I would post something on the Eboracum Festival Facebook Page to see about getting involved https://www.facebook.com/groups/731282616977185/

This is where I get mine!

http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/Rivets.html

Are there any Iron Age groups in the North of England/Southern Scotland?

There's some Romans about. We've got some members over near you, and we're working on expanding in that direction at the moment. There's also Roma Antica based out of Binchester, I believe. Like all groups, it depends what you're after!

...and yet the upshot is that EH (North) is bringing people over from the continent to do "Hadrian's Wall Live" and not even speaking to UK Romans since they became a Trust.

There are a few people who do Roman combat out there, or have done at some point. The fundamental problem with doing any kind of meaningful Roman vs. Native combat is the disproportionate advantage in kit that the Roman has over the native. In modern terms this means that the Roman has to fork out £...

Hi Mathias It depends what you're going to do with the shields. I'd go steel boss every time, as the brass/copper alloy versions tend to cave in if you drop the shield, let alone if someone decide to belt it with a sword. Historically there doesn't seem to have been an issue whether it was made of o...

Will do.

Hi Sally,

We have a couple of spare ones - which will be for sale when I get around to it! We're going to be having a sort out on 22/23 February so I can sort one out for you if you like. The tents are located in North Wales, near Corwen. PM me and we'll sort something out!

Just spotted this http://m.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/rethink-over-battle-of-bannockburn-celebration-1-3238660

Sorry I may have misunderstood but my reading was it was 40k for the bannockburn event as opposed to the armed forces day. It's a fair cop - that was my mis-reading of the post. :crazy: I suppose that if 70,000 people are to be drawn to the area for the National Armed Forces Day (subject to whateve...

40,000...? Did I read that correct? Is that over the weekend or per day? We were involved in this year's National Armed Forces Day in Nottingham - there were 70,000 visitors! It's amazing how much gear the Armed Forces bring along, and as for the visitor numbers - it made EH's Kelmarsh show seem li...

This is a picture of our Centurion in his complete kit (Facebook security settings permitting!) It took a bit longer than the original incarnation the day after his promotion!

2k6rose wrote:Hi
Where and when do you guys meet?
When's your next event too?
I've spoken on here and at Nottingham armed forces day but time to take the plunge.
Cheers

We'll be at Scotland's Festival of History, near Hamilton next. Please look at the 'events' list on our website as shown below.

Loving those boots, great work! Might one ask who did them? I made the boots - Look up Rigorevali on Facebook, or http://www.rigorevali.co.uk There are lots of very cool Roman shoes which I could make, but there is a lack of high status reenactors to wear them. I will probably just make some of the...

Some new boots for the new Centurion, based on the "Balmoral" type from Vindolanda.

LEGIO VIII AUGUSTA has members throughout the North West and Scotland. We have plenty of spare kit to loan new members, and you are welcome to come along and try out an event without obligation. Please see our website for more information, or get in touch via PM or email.

It's no good! Had to switch it off after 15 minutes... too awful to watch

Appauling Indian-made fantasy gear "Romans"!

We were at Lincoln Castle "Festival of History" mulitperiod. We had afternoon rain both days, including thunder, but it only really affected the Saturday afternoon performances, and we got away on Sunday with dry(ish) tents in the end.

After 22 years as a Roman reenactor, our Optio has finally been promoted to Centurion by popular acclaim! Given the tendancy for everyone to want to be somebody 'important', is this a record?

You should be able to track down Celts on http://www.kelticos.org

Apparently this sort of thing is happening spontaneously in beer tents at multiperiod events all over recently

As a Roman, I have always found this forum to be one of the best run and most open minded. It's not perfect, but that's the nature of Internet forums. I have met lots of interesting people here from different periods and got bookings for shows I would otherwise never have heard of. It's all too easy...

I'm disappointed to hear that all Roman Groups are apparently obsessed with petty politics and feuding with each other, and pleased to hear that this is unheard of in medieval period groups! There will be about 5 groups forming a full century at kelmarsh this year, so that's bound to result in pet l...

LEGIO VIII AUGUSTA MGV 69AD – 138AD Roman Military & Civilian Living History Society SHORT DESCRIPTION We portray a Vexillation of Legionaries over in Britannia on detachment from the Rhine frontier, with supporting auxiliary troops. Our civilians depict local fairly Romanised British people. W...

Best of luck with starting up your new Roman group! The more different approaches to presenting the Romans around, the better, as far as I'm concerned!

Trust me, having stood on that very spot in armour holding a metal spear when there WAS lightening - it's the LAST thing you need!

I popped in on Monday afternoon - great show! Sorry I didn't get a chance to say hello as the presentation timetables were so tight that you were performing both times I was in range.

Well I was clearly a total media whore!