You know when you are a Roman reenacter when .....

[jkaler48]

You know when you are a Roman reenactor when .....

a zombie outbreak doesn't seem like that big a problem.
the inside of your garage looks like a Roman Castra Fabrica.
your backyard and back of your house looks a little more Roman every year.
the last vehicle you acquired was a two wheeled cart.
you made a 1st Century dress for your wife.
you own tunics in more than three colors.
you buy a lottery ticket every week so you can build a Legionary Fortress if you win.
your grandchildren play "Romans and Barbarians" rather than Army or Cowboys and Indians.
you have built more than one dozen shields in the last 12 months.
your wife has forbidden you from digging a fossa in the FRONT yard.
building and codes wants to know why you have Sudis stuck all over your property.

[jkaler48]

your gear is so old and event worn that at the airport customs suspects you of having looted antiquities.

[Flavivs Aetivs]

You want to major in Classics even though there is no job market and you'll live in a van for the rest of your life.

[jkaler48]

....the tandy leather store clerks know you by your first name.
....you are disappointed to trace your family tree and find only Vikings and other barbarian kings as your lineage.
... you worry about people on the other side of the planet getting their uniforms and equipment right.
.... you start a thread titled "You know when you are a Roman reenacter when ....." and it goes on and on!

[M. Demetrius]

...you scan through the cabinet hardware looking for hinges that are "Roman enough" for that gear box.

[Semisalis Abruna]

when you eat meals using Roman recipies regularly even when not reenactng.

[66kbm]

"When you are always overdrawn at the bank"
Kevin

[Flavivs Aetivs]

When you'd rather wear a tunic than a shirt.

[Valerian Pertinax]

...your tunics find their way into your pajama rotation.

[agrimensor]

When walking your mind goes "sin,dex,sin"

[Flavivs Aetivs]

When you use Latin words that remained part of the English language in public so much that other people have begun to understand them.

[jkaler48]

... when you offer to help make a Roman movie more accurate even if it involves Zombies!

[jkaler48]

..... when you and friends hang out together pretending to be dead.
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[Titus Manlius Verus]

When every table placement at your house includes a fork, spoon, and pugio.

[Quintus Claudius Scaevola]

You carry a neck-purse with gold dollar-coins as "aureus" to pay for things at the store, because it's more period.