Show here your Roman soldier impression

[Robert Vermaat]

The group was the VI Victrics North Guard who were a group that was made up of soldiers of all four centuries of Roman occupation of Britain.

One more group long gone.. Do you know who the Late Roman was?

[PhilusEstilius]

Robert.
The late Roman soldier is Gordon Henderson and the Officer next to the standard is Eddie Barrass who formed this group many years ago and as you say the group is now long gone.
I can't at this time remember the name of the place in Hollond where we did a very large Roman event many years ago and there were groups from all over Europe.

[Robert Vermaat]

Robert.
The late Roman soldier is Gordon Henderson and the Officer next to the standard is Eddie Barrass who formed this group many years ago and as you say the group is now long gone.
I can't at this time remember the name of the place in Holland where we did a very large Roman event many years ago and there were groups from all over Europe.

I found some old pictures of the VI Victrix North Guard here: http://www.northguard.freeservers.com/index.htm

I think you might be referring to this event in 1997, the one that got me started in (Late) Roman reenactment:
http://www.fectio.org.uk/shows/odijk1997.htm

[PhilusEstilius]

Robert.
Thank you so much for those links you have given and that 1997 event does indeed take me back and I found a couple of myself in toga, then as I remember it was a gorgeous weekend indeed where I got sunburned.

[Agraes]

My updated impression as a late 5th century post-roman Briton tiern (chieftain), bearing a title of centenarius. A crossover between roman conservatism and insular fashions. Given the lack of sources, a lot of equipment is conjectural yet I hope it to be a realistic portrayal of a Brittonic warrior that could have fought under Riothamus at Deols in AD 469 or at the battle of Mount Badon.

Lot of late roman equipment, especially the silvered lorica squamata. The scutum bears the pattern of the Mauri osismiaci, the pseudocomitatenses unit stationned in western Armorica, slightly modified to bear more with contemporary insular patterns on metalwork (more swirls, less 'yin yang' look). The sword has a Kraggehul style hilt, was made by Paul Binns, the scabbard by Matt Bunker after fittings from Pewsey and Feltwells.

Several details such as the tunic, the shield boss and the alternance of bronze and silvered scales are inspired by depiction of soldiers from the Vergilius Romanus, a possible british codex from the second half of the 5th century.

My helmet is purely conjectural but bears ressemblance to both late roman helmets, bandelhelms and later anglo-saxon helmets with a mail neckguard, cheekguards and hinges.
Ocrae (leg guards) used after their mention by Sidonius Appolinaris in a contemporary context.

Next steps will be:
- modifications on the thoracomachus with 'closed' pteryges sleeves and a leather cover (the globa)
- possibly shoulder protection on the squamata
- a reproduction of the Four Crosses (Wales) spearhead
- a crested ridge helmet.




Earlier impression with my hamata, romano-british cingulum, sagum and a reproduction of the enameled type F brooch from Dinas Powys:



Photo C. Gattuso.

And finally, in civil garb with the fustis and heavy neck ring:



For it a new sagum, Thorsberg styled, is under way and I also plan to get the Traprain Law buckle reproduced.

[Robert Vermaat]

My updated impression as a late 5th century post-roman Briton tiern (chieftain), bearing a title of centenarius.

Impressive Benjamin!!

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Awesome stuff!

[AMELIANVS]

Nice photos to use as a model.

[Longovicium]

Very evocative of the period. Thank you!

[Virilis]

Great pics, Benjamin! I especially like the "down-to-earth" colours of the fabrics etc.

[Agraes]

Thanks guys for the kind comments.

Part of the fabric was dyed with natural pigments like my tunic and madder-dyed legwraps (the fabric was bought from Jorg Fraske), rest was chosen to emulate naturally dyed cloth (the sagum blue would be close to a deep woad dye and the braccae to an oak gall dye). The shield was painted with caseine (milk protein) paint and natural pigments (copper oxyde, ocre, carbon...).

[Publius Aelius Lucius]

gentes danubii as soldiers and civilians last weekend at the römerfest in carnuntum

Pictures Anita

Pictures Marcianus

[Publius Aelius Lucius]

gentes danubii as soldiers and civilians last weekend at the römerfest in carnuntum

Pictures Anita

Pictures Marcianus

[Robert Vermaat]

A very nice Swiss movie about the late Roman legend of the early Christian saint Verena. I think the group is Swiss/German Legio II Italica but I can't find a website?

The language btw is 'Alamännisch'

http://www.srf.ch/player/video?id=c630e5...4f00181be2

[Robert Vermaat]

Two trailers for the short Dutch movie about a young Batavian gladiator, also posted elsewhere: 'THe Wooden Sword'.

One:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJK4kWt4ho