[Scutum Grip 2]

Why do some have green armour and shields?

they are the auxilliae units-lighter armed and without segmental armour .

I will post a shot of one.

[Scutum grip]

Great for carrying, but in battle I would absolutely *have* to flip my hand over. maybe its just me, my my hand hurts just THINKING about that grip. Besides, the thumb is the weakest point of anyone's grip.

As I said in the thread, you would have been obliged to practise with a much heavier shield in training , your a tough customer from upcountry ..perhaps you would have been inurred to the privation!

[Medibogdvm in Sepia]

Again Pertinax great pictures. If only the ruins would have stayed together.

Thank you all for the comments, Wordsworth wrote part of a poem about this site -I think the romantic wildness carried him away, something about "castles in the air where Jove and Mars were worshipped"

[3rd Century mounted Auxilliae (Banna)]

Nice pics m8,what breed of Pony are they riding?

Thanks Longbow-Welsh ponies (as opposed to cobs-but I dont suppose a cross betwen the two would have been a bad mix) , though they have a touch of the Dales about them.

[Cilvrinum Baths]

Ah. I guess in the picture they look smaller than they actually are, lol I was wondering if they weren't closets

The closets are those niches you commented on previously.

 

http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...&cmd=si&img=726

[Mediobogdvm South Gate]

MY CAR COULD!!

 

Lol but yea, I can imagine it would be a bad place to break down

 

I once had a tyre explode at the very top of this road-coming down this direction-that is why I love the main car we have-a big volvo, I ran it all the way down on three wheels (you cant pull over!) and it handled very well all the way.

[Mediobogdvm the Site]

TNOG?

The Nectar of Gods...as in beer.....mmmm beer

[Cilvrinum Baths]

What are all the really tiny rooms for?

Its a suite of rooms-the usual suspects for a bathhouse -cool, warm , hot, cold dip

[Mediobogdvm South Gate]

Wow, rough terrain, eh?

 

Pretty though

 

This is the highest driveable pass in England. If your car is not in good shape it wont make it up here.

[Cilvrinum Barracks]

How tall would those walls have been when they were complete?

 

around 7 feet perhaps with a slate or tile roof.

[Cartmel Priory 1190 AD]

Wow, did you get to see inside it?

Certainly it is still used every day.

[Mediobogdvm the Site]

::melty eyes:: ooo I so want to go there!!!

 

Please watch Pantagathus' "TNOG" site over the next few days-my review of the route to the Fort might interest you as well.

[Digitalis (3)]

lol is this a joke on my new tat? (which seems to be healing btw)

 

Excellent picture. I was (relatively) unaware of the uses for foxglove.

 

The white version of this plant grows wild at my dad's.

 

my earlier post

 

http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?act=mo...y&cmd=si&img=97

 

and no, I mock not your Pictish decorations.

[Papaver (poppy)]

and the source of Morphine.

[Amphitheatre, Pompeii]

this is a good shot, though frankly I like all of them

[Hadrian's Wall Eastern extremity]

Was Corbridge a Legionary fortress, as the map suggests?

Yes but Flavian in origin and hence "below " the Wall, however it was,and remained a very important supply pivot in later times.The Vicus was very large as well.When I return to the Wall it wil be my next major photo recce.

[Industrial Beauty (2)]

I know that place - cement works at Shap, Cumbria!

The same!

[Sagittae!]

The equipage is supposed to authentic (and with cinches) but I am no expert-however at the next event I will try to have a longer chat with the mounted Auxilliae.

[well fed Plebian's kitchen Table]

How do I get invited to dinner? Once again, great pics.

Lot of roughage for the intestine id say.And thank you.

[Ercolano , from street level]

This is the site of Herculaneum the up market coastal resort town destroyed at the same time as Pompeii in AD 79 , and about 15 minutes away by train. The excavation is a huge hole in the ground at the foot of the modern suburban dwellings of Naples.

[Cilvrinum Barracks]

Do you know what that 'rut' is going down the central isle?

That is the central drainage channel between the barrack blocks (for surface water runoff).

[Ercolano Scavii]

It kind of looks like the Meditterranian.

It was a port of course-indeed you are looking at what was the dock level before Vesuvius buried it.As I am stood on the modern ground level you get the idea of how much pyroclastic material fell on the area.

[Late for the Business Meeting...]

do I detect a hint of A wing? That chap should get a higher seat, hes obviously using this expensive craft as a phallic extension. Nicely done , how do you get those textures?

[Evening in the Country]

absolutely top notch!

[Legionary Guard]

Lol yea. I'll see if I can get the ambulances out of there. lol I doubt it'll work but it'll give me something to do.

Ive hacked away at this and tried to blur the vehicles out-but they still look too obvious, any help appreciated!