Roman Armor Historians
Sunday, July 18th, 2010I recently saw a video about the Traveling Exhibit of Legionary Armor. Silvano Mattesini is the owner and operator of this fine exhibit. He is a historian and an architect and finds many of the pieces for his exhibit himself. Gladiator armors and Roman soldier armors are his main display pieces. Bronze and iron items have both been located by this man. Unfortunately the iron pieces do not hold up as well as the bronze pieces. The restoration of all of the pieces is done personally by Silvano.
This seems like it could be an amazing job to have. The person wanting this job would however need to have a passion for history. He or she would also need to have training to find and restore these fantastic historical pieces. The man or woman trying to do this job would also need some cash for armor finding and restoring tools.
The daily operation of the traveling exhibit could be funded by charging visitors for each viewing. Advertising could be done through Facebook and other online medias. You could even create your own website to list the location of your constantly moving exhibit.
Although it would be very fun to do a job like this, it seems like it would be much easier to get some Roman armor replicas to put on display. Replicas can look just as great as the real thing, but much less costly. In fact many people have large displays within their own houses. Entire rooms are sometimes devoted to the display of various medieval items.
These can be displayed using display cases, shelves, and even full size models. Using all 3 methods is a great way to make a visually appealing display. You’ll find some fantastic looking armors at http://www.historicalclothingrealm.com.
The widest variety of armors can be found in Internet stores. It will also save you money and time since you won’t have to go anywhere to get your display pieces. Why not look into buying some historical pieces to display in your own house?
You could start off small and build your collection up even larger than Silvano’s great collection. If the collection gets big enough you might want to make your own traveling exhibit. People love looking at large and beautiful collections and you’ll get many admirers. Whatever you decide to do, I’m sure you’ll agree that Roman armor is for everybody.