Aubechies April 2011 - Roman Cavalry

[Bryaxis Hecatee]

Hello,

 

I was at a roman army re-enactment fair this afternoon at Aubechies (Belgium) and brought back some pictures and movies which I've decided to share with the UNRV crew :

 

picture : https://picasaweb.google.com/bryaxis/Aubechies24Avril2011?feat=directlink

 

movies :

 

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- 2 :

- 3 :

- 4 :

- 5 :

 

Enjoy !

Edited April 24, 2011 by Bryaxis Hecatee

[Klingan]

Thank you very much for the upload! I find this very interesting as I saw these kind of shows back in Sweden, but only with medieval knights - the thought of doing it with Romans never even struck my mind.

[Bryaxis Hecatee]

The horsemen came from two teams, a belgian (Malagne, http://www.malagne.be/fr/arch_militaire.asp, 2 horses) and a german one (Time trotter, http://www.timetrotter.de/, 4 horses). While the first is from a more scientific team, the second is from a more commercial team of re-enactors.

 

Anyway, pleased to have made your day

[Crispina]

That was fun. I'd love to go to something like that. Thanks for posting.

[Melvadius]

In case anyone in Britain is interested in seeing cavalry reenactors in action there is a Roman Cavalry unit attached to Comitatus and they are due to put on a display during next Weekends Bank Holiday at Maryport.

 

From their website:

 

28th/29th August BH - Senhouse Museum Roman Festival

Maryport

 

Cavalry, artillery, infantry and living history

as part of the Maryport Roman Festival.