For the Glory of Rome

Legio VI Victrix Cohors II Cimbria is a Scandinavian Roman Reenactment group started in Denmark, today also with a chapter in Sweden and members from Germany as well. Our group consists of both military and civilian reenactors. We reenact the life in the roman legions in the late first century AD. And convey the life of the Roman Empire and its relations to the regions north of Germania Inferior, the Cimbrian peninsula and Scandia. Every summer Cohors II Cimbria participate in events both in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. In the ”off-season” we research, lecture and are constantly developing our knowledge and equipment. Roman reenactment is a never ending process, as new archeological finds and new theories keep appearing and constantly change the view of the roman armies.

Scandinavia was never a part of the Roman Empire, but due to our many bog findings, where most of these are from the Roman period 0 – 350 AD, we have in Scandinavia a lot of Roman artifacts. Among these, the largest collection of roman imperial weapons in the world, outside Italy.

The tribes that lived here at that time - mainly the Cimbrians, Teutons, Charudes and Sviones were, from the time of Augustus and forward, apparently on friendly terms with the Romans - or so the story goes. As you can read in the Res Gestae of Augustus, that mention an expedition to these most northern regions in year 5 AD led by Tiberius. That is one of many reasons why we find it proper to do Roman Reenactment in Scandinavia. To us there is a forgotten story to be told.

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