01-02-2006, 06:21 PM
I can not find a reference to the use of drums by the Roman armies??If not then why not almost every other society including up to modern times makes effective use of drums in warfare even in just parades!!
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Did Roman Legions ever use drums??
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01-02-2006, 09:57 PM
Hi flavia,
Hmm drums I haven´t come across, cornus are mentioned often, but I think drums where not nessary as orders would be passed down through the ranks , so as a signal function not needed, a legion on the march with around 6000 men, I think even loud drums would go under. Come to think of it as far as I know the Celts on the continent didn´t use drums either, they had there carnyc (hope that is spellt right), war trumpets but drums are there also not mentioned. As to why they didn´t use them...that would be only guessing, I would say had no tradition, just like not everyone in every country used the bagpipes, although they where fairly wide spread through out Europe, even though now-a-days everyone only thinks of Scottland and Ireland. :roll: Martin 
01-02-2006, 10:04 PM
Funny you should ask....I just looked down at my 'search' after doing the 'Roman ghost' post and found 'Ancestral Instruments......Roman Music'!
The Tympanum was a sort of drum.....there are samples on here too...(the property of David Marshall and must not be used without permission..... :lol: you will understand when you listen...) which includes LEGIO HISPANA (music to depict lXth. Legion moving north across Hadrian's Wall to do battle. Legend has it that the legion was never seen again! The instruments heard are - Tuba, Tympana & Utriculus) (I like that track....!) http://www.ancestral.co.uk/romanmusic.htm Rather strange coincidence.... :roll: You find Britannia on this page too....lol [url:1q2kj5j9]http://www.ancestral.co.uk/romanmusic2003.htm[/url] regards Arthes
Cristina
The Hoplite Association [url:n2diviuq]http://www.hoplites.org[/url] The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon -
01-03-2006, 12:12 AM
Quote:Funny you should ask....I just looked down at my 'search' after doing the 'Roman ghost' post and found 'Ancestral Instruments......Roman Music'!Hi thanks for responding. Never heard of this tape before how authentic dp you think it is. Flavia??
07-30-2006, 05:43 PM
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