LXF ON THE 2002 ROMAN TOUR!!
SPECIAL REPORT: THE ROMAN TOUR 2002
THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF PHOTOS TAKEN ON THE ADVENTURES OF CENTURIO MARCUS AND LADY LYDIA ON THIS UNIQUE, INTERESTING, INFORMATIVE ROMAN TOUR. OUR SPECIAL GUIDE FOR THE FIRST WEEK WAS NONE OTHER THAN THAT WELL NOTED, HIGHLY RESPECTED ROMAN HISTORIAN, BOTH AS AN AUTHOR AND ARTIST, PETER CONNOLLY. FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF OUR TOUR, WE WERE BLESSED WITH AN EQUALLY RESPECTED EXPERT ON THE ROMAN HADRIAN'S WALL, CHARLIE WESSENCRAFT. PLEASE ENJOY THIS VISUAL REPORT ON JUST A FEW OF THE MANY HISTORICAL SITES WE VISITED. AVE ROMA IMMORTALIS! (YOU MAY CLICK ON THE ROMAN NUMERALS TO GO TO THE PAGE WITH THESE PICTURES)
I HERE WE ARE SEEN AT ONE OF THE COLORFUL MARBLE ENTRANCES TO THE MAINZ MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITY. ON DISPLAY HERE WERE MANY CELTIC AND ROMAN ARTIFACTS. ALSO DECORATING THE WALLS OF THE ROMAN SECTOR WERE NUMEROUS LIFE SIZE ILLUSTRATIONS DONE BY PETER CONNOLLY.
II HERE WE ARE STANDING NEXT TO A STATUE OF EMPEROR HADRIAN, LOCATED AT THE MAIN GATE ENTRANCE TO THE ROMAN SAABURG FORT. ANOTHER RESPECTED ROMAN REENACTOR, DANIEL PETERSON, ARRANGED A SPECIAL TOUR FOR US.
III HERE WE ARE SHOWN RELAXING AT THE WELL IN THE RECONSTRUCTED COURTYARD AT THE SAABURG FORT.
IV THE BULL CULT OF MITHRAS, IN SOME WAYS SIMILAR TO CHRISTANITY, WAS VERY POPULAR AMONGST ARMY OFFICERS AND COMMON LEGIONARY SOLDIERS. SEEN HERE IS CENTURIO MARCUS INSIDE A SHRINE DEDICATED TO MITHRAS, AS COLORFULLY RECONSTRUCTED AT THE SAABURG FORT.
V AT THE ARCHEODOME DE BOURGOGNE, FRANCE, WE WERE IMPRESSED BY A RECONSTRUCTED PORTION OF JULIUS CAESAR'S FORTIFICATION LINE, AS DEPLOYED AT THE FAMOUS SIEGE OF ALESIA.
VI SHOWN HERE ARE CENTURIO MARCUS AND LEGIONARY TITUS INSPECTING THIS DEFENSIVE FRONT.
VII CENTURIO MARCUS AND LADY LYDIA ENJOYING A STROLL ALONG A RECONSTRUCTED SECTION OF THE FAMOUS ROMAN APPIAN WAY.
VIII HERE WE STOPPED TO ADMIRE ONE OF THE MANY COLORFUL RECONSTRUCTED ROMAN VILLA ROOMS.
IX ALESIA! STANDING AT THE BASE OF THIS IMPRESSIVE STATUE OF VERCINGETORIX, THE GALLIC LEADER WHO CHALLENGED THE POWER AND MIGHT OF ROME, ARE LEGIONARY GALLIO VELIUS MARSALLAS (GEORGE METZ) AND CENTURIO MARCUS.
X SEEN HERE ARE TWO 21ST CENTURY TOURISTS STANDING NEXT TO PETER CONNOLLY, OUR TOUR GUIDE.
XI AT THE ROMAN CITY OF CHESTER, ENGLAND, WE WERE TREATED TO A SPECIAL ROMAN TOUR PRESENTATION GIVEN BY A ROMAN OPTIO, NAMED MARCELLUS. SHOWN HERE ARE LEGIONARY TITUS, AND HIS LOVELY WIFE DESIREE, LEGIONARY GALLIO, CENTURIO MARCUS AND LADY LYDIA.
XII STANDING PROUDLY IN FRONT OF A REMAINING SECTION OF A ROMAN FORTRESS WALL AT CHESTER, ARE OUR TOUR GUIDE MARCELLUS, HIS LEGIONARY FRIEND GAIUS, TITUS, CENTURIO MARCUS AND GALLIO.
XIII CENTURIO MARCUS AND LADY LYDIA STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MANY SURVIVING COLUMNS SITUATED IN THE REMAINS OF A PUBLIC ROMAN GARDEN SITE FOUND IN CHESTER.
XIV CENTURIO MARCUS, GALLIO AND TITUS ARE SEEN HERE STANDING AT A RECONSTRUCTED MAIN GATE TOWER LOCATED AT THE SOUTH SHIELDS FORT, NEWCASTELE, ENGLAND. THIS FORT MARKED THE FAR EASTERN END OF THE ROMAN WALL.
XV A DISCUSSION IS BEING HELD HERE AT ONE OF THE RECONSTRUCTED BARRACK ROOMS.
XVI INSIDE A RECONSTRUCTED BARRACK ROOM.
XVII HERE WE ARE ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF THE RECONSTRUCTED FORT OFFICERS' GARDEN AREA.
XVIII ANOTHER COLORFUL SCENE AS WE APPROACH THE OFFICERS' DINING ROOM.
XIX AHHH! RELIEF AT LAST! AS WE TAKE A MUCH NEEDED BREAK IN OUR TOURING ADVENTURES AT THE RECONSTRUCTED ROMAN BATH HOUSE LATRINE, LOCATED AT SEGEDUNUM, A ROMAN CALVARY FORT SITUATED ALONG HADRIAN'S WALL.
XX HERE CENTURIO MARCUS IS SEEN STANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD FOUND AT THE CORBRIDGE ROMAN SITE, NORTHUMBERLAND.
XXI ALL THAT REMAINS TODAY OF THE BATH HOUSE AT THE CORBRIDGE ROMAN SITE.
XXII HERE WE ARE AT A RECONSTRUCTED ROMAN TOWER AT VINDOLANDA.
XXIII HERE WE ARE PREPARING TO FIRE OUR SCORPION ROMAN WAR MACHINE. READY! AIM! FIRE!
XXIV HOW NICE IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO RELAX HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN AREA AT VINDOLANDA.
XXV CENTURIO MARCUS INSIDE ONE OF THE SCENIC RECONSTRUCTED ROMAN ROOMS.
XXVI HERE WE ARE STANDING ON THE LAST REMAINS OF A ROMAN ROAD FOUND AT VINDOLANDA.
XXVII SEEN HERE IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING ROMAN MILESTONDS FOUND IN ENGLAND.
XXVIII CENTURIO MARCUS PRESENTING A GIFT OF APPRECIATION TO OUR TOUR GUIDE, CHARLIE WESSENCRAFT.