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Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend: I of IV

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend: I of IV

As an archaeologist the main goal in my work is to understand the people of the past, and to share that understanding with others. As a museum archaeologist, a good way to share that knowledge is at family weekends, like the ROM's Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend on June 15 th-16 th 2013! I

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend II of IV: The Sword

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend II of IV: The Sword

The sword is one of the definitive weapons of the Roman soldier, right from the earliest days of the Empire. The Romans were very keen on swords, and gained much from contact (read conquering) the Iberians of Spain and Gauls of France. The carnage created by the slashes and thrusts of the Roman

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend III of IV: The Dagger

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend III of IV: The Dagger

So in my project to recreate the equipment of a 3rd century Roman soldier from Dura-Europos, following the creation of the sword, I next moved on to the dagger. Little seems to be known about the daggers used by soldiers in the Roman World of the 3 rd century AD. The well-known dagger of the Early

Museums, stories and things.

Museums, stories and things.

Hi there! No, wait. If I’m going to be the resident Australian here at the ROM for the next month I suppose I should ham it up some. Let me try again. G’day! I’m Maxine and I’ll be taking over part of the ROMs airwaves for the next few weeks writing as the Digital Communications intern.

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend IV of IV: The Tunic

Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend IV of IV: The Tunic

An important part of everyday life in the past, but one with very little impact on the archaeological record, is clothing. Hence clothing is obviously an important part of my attempt to recreate the equipment of a soldier from 3rd century Dura-Europos. People typically wore clothes in the past, but