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JRMES

@jrmes.bsky.social

The almost-official Bluesky account of the Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies. Our web page is jrmes.org.uk and we are on Facebook ... somewhere.

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JRMES @jrmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Rest Of The World costs are, frankly, stupidly high, but it is what it is (blame delivery, tax, customs etc etc). For UK buyers, we are still trying to get selling 25/26 on Amazon to work, but their system keeps throwing up errors.

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JRMES @jrmes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Our PayPal-based shop is up and running (jrmes.org.uk/jrmes-shop) where a range of more recent dead-tree volumes (from 25/26 back to 19) and even more digital editions (25/26 back to 14/15, some with reduced prices) can be purchased.

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Shop – Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies

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JRMES @jrmes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here are some mouthpieces from Carnuntum (AUT). The army used different instruments for different things, but we can't as yet distinguish which mouthpiece came from which instrument (unless one is still attached!). Of course, they also had civilian uses (eg in the amphitheatre).

A selection of copper-alloy musical instrument mouthpieces found at Carnuntum in the Museum Carnuntinum. These could have been used with the cornu, tuba, bucina, or lituus (there is currently no way of telling which is which). Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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JRMES @jrmes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today is publication day for JRMES 25/26 for 2024/25. Details of how to buy digital and dead-tree versions of the volume will appear here as soon as they are available.

Cover of volume 25/26 of the Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies for 2024/25.

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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Pretty sure JCNC would have liked this (although the equipment is a tad stylised). @microprose.bsky.social have started publicising it. Perhaps it should be reviewed (from the equipment standpoint) for JRMES?! youtu.be/D62skVCSZvs?...

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Strategos | Real-Time Tactics Wargame | Early Build - First Look!!

YouTube video by Taff in Exile

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JRMES @jrmes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Some modern riders really like them, but there is a measure of dispute over the precise nature of the reconstruction. This article about the 2017 #RomanCavalry reconstruction event at Carlisle includes interviews with the riders: tinyurl.com/2bk5vw8z

Screenshot of text of article on the Roman cavalry Turma! event at Carlisle in 2017.

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JRMES @jrmes.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

And, just like that, we arrive on Bluesky with a thump and a slight odour of sulphur. Coming soon: online sales of physical copies of JRMES 23/24 as well as digital downloads of the same.

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