Roman Gathering at Kohorten-Kastell Aalen, Germania, 23 - 24 Settembre 2000

On 23 e 24 settembre 2000 the grounds of the former Kohorten-Kastell Aalen were once again garrisoned by a large Roman force. Reenactors e historic societies from several European paesi had accepted the invitation of the Limes-Museum at Aalen, ed attended the annual Roman gathering there. The archealogical site was covered con military tents, civilian trade stands, ed a variety of heavy military equipaggiamento. Roman craftsmen went about their work, some of which was sold to the audience on the spot. There was even a hairdresser who created the latest Roman hairstyles. Roman food e drink was available, but the small field kitchen ran out of supplies quickly, due to the enormous number of visitors. Anyone interested in Roman military life had ample time to talk to officers e legionari when they were off duty.

Participating Units e Reenactment Societies

• legio VI Victrix
• Legio VIII Augusta
• legio XIII Gemina
• legio XI Claudia
• cohors II T.C.R.
• Auxilia
• Gladiators
• Römergruppe Pfünz
• Crafts e Trades
• Actors e Dancers

The Roman Camp at Kohorten-Kastell Aalen

Legions arriving at the training area

Legionari ed auxiliary soldiers of the first detachment

Legionari ed auxiliary soldiers of the second detachment

Auxiliary archers at the end of the column

The column approaches

The head of the column halted

The entire column halted

Legionari fanning out towards the audience

Officers ed signifers mark the rally point

Following their drill exercises, the legionari practised a shieldwall attack against enemy archers. The auxiliary archers shot training arrows con blunt heads which still had an impressive impact on the shieldwall.

Legionari in line of battle

Shieldwall receiving the first volley of arrows

Shieldwall receiving the second volley; archers can be seen in the background

Shieldwall receiving a final volley of arrows prior to melee

Following the combat exercise, legionari of I. ROEMERKOHORTE OPLADEN demonstrated their Balista artiglieria, using light-weight wooden projectiles. This large catapult can throw heavy stone projectiles to a range of over 300 meters, but doing so would have caused serious damage to parked cars e nearby buildings.

Balista catapult of I. Roemerkohorte Opladen

Signifer, musician e centurio deployed at the Balista

Signifer, musician, optio e auxiliary soldier deployed at the Balista

Marching back to camp

The returning heroes are awaited in camp

The annual Roman gathering at Kohorten-Kastell Aalen is well worth a visit. Come e see it next year.

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– Pubblicato: 02.10.2000 – Aggiornato: 04.09.2008
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