Roman festival at the castle

• howard mcsweeney1

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  26 August 2012     15:24188655
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  a wide selection of roman skills and crafts are on display over the holiday weekend, the castle was heaving with visitors today.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

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• howard mcsweeney1

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  26 August 2012     15:41188661
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  plenty for people to get involved in like archery.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  making a roman coin.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  even cooking 2000 year old recipes.
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  26 August 2012     16:13188669
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  the romans were not great horse breeders so the ones used to pull chariots were not much more than ponies.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• Alec Sheldon

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  26 August 2012     16:47188673
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  Some good pictures there Howard , thankfully the weather was decent today after yesterdays rain and wind.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  26 August 2012     18:09188686
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  thanks alec, the narrator/compere today was very informative without getting too heavy.
  
  these pictures show an average day for a roman cavalryman, training is every day when they are not at war. most sign up at 15 and finish at 40, all contracts were for 25 years.
  
  the horsemen today were highly skilled, note that they did not wear stirrups.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

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  27 August 2012     09:07188761
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  just a reminder of today being the last day of this event.