02-08-2006, 07:57 PM
Hiya, I posted a short intro in my topic in the Roman section but here's the slightly more in-depth version.
Real name's Peter Downing, just turned 18 studying Ancient History at A-level in Leicester.
Always been fairly interested in Rome I guess, my parents go me the odd book about Rome when I was a kid and then I entered college and picked the subject. Since the I've been getting steadily more interested in ancient history, specifically the Romans, particularly those of the early republic and (of course) the ones who came to Britain.
Other stuff about me. I'm a keen wargamer, mostly steampunk (Warmachine) and Sci-fi (Starship Troopers and Babylon 5) but the moment I have the cash to get more I'll be investing in some Ancients stuff (OK, I admit it's partly so I can nick a table at the local Games Workshop because they make an 'ancients' game ).
I'm an avid reader, currently rereading Dune, Julius Caesar (by Christian Meier, it's a good look at Roman society in Caesar's lifetime) and reading Plato's Republic and On Liberty by J.S. Mill as side stuff for my politics A-level.
I really don't read that much fiction do I, only just realised that.
I occasionally think about re-enacting but i never have the money and it's a little too close to LARP at times for my liking...
I picked the name Legatus mostly because I remembered it as the name for the youngsters learning the basics of military work, seems pretty appropriate :lol:
Real name's Peter Downing, just turned 18 studying Ancient History at A-level in Leicester.
Always been fairly interested in Rome I guess, my parents go me the odd book about Rome when I was a kid and then I entered college and picked the subject. Since the I've been getting steadily more interested in ancient history, specifically the Romans, particularly those of the early republic and (of course) the ones who came to Britain.
Other stuff about me. I'm a keen wargamer, mostly steampunk (Warmachine) and Sci-fi (Starship Troopers and Babylon 5) but the moment I have the cash to get more I'll be investing in some Ancients stuff (OK, I admit it's partly so I can nick a table at the local Games Workshop because they make an 'ancients' game ).
I'm an avid reader, currently rereading Dune, Julius Caesar (by Christian Meier, it's a good look at Roman society in Caesar's lifetime) and reading Plato's Republic and On Liberty by J.S. Mill as side stuff for my politics A-level.
I really don't read that much fiction do I, only just realised that.
I occasionally think about re-enacting but i never have the money and it's a little too close to LARP at times for my liking...
I picked the name Legatus mostly because I remembered it as the name for the youngsters learning the basics of military work, seems pretty appropriate :lol:
Real name- Peter Downing