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Legio VI Victrix Cohors Asturum (Römercohorte Opladen)

Web page:http://www.roemercohorte.de

This German group had a difficult start more than 20 years ago but lately they have acquired a lot of prestige in the world of the re-enactment. Undoubtedly, they are the best German group, at present, and one of the most complete in Europe.

They usually participate in demonstrations organised by archaeology sites situated along the ancient border between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes, like the Archaeologic park of Xanten or the Limesmuseum d'Aalen.

This group has participated on several occasions in the Tarraco Viva Festival, moving some 35 members -women and children acting out aspects of civil life and men as legionaries and auxiliary troops-. The group owns a truck used to transport several pieces of Roman artillery, like a ballista and a one-ton catapult. They have eleven legionaries' tents and a centurion one, and they can recreate in great detail daily life in a Roman military camp of the I Century.