ADLOCVTIO
NEWSLETTER OF THE TWENTIETH LEGION
Vol. XXI, no. iv, April 2011
ROMAN DAYS!
Wow, THIS is coming up fast! The date is May
14-15, and the location is the same as last year, Riversdale Mansion in
Riverdale, MD. Any Roman or otherwise Ancient-era group that is
able to participate is invited, along with any folks who are not
attached to a group but would like to play with us.
The street address is 4811 Riverdale Rd, Riverdale, MD 20737, http://www.riversdale.org/
Public hours will be 10-4 on Saturday and 12-4 on Sunday, and admission
for the public is, uh, I think it's $5 for adults and 3 or 4 bucks for
students, something like that...
We can arrive and set up is on Friday. The gates will be closed
in the evening but not locked, so you can still bring your cars in
during the night. You can drive on the grass (carefully!) to
unload at your campsite, and park in the lot overnight. Since
parking is somewhat limited, however, participants and vendors should
park in the streets around the site during public hours, leaving the
lot open for visitors.
The Riversdale staff is very enthusiastic, and they are planning a
number of excellent children's activities. They are also hoping
to tie Roman history in the Neoclassical theme of the Federal period in
which the mansion was built (c. 1800 AD). So we might have some
people in other period funny clothes wandering around.
Last year the caupona was a little isolated from the military camps, so
we'll review the setup arrangement to see what improvements might be
made. I think we all appreciated the shade of the trees, though!
There is a water faucet on the back wall of the visitor center, plus
real bathrooms! (And a porta-potty or two at night.) Ground
fires are not permitted, but raised braziers or stoves are allowed
(probably a good idea to bring your own wood or charcoal).
Come one, come all! Remember, you do NOT have to be a reenactor
to participate in some way! And you don't have to be a Roman,
either--we'd love to see Greeks, Egyptians, Britons, Carthaginians, or
anything else like that. More information is *supposed* to be on
the Roman Days page of the Legio XX site, and on the Roman Days Wiki,
but I think we're a tad behind on all that…
http://www.larp.com/legioxx/rdays.html
http://romandays.wikispaces.com/
There is also the Roman Days planning Yahoo email group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romandays/
Hope to see you at Roman Days!!
LECTURE SERIES
Beth Campbell passed this along, from the National Gallery of Art's web
page (http://www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#mellon60):
Mary Beard, professor and chair of the faculty board of Classics,
University of Cambridge, and author of The Twelve Caesars: Images
of Power From Ancient Rome to Salvador Dali, will be presenting the
following lectures at the National Gallery:
Dynasty: Collecting, Classifying, and Connoisseurship, May 1 at 2:00PM,
East Building Concourse, Auditorium
Rough Work? Emperors Defaced and Destroyed, May 8 at 2:00PM, East
Building Concourse, Auditorium
LUPERCALIA!
Yes, the annual bash has floated to June 11
this year! Nowhere near February, of course, so I guess
we'll just call it "Lupercalia or whatever". Richard and Allison
Campbell are again graciously hosting, and festivities will run from 5
PM until everyone is gone or asleep. See you there!
CALENDAR
April 30 --WORKSHOP at Richard and Allison's, 11 AM to 5 PM
May 14-15 --ROMAN DAYS, Riversdale Mansion, Riverdale, MD
June 11 --LUPERCALIA Feast at Richard and Allison's
July ? --Possible gig at Virginia Governor's Foreign
Language Academy
August --Possible time-line event in Philadelphia, PA
September 3-4 --Virginia Scottish Games, Great Meadows,
The Plains, VA
September 10 --Hartwood Days, Fredericksburg, VA--A few of
us have attended this the last 2 years, are we interested again?
Might conflict with VJCL (below).
November 20-21 --Tentative event at Virginia Junior
Classical League convention in Richmond, VA. THOUSANDS of Latin
students.
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ADLOCVTIO is the Official Newsletter of the Twentieth Legion,
supposedly published on the Ides of each month. I am Quintus, aka
Matthew Amt, the Legion's Commander and Editor of the Newsletter,
matthew_amt AT yahoo DOT com, http://www.larp.com/legioxx/