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Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Theodosius the Great - 07-19-2009

I see. So, there's no known example of a spangenhelm between the early 5th century and the early 6th when we see Baldenheims from Northern Italy ? Well, I suspect there must have been some continuity between those periods. I like your solution to presenting a transitional phase of your country's history - a blending of older and newer features. I've come to similar conclusions before when putting together a kit. Your group wears an impressive display of migration-era equipment. Smile Thanks for sharing your photos, Greg.

~Theodosius


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Folkert van Wijk - 07-20-2009

Quote:Our curraghs outing this weekend at Gloucester docks... here Pegasus is about to ram Triton! (Much to the applause of the 20,000 people standing on the dockside! :lol: )
I'm sure Romano-Brits wouldn't have larked about like this :roll: but then they didn't have a sick British audience encouraging them!

I kan't help but keep on thinking about these curraghs...
I like them aspecialy the one with the little mast...
What Time period would they be? My quess is iron age (maybe earlier)up to the roman time's and/or maybe later??
And how Brittish are they? Would they have been made and used trough out the continent also??

Being dutch we have to deal with water al the time, especialy my encenstors so I can't stop thinking about what kind of boats they used..


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Bran ap Maclou - 07-20-2009

Quote:
Dan from Britannia:2gb2i5wb Wrote:Our curraghs outing this weekend at Gloucester docks... here Pegasus is about to ram Triton! (Much to the applause of the 20,000 people standing on the dockside! :lol: )
I'm sure Romano-Brits wouldn't have larked about like this :roll: but then they didn't have a sick British audience encouraging them!

I kan't help but keep on thinking about these curraghs...
I like them aspecialy the one with the little mast...
What Time period would they be? My quess is iron age (maybe earlier)up to the roman time's and/or maybe later??
And how Brittish are they? Would they have been made and used trough out the continent also??

Being dutch we have to deal with water al the time, especialy my encenstors so I can't stop thinking about what kind of boats they used..

Hi !

That's a bit out of topic so I will be brief but I recommend you the reading of "the Brendan voyage" by Tim severin (an Oxford taught history lecturer/novelist/explorer, specialist of sea travel history if I remember) who crossed the atlantic ocean on a curragh in 1977 from Kerry county Ireland to Peckford Island Terre-neuve. He wanted to prove that the life of Saint-Brendan so atypical with so few usual miracles was credible and that it was possible to reach the new world even during the VIth century. The interesting thing in the book is the way they built the curragh.

Currently in Brittany two Vth-VIth cent curraghs have been recently built but they are now rottening in dockyards, the Saint-Brioc and the Saint-Efflam, due to the expensive cost of maintaining them afloat. But that's an interesting reenactment adventure at the twilight of the roman Britannia.

Bye !

Greg


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Folkert van Wijk - 07-20-2009

Thanks Greg.


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Iosephus - 07-23-2009

Hi,

Thank you for all the compliments guys I really appreciate them Big Grin

My tunic was made by one of our group member's sister (she made my subarmalis with the pteryges and my trousers as well). The base is wool, the decoration is sewn on separately. The white patterns on the clavii and the tabulae are embroidered.

Robert,
your are right, our shield pattern is the one of the seniores (I corrected my signiture too :oops: ).

Damien,
Our group's name is Legio Brigetio (hence our HQ resides in Komárom/Brigetio) and we try to represent two eras:
Legio I Adiutrix for early-mid second sentury AD
Pannoniciani Seniores for late 3rd - early 4th century AD

The late roman stuff is quite new to us, we started doing it last year.

You can find some pictures in the picture gallery:
http://www.legiobrigetio.com/en/index.html
our late roman photos are in the 2008 Savaria folder (unfortunately our 2009 pictures are not online yet).

Theo,

As I wrote earlier my tunic and subarmalis are not my work so I don't know exactly what method was used for the edging, but if you're interested I can ask the lady who made it. 8)

I made my armour myself. It's made of 0,5 mm thick copper alloy scales (980 pieces) with a dimension of 15*45 mm (sorry for giving metric measurements but I'm not very good at converting to inches Sad mrgreen:
And no, it's not uncomfortable. It's rigid like a one-piece breastplate, but otherwise it's not cumbersome at all. For me it's much more comfortable than a hamata or segmentata.


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Flavius Promotus - 08-04-2009

Hi folks,
just wanted to show you a few impressions of my early 3rd century legionary outfit; fully armed for battle and in marching gear (heavy infantry and light infantry). Hope you like it 8)

Florian

József, no need to to hide your late Roman equipment! I especially like your scale armour. I wouldn't have the patience for that... Confusedhock:
(BTW: greetings to miles!)


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Gaius Julius Caesar - 08-04-2009

Great impressions. The helmets are from where?


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - gneuspartak - 08-04-2009

Flavius Promotus!
Its sample for me to!
excellent !


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - kevair464 - 08-04-2009

My cousin and I in Augustan Era Kit circa 9 AD. My cousin is on the left wearing hamata, wide belt, maintz gladius, and a simple coolus; I am on the right in an interpretation of a Kalkriese Segmentata, maintz gladius, coolus with feathers and a horsetail crest. Still working on his impression, as the hamata is mine and is a bit big on him, also still waiting on a crossed belt set for the hamata, to come.


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Marcus Mummius - 08-04-2009

Wonderful stuff, love it!


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Robert Vermaat - 08-05-2009

Quote:Hi folks,
just wanted to show you a few impressions of my early 3rd century legionary outfit; fully armed for battle and in marching gear (heavy infantry and light infantry). Hope you like it 8)
I sure do! You look great!


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Bran ap Maclou - 08-05-2009

really great ! and not so frequent as a kit.

Congratulations !


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Gaius Julius Caesar - 08-05-2009

Looking good lads!


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Iosephus - 08-06-2009

Hi,

Very good impressions guys! Big Grin

Florian:
Amazing stuff! I see your spatha has arrived as well. It seems to me it did worth waiting for it so long 8)

BTW what is the thing in your netbag? I think it is some kind of waterflask but from what it is made of?

I will handle over your greetings to Miles for sure.


Re: Show here your roman soldier impression - Gaius Julius Caesar - 08-06-2009

I just spotted the spatha as well! Looks nice, where from? Any closeups? Smile