-14.30 Fashion Show: Roman Army from 200 BC to 400 AD (I Germanica)

No pictures yet, but hopefully soon.

15.00-15.30 The Cavalry training: the infantry form up in close ranks to be a practise target for the cavalry (all groups).

Gathering the troops on the field for the cavalry training. The boys running around to set the stage for the horse practise, the rest of us forming up.

Something went wrong during the training! Garrelt, who was driving his horse at us quite hard, broke his sword on Rob's shield - it snapped cleanly in two! Much to the sorrow of Mariken.. Garrelt was a bit surprised.

The troops form the 'fulcum' against cavalry! But without spears..

.. the horses of the Teuxandrii run right through them.

The sorrow of Mariken..

Garrelt was a bit surprised.

Next day Sunday, and we'll do the shows for the last time.