he proper way to hail our fearless leader after he refuses to let us sack and plunder our unworthy foes:<br><br>Abi in malam crucem!<br><br>which means, "go...
elcome to our fledgeling Forum! Thank you for accepting a membership in Legio VI. Hopefully this board will soon become a hotbed of discussion and planning....
oman mens names had three parts the Prenomen or first name, the Nomen or family name, and the Cognomen or distinguishing name.<br>The Prenomen, among citizens,...
ow cool is it that we know what Roman graffiti was like because of Pompeii? I've read that there are references to orthodontists and vetranarians in Pompeiian...
alve Germanicus, we are indeed pleased to have you join our august company. Look to us for strength as brothers, look to Imperitor for Latin lessons.<br>Btw,...
alve. As I understand it, Roman women had only two names, a prenomen and a feminized version of their Paterfamilius' nomen. Their paterfamilius is the male...
ere's something that reveals a bit about the Roman culture. Gaius Julius Caesar's day will show how a person's name was used in day to day life by the ...
ow much more, I have no idea, as I'm just beginning to research women's roles in Imperial Rome.<br><br>Salvete!<br><br>In my travels, I did run across this...
(4) But why are we a source of danger to others? If the Lord in amplifying the Law does not make a distinction in penalty between the actual commission of ...
elcome to our discussion. It will no doubt be valuable to hear the voice of a woman amongst us. To temper our aggressive and political natures, and to provide...
alve cives,<br><br>Legio VI Victrix, the real one, was belived to be founded approximately 40 BC by Augustus and stationed originally in Transcispaltine Gaul ...
he numbering of legions makes research into the history of a specific one confusing. Prior to the battle of Actium (31 BC), each commander that formed legions...
alvete!<br><br>If Legio VI Victrix is going to do strictly military recreation, then I'm afraid I have some bad news for the ladies (although it could be seen...
ompeia,<br>It is difficult to find information about women and the military, but not because they weren't there. Rather, it's because the people who normally...
uring a debate about wives in the Senate, a crusty old Senator, Severus Caecina, said the following:<br><br>Though I myself have a wife and six children whom I...
alve Cives!<br><br>The course of our group's eventual reenactments and educational demonstrations is not yet set. I belive that to do a strictly military ...
oes anyone have any other suggestions for our course?<br>Has anyone tried any of the dishes that are recipied on the sites Pompeia posted links for?...
elcome to our fledgling group. Your profile says that you are a reenactor from Sacramento, are you the Jerry Axtell who runs Legio X Fretensis? I'd be ...
alve Cives!<br>I Just found out that the XII RoMEC this year will focus on recreation and reenactment of Rome. It will be held September 24-26 1999, in South...
ve Gaius,<br><br>Yes, I am Jerry Axtell of the Legio X Fretensis. Arild and I live in Sacramento and focus on history and enjoy making our own outfits. Robert...
reetings and welcome to the Legions. Feel free to post any questions or observations that you have about Rome. <br><br>We look forward to hearing from...
took a visit to Pompeii whilst I was there last October (Muffy and I spent a day walking around the place). <br>Perhaps the most remarkable of all was just how...
k. So help me out here, please.<br><br>My Praenomen would be Alexandicus (a bastardization of my middle name, Alexander)<br><br>My Nomen: Well, I guess I don't...
he Romans may have been the most Pegan society mankind has ever seen. They had scores of there own gods and aspects of their gods, and had a tendancy to adopt...
think we should worship all kinds of gods. We would offer prayers to Mars before a battle, Venus before a night out, Bacchus before/after any notable event...
as anyone found a net source for images of the basic types of Roman helmet circa 150Ad? I've seen images of Gallica A and Gallica D in the online Encyclopedia...
recieved a message of list that indicated that I need to clarify my previous posting on Paganism in Rome.<br><br>Firstly, thank you for the spelling ...
hile I am extremely familiar with a good majority of the Greek mythology (I can recite certain phrases from either Homeric) I am less familiar with the Roman...
