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The Emperor Hadrian (Tony Martos) and his entourage enjoy the sea air. |
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Praetorians Theodosius (Ramon Castillo, left) and Valerius (Jim Whitley) guard the new altar. |
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Forming up for the morning march-out under the Emperor's watchful eye. |
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Alex Michaels portrays Hadrian's petulant neice, Julia Paulina. |
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It's good to be royal! |
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Hadrian, in his role as Pontifex Maximus, addresses the gods before the altar. |
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Diogenes (Arik Greenberg) and the Emperor perform a ceremony dedicating the new altar to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. |
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The ballista, Taurus Magnus, looking lethal. |
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Linda Satorius portrays a scribal Benificiarius, the legion's record keeper. |
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Julia flirts with the Praetorians, who know trouble when they see it. |
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Julia commandeer's the Emperor's personal slave, Agradorus (Devin Hardin). |
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Centurio Flavius (Dave Michaels) and tiro Hibernius (Scott Timmons) with the new altar. |
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Praetorian Praefect Severus (J.D. Fiegelson) confers with the Emperor. |
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Everyone settles down for a nice repast, prepared by Vibria (Kris Lehere) and Honoria (Laura Martos, right). |
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Arik is joined by his bride Melissa Crandall, portraying a Priestess of Isis. |
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Young Drake, aka Draco, the VI Legion's perennial msscot at Fort Mac. |
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Scaevola (Ron Glass) portrays a Dacian auxiliary falxman of the Emperor's personal guard. |
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Needlefelt sparring action between Crixus (Mike Malin, foreground) and Pulcher (Kevin Goller). |
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Kevin (left) avoids a slashing attack from Mike... |
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...and scores with his own backslash to the neck. Not classic, but effective. |
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Mike and Kevin converge in a rare double-kill. |
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Matthias (Matt Bell) and Scipio (Adrian Gajdos) practice the classic Roman thrust. |
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Matt and Adrian square off... |
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Adrian tries the classic "punch with the shield" tactic. |
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Proud Praetorian Valerius (Jim Whitley) poses for pretty picture. |
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The Emperor dines under the watchful eye of his Dacian bodyguard. |
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Praetorians Jim and Ramon salute their Imperator. |
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Ave, Imperatori! |
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The Emperor and Praefect inspect the troops. |
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Satorius takes notes as the Praetorians watch attentively. |
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More scenes from the inspection: Slave Devin attends to his master. Note our new legionary eagle! |
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Hadrian chats with a lowly grunt. |
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The emperor is pleased with this one so far, but wait until he turns around and shows that busted lorica backplate... |
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The Centurio and Optio inspect a comilito. |
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Satorius, as always, is ready to take down the Emperor's every word. |
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Hey, is he writing down something about us? |
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Post-inspection, Centurio, Aquilifer and Legionary return to camp. |
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The Praefect in all his Attic-helmeted glory. |
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Honoria (Laura Martos) samples a tasty date. |
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Praefect, Aquilifer and Aquila. |
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Mike Malin, our Aquilifer (Eagle bearer), with bear pelt. He killed and skinned it himself! |
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Devin gives Mike a hand with his bearskin. |
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Matt Bell looking smart in his Newstead cuirass. |
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Melissa as Galataea, Priestess of Isis. |
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Legios VI et IX line up for the great multi-period melee, otherwise known as the Silly War. |
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The Praefect observes the preparations for battle. |
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The melee gets underway, with Legio IX leading the charge. |
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In the background, Legio VI rolls out the heavy artillery-- a cannon firing through the ranks (provided by the Gentlemen Adventurers)! |
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The Pikemen of the Gentlemen Adventurers get in the action. One of Legio VI's members (Pulcher, aka Kevin Goller) secured a secret weapon-- a black powder carbine! |
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Micarius et Scythius of Legio IX Hispana. |
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Centurio, legionary Scott et Benificiarius Satorius. |
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Medicus Norm rests after providing first-aid during the Silly War. |
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A couple of recruiting prospects try out the gear. |
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It's never too early to start legionary training! |
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The Praetorians size up a potential new recruit. |
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Oh lord Emperor, please pass the sausage... |
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Pulcher (Kevin Goller) eyes the Emperor's neice, but Praetorian Theo warns him off. |
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I say, lads, this Judaea is a bit on the hottish side, what what? |
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Gunny Sgt. R. Lee Ermey, host of "Mail Call," receives a certificate of appreciation from Lou Lopez, organizer of Old Fort MacArthur Days. |
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Satorius describes the bookkeeper's role to some curious visitors. |
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Tony Martos, as Hadrian, shares a meal and some laughs with Scott Timmons. |
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Praefect J.D. Fiegelson confers with his Praetorian staffers. |
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Vibia (Kris Lehere), Honoria (Laura Martos), and Agradoros (Devin Harden) sample the fare. |
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Vibria describes her role as Matri Castrorum to a visitor. |
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At the Imperial pavilion, Emperor confers with Centurio. |
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Valerius chats with a Spanish loyalist. |
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Jim takes a break to polish his beautiful muscle cuirass. |
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Milete Hibernius shares the scenery with Tribune Valerius. |
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Captain Oberon, leader of our campmates, the Brethren of the Coast. |
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Another piratical member of the Brethren, this one looking rather familiar... |
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Whaddya mean, pirate?! I'm an officially sanctioned Privateer! |
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Only at Fort Mac: British paratrooper, Privateer and Spanish Civil War loyalist share a time-warp moment. |
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A pair of pulchritudinous pirates from Brethren of the Coast. |
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A pair of German colonials of Africa in the pre-World War I era. |
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Gen. MacArthur inspects the goings on at his namesake fort. |
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At teardown, Scott seems stuck halfway between the Roman and modern worlds... |
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