So, my history professor told us about this huge thing happening in the Circus Maximus last Sunday. I decided to check it out, being the geek that I am. It was a historical reenactment of the military and other cultural things from Ancient Rome. It. Was. Awesome.
I went with Savannah and took SO many pictures. You should really look at them all here, but I will walk you through the day a bit here and post a few with descriptions.
So first half of the Circus Maximus is set up like a military camp. There are tents everywhere and people dressed up just hanging out that you could talk to. There were tables set up that showed you the different types of weapons, armor, etc. it was really cool. There were shields lined up everywhere, and a bunch of soldiers just milling around eating. There was also a few stalls set up that told you about Roman coins, jewelery, medical tools, and mosaics that was set up like a mini-market.(A brief photo break, then there will be more about the day)
Then there were a bunch of dances, which were strange and mostly consisted of belly dancing. Felt very eastern, and not very Roman but whatever. Then there were a bunch of military drills. They showed us some of the military formations and then there were a few man-on-man fights. This part was a lot of fun. (Apparently earlier in the day they did Roman vs Celtic fights, which were fun. I heard this from my history professor when we were talking about it after the midterm.) I have a lot of photos of this, a ton of action sequences so check out my facebook album that I linked to earlier for more. 
Then there was a reenacmeant of a Roman wedding, which was really interesting to watch. From the actual souvenir market all around the festival, I got a t-shirt with all the money I had on me at the time. But I really like. They were also selling armor (for the reasonable price of 300 euro), helmets, swords ad shields, but try explaining that in customs.  |
| I really like her helmet. |
No comments:
Post a Comment