“Things Roman” - resources for pics and data
As Kriegschwert stated back in mid December, romancoins.info, has some very nice and interesting data. My previous interest in “Things Roman” has related primarily to some skimming of data about archeology, art history, and jewelry, I’ve only been interested in Roman weapons for a short time. That has been especially true since I read Paul’s review of the Gen2 Roman Waisted Gladius (http://www.sword-buyers-guide.com/roman-swords.html) and then later acquired my own Gen2 Roman Waisted Gladius from Jason. While it (and most especially the sheath) are not as “historically accurate” as some of the other modern replicas of the gladius, it is a very “functional” sword, exactly what I wanted. While looking about on the net, I have located several other sources of Roman weapons related data. Some of this data might be (probably is) old news to most of you much more experienced members, but I will provide the information and you can pick and choose as the case may be.
LEGIO XX
This site contains a wealth of info about most things you might be interested in that are Roman… arms, armor, clothing, equipment, DIY data, links, etc. Their table of contents is vast and extremely impressive!
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www.larp.com/legioxx/index.htmlEspecially check out all the information LEGIO XX has provided on the gladius, the pugio, the pilum, on helmets, on armor, and etc.
LEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - GLADIUS
www.larp.com/legioxx/gladius.htmlGLADIUS HINTS--MAKING AND MODIFYING
www.larp.com/legioxx/gladhnts.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - PUGIO
www.larp.com/legioxx/pugio.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - PILUM
www.larp.com/legioxx/pilum.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - HELMETS
www.larp.com/legioxx/helmets.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - LORICA SEGMENTATA
www.larp.com/legioxx/lorica.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - LORICA HAMATA-MAIL
www.larp.com/legioxx/hamata.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - LORICA SQUAMATA (SCALE ARMOR)
www.larp.com/legioxx/squamata.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK – SCUTUM
www.larp.com/legioxx/scutum.htmlLEGIO XX ONLINE HANDBOOK - ARMORING HINTS
www.larp.com/legioxx/armrhnts.htmlARMAE
ARMAE is a French based society, created in 2002, initially for selling copies of Roman and Greek arms and armors. It is headquartered in Lyon, the old roman capital of Gaul.
www.armae.com/Zanglais/indexenglish.htmGemina Project, Legio Decima Gemina
To quote from their site, the “Gemina Project, Legio Decima Gemina, is a Dutch re-enactment society that portrays Roman soldiers and civilians as they would have appeared in the last quarter of the first century AD when the legio X Gemina was stationed at the castra of Nijmegen.” A variety of info is available on the site. Unfortunately, some site pictures would not display (my computer?). On the site to was a link to
www.romanhideout.com which gives some great pictorial examples of actual Roman equipment.
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www.gemina.nl/English/index.htmlRoman Army Talk board [FORUM]
www.romanarmy.com/rat/The Legion Six Victorious, "is the Greater Los Angeles area's premier Roman reenactment society." This is an interesting site in L.A. that has a variety of data and links on it. Deepeeka swords and gear were mentioned a lot but then too so were swords by Albion. Three links on the site that are VERY well worth checking are “REAL GEAR: Examples of actual Roman military equipment.” There are some wonderful pictures of authentic Roman arms/gear (The Axel Guttmann Collection). These links are a “MUST SEE.”
www.legionsix.org/Real%20Gear%202.htm ;
www.legionsix.org/real_gear_3.htm ;
www.legionsix.org/real_gear_4.htmLegion Six Victorious Home Page -
www.legionsix.org/Home page of Quintus Florentius Agrippa, Legionnaire in the Imperial Legion VI Victrix (website Copyright Jared Fleury).
This site has wealth of DIY information.
florentius.com/index.htmTHE ROMAN MILITARY RESEARCH SOCIETY (R.M.R.S.)
LEGIO XIIII GEMINA MARTIA VICTRIX
COHORS I BATAVORUM / COHORS I HAMIORUM
Quoting from their site, “The R.M.R.S is a research and re-enactment group specializing in the latter part of the 1st century AD. The Society presents living history displays of Roman military drill and civilian life at venues all over Britain. Our training base is at the Lunt fort, near Coventry and although many members live in the Midlands a number also come from as far a field as Essex, Scotland, Germany and even Rome! Members are of all ages, male and female, single, couples and families.”
Check out the data available on their site and the provided links.
www.romanarmy.net/articles.htmwoodwose