Talk:IV Conventus Novae Romae
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-- Curius Marius, aka [[User:Aldus Marius Peregrinus|Marius Peregrinus]] 08:58, 2 August 2007 (CEST) | -- Curius Marius, aka [[User:Aldus Marius Peregrinus|Marius Peregrinus]] 08:58, 2 August 2007 (CEST) | ||
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| + | :More or less the same. It's not that they ('they' in this case being a smallish woman with a clip-board and a lot of mascara) thought we were trying to scam people; it's just that as a result of the scams there is a blanket ban on anyone wearing Roman costumes in the ''forum''. One may think it rather unfair to blame the costumes for the problem rather than the people inside them, but I suppose a 'no costumes' rule is easier to police than a 'no scammers' rule. M'. Constantinus Serapio put it to the authorities (still the small dark-eyed woman) that in facts these were not 'Roman costumes' but simply our clothes. This argument did not prove persuasive. | ||
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| + | :- [[User:Aulus Apollonius Cordus|Cordus]] 20:14, 11 August 2007 (CEST) | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 11 August 2007
Because this page
- has a Latin title and
- has little text
I suggest that we add language translations to this page rather than making many different translated pages.
No togas?
Was any explanation of this rule ever offered by the authorities?
I read just tonight that persons in Roman military dress have been scamming the tourists who wanted their pictures taken with the "centurions". I wonder if the Novaromani were perhaps suspected of wanting to do the same thing?
-- Curius Marius, aka Marius Peregrinus 08:58, 2 August 2007 (CEST)
- More or less the same. It's not that they ('they' in this case being a smallish woman with a clip-board and a lot of mascara) thought we were trying to scam people; it's just that as a result of the scams there is a blanket ban on anyone wearing Roman costumes in the forum. One may think it rather unfair to blame the costumes for the problem rather than the people inside them, but I suppose a 'no costumes' rule is easier to police than a 'no scammers' rule. M'. Constantinus Serapio put it to the authorities (still the small dark-eyed woman) that in facts these were not 'Roman costumes' but simply our clothes. This argument did not prove persuasive.
- - Cordus 20:14, 11 August 2007 (CEST)
