Roman Cavalry Turma : Hadrian's Wall celebration

Living in the far north of England can be a pain sometimes, cold, wet and dark far too much but we do have masses of history. Living only 20 miles from Hadrians wall is great and as part of a special celebration this year they staged some re-enactments over the weekend in Carlisle. As well as the usual informative encampment and legionaries the main event was the Cavalry Turma. They had managed to pull together 30 Roman Cavalry and put them through their paces. Has to be said this was pretty cool, all the guys were friendly answered loads of questions.

Plenty of Legionaries on show

Some artillery 😀

Auxiliaries 😀

The full Legion on show..there are about 30 of these guys

Putting them through their paces

A test

And then the cavalry......😀

Also put through their paces

Again 30 of these guys

They then did a range of exercises and tests

Final show of all the re-enactors together

A fun afternoon😀