06-07-2015, 04:25 PM
Salve fellow Romans
My name is Ricardo Sant'Anna, but I adopted the Roman name of Publius Munatius Ruso. I'm 43 years old and I live in Braga, northern Portugal. I became interested in Rome history because the town where I live was founded by Augustus in 16 BC with the name of Bracara Augusta and so, we have quite e lot of history around here.
I'm an apprentice carpenter or woodworker, and because I had to start my life from zero after a health problem, I chose to learn by myself, not only how to work, but also the history of woodworking and tools.
Little by little I'm building my own roman tools replicas as best as I can and for the last 3 years I've been invited by the City Hall to participate in an event called "Roman Braga", that is considered the best Roman festival and reenactment in Portugal. I have a small "shop" where I do some live work and demonstrations and try to explain a little bit of the history of woodworking in roman times.
Finally found this wonderful forum so I'll try to learn the maximum I can and share the information I have with anyone that asks.
I consider myself a very lucky person, because I work with several Archaeologists and Technicians from the Braga Museum of History who don't mind to share a lot of information. Unhappily, few roman woodworking tools have been found here, and nothing made of wood survived to this day. More of a challenge for me.
Thanks to all.
Ricardo
My name is Ricardo Sant'Anna, but I adopted the Roman name of Publius Munatius Ruso. I'm 43 years old and I live in Braga, northern Portugal. I became interested in Rome history because the town where I live was founded by Augustus in 16 BC with the name of Bracara Augusta and so, we have quite e lot of history around here.
I'm an apprentice carpenter or woodworker, and because I had to start my life from zero after a health problem, I chose to learn by myself, not only how to work, but also the history of woodworking and tools.
Little by little I'm building my own roman tools replicas as best as I can and for the last 3 years I've been invited by the City Hall to participate in an event called "Roman Braga", that is considered the best Roman festival and reenactment in Portugal. I have a small "shop" where I do some live work and demonstrations and try to explain a little bit of the history of woodworking in roman times.
Finally found this wonderful forum so I'll try to learn the maximum I can and share the information I have with anyone that asks.
I consider myself a very lucky person, because I work with several Archaeologists and Technicians from the Braga Museum of History who don't mind to share a lot of information. Unhappily, few roman woodworking tools have been found here, and nothing made of wood survived to this day. More of a challenge for me.
Thanks to all.
Ricardo