Fort Mac 2005

Old Fort MacArthur Days, AD 2005

Old Fort MacArthur Days 2005 proved to be Legio VI's biggest, most spectacular encampment yet. Our numbers bolstered by members of Legio X Fretensis (Vallejo, CA, led by Primus Pilus Robert Garbisch) and Legio XXII (Cincinnati, OH, represented by Centurio Ernst Deksheimer), we had a total of 30 participants and an amazing array of impressions, including a legionary legate, two centurions, four Praetorian guardsmen, four Roman ladies, a Vestal Virgin, two gladiators, and the Emperor Hadrian! The encampment included Legio X's all-leather command tent and Jared Fleury's new hand-made contuburnium tent. Our scenario placed us in Judaea, AD 134, fighting the "rebel and terrorist Simon Bar Kochba," a campaign bringing together detachments of several legions within a single encampment as well as local Roman magistrates and their families seeking safety from rebel attacks. The camp also featured Robert Garbisch's display of Roman armor through the ages, Legio VI's impressive ballista, and a visitor from the far future-- the 5th century AD! In the end, Legio VI and its companion legions won a signal victory, earning the 2005 Espirit de Corps Award for the event's best pre-Colonial Encampment.