That brings back memories when I lived in England- I used to belong to ww2 re-enactment group and we used go to various parts of the UK dressed in German uniforms and having battles with the Allies. Such fun

Lol- just found this pic of me

well when i was an undergrad student i was in the Sealed Knot for a while (english civil war re-enactment group) as a camp follower. These groups are good fun though often a pain if you are a woman. Many of them - rightly so i guess - try to be as historically accurate as possible but it does limit the role as a woman you can have within them.

For instance i love Roman stuff - armour/weapons etc etc....even did a big course in my degree on roman army and frontiers and went out to Germany and followed the Roman limes and visited places like Xanten - but when we were talking to the Watling street guard - the Roman Group - at Kelmarsh this year it would have been absolutely fine for dec to try on all their gear - but me - i would have been lucky to try it on out of sight in private. So when i asked what the group had to offer a woman they said i could learn to be a roman lady.....hmmm somehow that just doesnt cut it ! I did point out that there is evidence for female Roman gladiators, but i had to concede that as yet there isnt any known evidence for female legionarries so thats me stumped.

and when i look back over the day - yes it was superb - but if i wanted to become involved in a re-encatment group again myself, the options are pretty restricted.....cooking/weaving that kind of stuff. Me - i would rahter be in the thick of the excitement and thrashing about with a weapon

Cherry
Thats their loss if you ask me.
Check this link http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/womenrom.html

Female warriors have been with us forever, even in Roman times. And if they're anything like my missus- God help us men..

thanks some interesting stuff in that link you posted. Some of it I have seen before - the references about "women parading among the soldiers" and presiding over exercises is intriguing...open to a number of interpretations. The bulk of the Roman references are to female gladiators or women fighting with their tribes at the time which is well documented - maybe its a Celtic style group i would need

nice about the chariot burial too from wetwang *grins*. That's not far from where i grew up and it was a talk at school on the excavations at wetwang that first got me into archaeology....and luckily i was able to take part in a 4 week BM excavation on a chariot burial at garton not far from wetwang when i was an undergrad archaeology student. Fabulous iron age cemeteries in that region of Yorkshire.

wow- very interesting

I think if computers hadnt have been invented my career would have been in archaeology. Been in IT for twelve years now though- too lazy to start a new career now

well you can bet you are better paid than an archaeologist anyway worst pay going for the amount of qualifications you need to do some of the jobs within the field hehe

Hi Cherry
At school(long time ago) I was told to stay way from computers because Im slightly colour blind..so I did.

After six years in the air force and, later, going in and out of jobs, I decided I'd listened to a fool and did a course in computer programming and another in PC Repair/ Upgrade.

I went into supporting AS400's Unix etc etc..years later..

I changed countries and jobs and now I work for someone who is (like me) games mad..I sometimes cant do my work cause my boss is going on about game I love him.

I still wonder if I'd do so well in archealogoy though

ps..my wages are not so good but then I have no mortgage

Take care

When i first met Cherry's player i was really surprised how little people in her field get paid. Its really bad considering how much hard work and studying they have to do.

Cherry - for a while when a bit younger *coughs* I was in the Englsih Civil War Society and they allowed women onto the battlefield - there were plenty in the musketeer sections. Was great fun , often think about getting back into all that.

History has always been my great interest and did think about following a career in archaeology, until I figured out the pay levels. Still regret not doing though and have looked into doing some "volunteer" digs.


Forgot about that event had been planning on getting along to it