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Information for New Attendees
What to expect?
- Good food and comradeship.
- Combat Patrols during the day.
- Mud!
- Lots of firewood
- Cold.
Barracks space will be reserved for ISPA Legionnaires and contributors of the build on a space-available basis.
Centurions must give me a list of who is attending the event ASAP to reserve a spot. If you want to sleep under tegulae
in a warm straw bed, respond as soon as possible.
Please remember this a reenactment event. There are no paved roads and the possibility of rain, cold, mud, and barbarian
invasions exist.
A Bit about Ancient Reenacting
Join either the victorious Roman Army or the soon to be conquered Pictish/Celtic
Barbarians at BRITAIN, A.D. 43 at Castra Lafe and is located in LAFE, ARKANSAS on 94 acres of private land. There
are several ponds, woods, fields, and many places for Celts and courageous Romans to interact in meaningful and constructive
ways. We look forward to seeing you around the campfire.
This event will be the Seventh that has been hosted at this site. We request each adult participant to donate $50.00
in advance for the evening meals, straw bedding, and firewood provided ($60 at the gate). There are a few rules for the
safety of participants.
- No drugs are allowed, period.
- Alcohol will be permitted, but there will be no alcohol given to or consumed by minors (under age 21) at any time.
- Campfires will be built only in authorized fire pits.
- Campfires will have a fire watch? at all times. NO UNATTENDED FIRES WILL BE ALLOWED.
- The Roman Group will have a leader, as well as the Celtic and Pictish Group. These persons will be responsible for fire
prevention and your safety. In an emergency, please listen to them and be vigilant about the fire risk.
- Upon arrival, please sign in and let the staff know if there are any medical conditions or allergies which we need to
know about (bee stings, food allergies, diabetes, etc.) vSmall children left unattended will be sold as galley slaves; small
children who are supervised will be welcome to stay.
- The owner of the land and the staff will not be held responsible for accidents, injury, or lost items. Please be careful
and obey the rules.
- Any infraction of the above rules could mean expulsion from the site.
Additonal Information
This is private property and the landowner will be fighting for Rome and tossing pila along with us, but we should remind
all people attending of the follwoing:
- This is an Ancient Reenactment, participants should strive for authenticity. You can pitch your modern tent near the parking
area, talk your way into someone's period tent, or just pull up a warm sheepskin next to one of the camp fires.
- The temperature will typically be in the 40s to 50s during daylight. At night, it will be colder hence the wool and warm
skins.
- Wood for fires will be provided (available at fort)
- Bathrooms will be available.
- There IS a shower (up front by parking) provided for the convenience of those travelersfrom far away (no more stares at
the BP station on the way home)
- Hay will be provided for bedding (if needed)
- Water will be available (bring your own containers please)
- Pictish or Celtic re-enactors should contact the local clan leader for the location of their campsite
- Individual Cohorts and Legionnaires may make camp as terrain allows, however a turf wall and ditch has been constructed
south west of the Local tribes. Fellow legions are invited to camp with ISPA legions in the fort.
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For more information about Legio II Augusta
or the Lafe 43 event, Email The Centurio of Leg II for more info:
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