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

Day 4 -

Sunday

The store of Cezary and his fellow-Poles is overflowing!

An early customer - Rob.

There's enough to choose...

Jean-Luc also loves early shopping..

..but his great tunic is not for sale!

Rob and his daughter go to town.

The ladies are already quite busy.

Another tunic decoration in the making...

The boy-emperor, Valentinian III No letup in the hot weather, but gradually the sky became more and more overcast during the day. When the clouds finally broke and the first (after weeks of drought very welcome!) raindrops fell down of our patch of Roman soild, the last show was just about over.

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

Once again we did our drill in the arena. This time without the Septimani who had to return home, but we kept up to strength with the aid of Mark Schräder and Michele Winand, two members of Legio I Minerva who had joined us for the last day. Super that you could join us guys!

The barrage however was not under strength, quite the contrary! Arrows, javelins, plumbatae, the whole inventory was hurled against our small fulcum! After the barrage, the Teuxandrii and Helge can be seen gathering their ammunition.

At the end of the show, of course we charged the public! Great show guys.

The javelin and plumbatae training ended with an usurpation!

Garrelt, Late Roman cavalryman. Apparently dissatisfied with their pay, the British and German units quickly disarmed the troops from Hispania Citerior and raised a usurper to the throne. Threatening the life of the young emperor Valentinian III, they forced his mother Galla Placidia to marry the new emperor, Albanianus. Together they oversaw the rest of the events. We're not sure what happened to the Imperial Boy, but rumour had it that he received a nice pension and a big villa on some lush island in the Meditterranean..

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

A new Imperial Family was watching the show of I Germanica from the dais. Galla Placidia was the familiar face, but her new consort, the usurper Albanianus, looked a bit unsure. Was that why he was guarded by his own troops and a new Germanic Scholae guard as well? We can but guess how long this new family portrait will remain accurate..

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

The cavalry training went on as if nothing had happened. Of course our campidoctor had now moved up in the world and watched from the dais, but the troops trained as well as ever. Having lost his own sword, the Teuxandrii cavalry used a Germanic one, plus the contus, the long cavalry lance.

With all events over and the gladiatorial games being played out, unrest was rife inside the Empire. The Hispanic troops, robbed of their favoured position, vowed revenge upon the troops of the upstart! An assassin was rumoured to be around the city...

Amidst the quiet of the town, suddenly there's an uproar. What's this? An assassin? A masked and hooded individual suddenly turned up in the forum where the Emperor walked with his entourage. A knife!

Suddenly there's chaos - is the Emperor Albanianus hurt? No, the Germanic bodyguard barely managed to catch the assassin.. His Majesty is closely guarded after the incident! But one could not fail to notice the glee on the face of the empress Galla Placidia - was she in on the plot?

Next day it´s Monday, and we will all have to go home again! See you all next time!