ROM165-ROM175 Imperial Roman Legionaries and Camp Life! (1 Viewer)

[FirstLegion]

While last month was entirely Napoleon's Europe, this month's releases are entirely for our Glory of Rome product range with sets ROM165-ROM175 Imperial Roman Camp Figures and Tents as well as additional Legionaries. The Roman marching camp was an extremely important part of Roman military life. While each legion had a permanent base, while out on campaign the Romans would construct an extremely well organized marching camp where they could safely bed down to spend the night. Every camp had the same basic layout which meant that each legionary knew both what was required of them as well as the layout and location of important items and people in the camp. The camp site was carefully chosen, ideally on elevated terrain that was easily defendable and with both a good water supply and adequate grazing for animals. With different tent types for soldiers and generals laid out in rows with streets and surrounded by a ditch and palisade, the Roman marching camp was yet another example of Roman military efficiency. Our figures are designed to show the basic activities of a Roman camp with workers digging and putting up tents, soldiers cooking and polishing armor and weapons, and with sentries manning their posts. We feel that these figures are an important part of representing the daily life of the Roman Legions while out on campaign and we hope you find them a valuable addition to our Glory of Rome product range. For the Legionary sets, particularly ROM173 and ROM174, they can be setup as guards to the camp or in close order unit formation while waiting to be committed to battle as shown below.

ROM165a Imperial Roman Legionary Polishing Helmet - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM165b Imperial Roman Legionary Polishing Helmet - White Tunic $62.95
ROM166a Imperial Roman Legionary Sharpening Gladius - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM166b Imperial Roman Legionary Sharpening Gladius - White Tunic $62.95
ROM167a Imperial Roman Legionary Swinging Pick - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM167b Imperial Roman Legionary Swinging Pick - White Tunic $62.95
ROM168a Imperial Roman Legionary with Hammer - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM168b Imperial Roman Legionary with Hammer - White Tunic $62.95
ROM169a Imperial Roman Legionary Cooking - Red Tunic $74.95
ROM169b Imperial Roman Legionary Cooking - White Tunic $74.95
ROM170a Imperial Roman Shield with Pilum & Helmet - 3 Pieces - Legio I Minerva $44.95
ROM170b Imperial Roman Shield with Pilum & Helmet - 3 Pieces - Legio I Adiutrix $44.95
ROM170c Imperial Roman Shield with Pilum & Helmet - 3 Pieces - Legio II Augusta $44.95
ROM171 Roman Legionary Camp Tent - Closed $79.95
ROM172 Roman Legionary Camp Tent - Open $79.95
ROM173a Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio I Minerva $69.95
ROM173b Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio II Augusta $69.95
ROM173c Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio I Adiutrix $69.95
ROM173d Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio XV Apollinaris $69.95
ROM174a Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio I Minerva $64.95
ROM174b Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio II Augusta $64.95
ROM174c Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio I Adiutrix $64.95
ROM174d Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio XV Apollinaris $64.95
ROM175a Imperial Roman Legionary Drinking - Covered Shield - Red Tunic $74.95
ROM175b Imperial Roman Legionary Drinking - Covered Shield - White Tunic $74.95
Shipping 2nd Half October 2016

ROM165a

ROM165b

ROM166a

ROM166b

ROM167a

ROM167b

ROM168a

ROM168b

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[FirstLegion]

ROM169a

ROM169b

ROM170a

ROM170b

ROM170c

ROM171

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[FirstLegion]

ROM173d

ROM174a

ROM174b

ROM174c

ROM174d

ROM175a

ROM175b

ROM175b

We sincerely hope you enjoy the new figures!

Best,

Matt
First Legion

 

[bradleyl30]

All other collecting... full stop.

This line... full speed ahead. We have a new target!

 

[Sahara]

Oh, bugger me. Gotta have em!

 

[bradleyl30]

I didn't know that much about Legio XV Apollinaris, but found this on Wikipedia:

Octavianus (later Emperor Augustus) raised XV Apollinaris in order to end the occupation of Sicily by Sextus Pompeius, who was threatening Rome's grain supply. After theBattle of Actium, where the legion probably gained its epitaph Apollinaris,[1] it was sent to garrison Illyricum, where it probably remained until 6 BC, though it might have seen action in the Cantabrian Wars.

In 6 BC, Apollinaris was part of the huge campaign by Emperor Tiberius against the Marcomanni that was obstructed by a revolt in Pannonia. Apollinaris saw a good deal of fighting in the suppression of the revolt. According to the historian Balduin Saria, this legion erected a camp on the site of the Colonia Iulia Aemona, which was established as a camp in 14 or 15, after the legion left for Carnuntum. This hypothesis has been rejected by the researcher Marjeta Šašel Kos as unfounded.[1] By 9 the legion was headquartered in Pannonia, in the town of Carnuntum.

There the unit stayed until sent to Syria and possibly Armenia by Nero in 61 or 62, these territories newly conquered from the Parthians. After the conclusion of the war with Parthia, the legion was sent to Alexandria but soon found itself engaged in the fierce fighting of the First Jewish Revolt, capturing the towns of Jotapata (32° 50′ 13″ N, 35° 16′ 25″ E) and Gamla (32° 54′ 10″ N, 35° 44′ 26″ E). It was the Fifteenth that captured the Jewish general later to become famous as the historian Josephus. During this period the legion was commanded by Titus, who would later become Emperor.

After the suppression of the revolt, the legion returned to Carnuntum and rebuilt its fortress. Elements of the XVth fought in the Dacian Wars although the main body of the legion remained in Pannonia.
In 115, war with Parthia broke out again and the legion was sent to the front, reinforced with elements of the XXX Ulpia Victrix. The legion fought in Mesopotamia, which was conquered by the Romans. After the conflict was over the unit stayed in the east with a new headquarters at Satala in northeastern Cappadocia, with elements stationed atTrapezus on the Black Sea and at Ancyra, modern-day Ankara. From this base the XVth helped repulse an invasion of Alans in 134.

By 162, Rome and Parthia were at war once more; the campaign, led by Emperor Lucius Verus was successful, and the legion occupied the Armenian capital Artaxata. In 175, the general Avidius Cassius rebelled against Emperor Marcus Aurelius, but the Fifteenth remained loyal and earned the additional title Pia Fidelis.

The history of the legion after this point involves more conjecture. As a unit stationed in the Middle East, it is almost certain to have taken part in later campaigns against Parthia, including the sack of its capital Ctesiphon by the Romans in 197, and in wars against the new Sassanid power that arose in Persia thereafter, though there is no direct record of this. At the beginning of the 5th century, the legion reappears in history: it is still quartered at Satala and Ancyra, though having lost its post at Trapezus somewhere along the way, and is under the command of the Dux Armeniae.

An inscription possibly relating to this legion was found in a cave in eastern Uzbekistan, perhaps carved by soldiers captured by the Parthians and dispatched to their eastern frontier as border guards.

 

[Vezzolf]

ROM173d

ROM174a

ROM174b

ROM174c

ROM174d

ROM175a

ROM175b

ROM175b

We sincerely hope you enjoy the new figures!

Best,

Matt
First Legion

Superb Release...This type of release allows collectors to add to existing troops.....Well done FL

 

[Isandlwana]

Lovely stuff. However, I'm assuming the Caesarian range wasn't quite as successful and therefore may be a dead duck??? I only bought the figures with the horsehair plumes, so if somehow FL can turn the feathers into horsehair, I will take them of their hands if they're having trouble shifting them!

 

[Vezzolf]

I have just noted on the FL website that ROM174a is out of stock.....Already??^&confuse.......VERY DISAPPOINTING....I was planning on ordering some of these in Dec......I hope more of these are being supplied.

 

[tryfon]

If First Legion can bring prices down to realistic and affordable say $49 per figure which should be feasible
since made in China many more collectors would buy so much more, great items, but becoming affordable

While last month was entirely Napoleon's Europe, this month's releases are entirely for our Glory of Rome product range with sets ROM165-ROM175 Imperial Roman Camp Figures and Tents as well as additional Legionaries. The Roman marching camp was an extremely important part of Roman military life. While each legion had a permanent base, while out on campaign the Romans would construct an extremely well organized marching camp where they could safely bed down to spend the night. Every camp had the same basic layout which meant that each legionary knew both what was required of them as well as the layout and location of important items and people in the camp. The camp site was carefully chosen, ideally on elevated terrain that was easily defendable and with both a good water supply and adequate grazing for animals. With different tent types for soldiers and generals laid out in rows with streets and surrounded by a ditch and palisade, the Roman marching camp was yet another example of Roman military efficiency. Our figures are designed to show the basic activities of a Roman camp with workers digging and putting up tents, soldiers cooking and polishing armor and weapons, and with sentries manning their posts. We feel that these figures are an important part of representing the daily life of the Roman Legions while out on campaign and we hope you find them a valuable addition to our Glory of Rome product range. For the Legionary sets, particularly ROM173 and ROM174, they can be setup as guards to the camp or in close order unit formation while waiting to be committed to battle as shown below.

ROM165a Imperial Roman Legionary Polishing Helmet - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM165b Imperial Roman Legionary Polishing Helmet - White Tunic $62.95
ROM166a Imperial Roman Legionary Sharpening Gladius - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM166b Imperial Roman Legionary Sharpening Gladius - White Tunic $62.95
ROM167a Imperial Roman Legionary Swinging Pick - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM167b Imperial Roman Legionary Swinging Pick - White Tunic $62.95
ROM168a Imperial Roman Legionary with Hammer - Red Tunic $62.95
ROM168b Imperial Roman Legionary with Hammer - White Tunic $62.95
ROM169a Imperial Roman Legionary Cooking - Red Tunic $74.95
ROM169b Imperial Roman Legionary Cooking - White Tunic $74.95
ROM170a Imperial Roman Shield with Pilum & Helmet - 3 Pieces - Legio I Minerva $44.95
ROM170b Imperial Roman Shield with Pilum & Helmet - 3 Pieces - Legio I Adiutrix $44.95
ROM170c Imperial Roman Shield with Pilum & Helmet - 3 Pieces - Legio II Augusta $44.95
ROM171 Roman Legionary Camp Tent - Closed $79.95
ROM172 Roman Legionary Camp Tent - Open $79.95
ROM173a Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio I Minerva $69.95
ROM173b Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio II Augusta $69.95
ROM173c Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio I Adiutrix $69.95
ROM173d Imperial Roman Legionary Standing with Cloak - Legio XV Apollinaris $69.95
ROM174a Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio I Minerva $64.95
ROM174b Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio II Augusta $64.95
ROM174c Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio I Adiutrix $64.95
ROM174d Imperial Roman Legionary Standing - Legio XV Apollinaris $64.95
ROM175a Imperial Roman Legionary Drinking - Covered Shield - Red Tunic $74.95
ROM175b Imperial Roman Legionary Drinking - Covered Shield - White Tunic $74.95
Shipping 2nd Half October 2016

ROM165a

ROM165b

ROM166a

ROM166b

ROM167a

ROM167b

ROM168a

ROM168b

Continued.....

 

[Gebhard]

If First Legion can bring prices down to realistic and affordable say $49 per figure which should be feasible
since made in China many more collectors would buy so much more, great items, but becoming affordable

Just a little FYI

Affordable = inexpensive; reasonably priced:

 

[zblang]

before it gets out of hand, please don't go into every FL thread and talk about how they are too expensive. I think you've said the same thing to two threads already.
They are more expensive than other figures, and less expensive then still others. The price is between the K&C arena and the Aeroart arena. That being said, I think the quality is better than halfway between. So viewing it that way, they are well priced.

 

[King Tiger II]

Well said Zach,

Case closed

before it gets out of hand, please don't go into every FL thread and talk about how they are too expensive. I think you've said the same thing to two threads already.
They are more expensive than other figures, and less expensive then still others. The price is between the K&C arena and the Aeroart arena. That being said, I think the quality is better than halfway between. So viewing it that way, they are well priced.

 

[FirstLegion]

Ahh, over priced Romans, gotta love 'em! :tongue::tongue: Here are a bunch of the camp life figures all working in unison. Hope you like!

 

[thebritfarmer]

Just a little FYI

Affordable = inexpensive; reasonably priced:

It's all relative and some also have to deal with an exchange rate (which is unavoidable I realize), that being said they really aren't that much more that say some of the new K&C releases (Mark Anthony springs to mind)

 

[Fitzgibbon]

Congratulations on a well done series of poses. Very nice! Now if someone would produce a similer series of Napoleon's engineers building the bridges on Lobau Island...and a pontoon train...I'd be in seventh heaven :wink2:
Well done Matt; it deserves to be a hit. :salute::

 

[Sahara]

Well worth the cost for me. I guess that's really all that matters though is if its worth it to you. If not then simply don't buy them.

 

[villagehorse]

Needed some of these, order in. The camp scene looks fantastic. Robin.

 

[waynepoo]

Congratulations on a well done series of poses. Very nice! Now if someone would produce a similer series of Napoleon's engineers building the bridges on Lobau Island...and a pontoon train...I'd be in seventh heaven :wink2:
Well done Matt; it deserves to be a hit. :salute::

And ditto for the Great War...............:wink2:

 

[spartan71]

Well said Sahara, it is the matter of ones eye, is First Legion worth the price they are charging. My vote is Yes, last year I bought pretty much all the Crusaders that FL released, and I get a kick of joy whenever I pick any piece up. I marvel at each one. But with that I know there will be other ones that I have to pass.
One of the things that us collectors have to know is that each piece we buy, is the cost of the piece. Plus to help fund the future concepts that will be next that will accompany that piece that we bought. We demand more, and it is being done. It costs money to have the next idea, the next piece. The next Want.