Monthly Archives: August 2013

Why do you do this?

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If you are at all interested in military history,this is as close as you are likely to come to actually being there.Wearing the clothes,using the equipment, eating the food is all part of an experience that no book or film will even come close to capturing. As an added bonus, you gain a personal, soldiers-view from a perspective that would otherwise be very hard to convey. And it seems. We learn things in spite of ourselves!

Last, you will meet a lot of people with similar (weird!) interests and will make a number of lifelong friendships! Good people!!! Good times! Good Knowledge!

Why do you reenact Romans – they killed Jesus!

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First, the Romans did not “kill Jesus” — the local Judean government ordered him crucified. Local auxiliary troops, carried out this duty. Okay, I guess you could say they technically killed him, but the Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilatus (known in the English-speaking world as Pontius Pilate) was the judge and was tasked with this duty by the local government that he had to work with.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Pilate washes his hands to show that he was not responsible for the execution of Jesus and reluctantly sends him to his death. The Gospel of Mark, depicting Jesus as innocent of plotting against the Roman Empire, portrays Pilate as reluctant to execute Jesus. In the Gospel of Luke, Pilate not only agrees that Jesus did not conspire against Rome, but Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, also finds nothing treasonable in Jesus’ actions. In the Gospel of John, Pilate states “I find no guilt in him [Jesus]” and he asks the Jews if Jesus should be released from custody.

So, you can see, it was not the Romans who killed Jesus.

Aren’t you hot in all that wool in Summer?

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No. Wool breathes and is a very good choice of material. When hot, if you wet it, it will cool you down — which is why militaries have, through time, covered their canteens in wool. When it’s cold, even if it gets soaked, wool will keep you warm. It truly IS a material for all seasons. And no, it doesn’t always itch… :-)