Robert Lloyd - a Sir Gar Blog of random news . . . and some Clecs!

The Romans are returning to Carmarthen to put on an exciting cavalry display! Comitatus, one of Britain’s finest Roman re-enactment groups, is back in town and will be performing in Carmarthen Park on Saturday July 23. The group will set up a living history camp in the Park, but the main entertainment will be the cavalry display. Free performances will run between 10:30 am and 4pm. Comitatus puts on a complete living history presentation demonstrating the life and skills of the Late Roman Army including cavalry, infantry, artillery, archery and everyday life. The group’s members will demonstrate armour, equipment, skills and tactics. The group appeared in Abergwili two years ago as part of the Romans in Carmarthenshire project. The Friends of Carmarthenshire County Museum were so impressed that they asked the group back and have helped sponsor this event.

Roman guests will be visiting the National Eisteddfod field in Llanelli during the first week in August. They will be there from 11am on Saturday, August 2 (attending from 11 – 4pm each day and 12noon - 5pm on Wednesday). As guests of the Friends of Carmarthenshire’s County Museum in Abergwili, they will be meeting and greeting visitors to the Hanes SirGar History stand. This stand (Number 409) will feature the story of the Romans in Carmarthenshire and a lively competition has been arranged for young visitors to the stand. In planning the display Museum Friends Chairman, David Grindrod said “From their splendid amphitheatre to their gold mining, the Romans made an enormous contribution to life in Carmarthenshire and their influence has echoed resonantly through the years. Our visiting Romans, in full toga, will be able to shed more light on what the County was like in Roman times and I am hoping that lots of people will be there to meet them”. Gavin Evans, Carmarthen Museum C...