Women in your groups?

[Tib. Gabinius]

Salve Aitor,
yes i know what you mean. As long as some metal on metal sounds at an event if will take all visitors to that corner.
But its also a question how and what to do. My experience is the same as you would have, but i ve seen that children would also have fun if they can try what the civilians doing there also.
Its quite more boring to watch how somebody use the molae than to train, and the explanaitons about clothing are not of interest especially in relation to weapons.
And if we are honest, that was the same for us as beginners in hobby as well.
But as i tried to say, there a possibilities to make it for the people more interesting. Let them be interactive. I ve seen how many people were impressed and watch for a while the stone-cutter of the one of the COH XVI here in Germany. And i see the many visitors which come to musica romana, and i have seen how many people liked it to test roman plays (roundmill and so on) or watched the declaration of war in Xanten or the mostly short presentations or religious actings.

There are possibilities to impress the visitors (not all, there are always enough of em which wouldnt be impressed by a real haruspix). If the soldiers also only stand beside a door and wouldnt say a word or just explain how long their tunica must be, it also would bored themselves up.

And your last sentence is true. It is a hobby, as i said, and if its not a try to educate their isnt that problem at all, even if someone wear a Niedermörmter helmet in 1st century But thats not the part i ment.
In the full place of the hobby theres enough space for everyone and everyones attitude, and no one has to disadvantage, attack or insult otherone for that. Thats fact.
What i ment was more the point, that for educational reasons many do a lot of work and invest many money to give a most detailed and authentically look back to time as far as possible. And thats the point where i dont understand why a gladiatrix wouldnt be acceptable as "fighting presentation" for woman like soldiers.
While a group do it for fun in an own event there isnt this reason, just an opinion like i explained in first posting.
By the way, its really hard to discuss that difficulty theme with my bad english, but i hope i am understandable.