Praefect Carolianus Silex

I was commenting on Bluesky about the fact that my 3rd century Roman force was going to make a tidy army for Midgard, I just needed a mounted commander to be suitably heroic.

A message slid into my DMs from Carole Flint (read her blog here). "What's your address? I've got extra Victrix Roman Generals."

So after quizzing me on head and horse options, she very kindly sent me the parts to make this fellow. Who arrived last month after being delayed by the Canada Post strike.

He didn't take me long to assemble or to paint really. Honestly he was done so fast during a Friday night Zoom paint-and-chat session (yes, a friend still organizes one every week), I set him aside for a few days before basing, just in case I'd forgotten something.

As a nod to my benefactor in Bristol, I've named him Carolianus Silex. Hopefully he'll do better than Shakespeare's tragic hero.

I've been calling him a Tribune, but I guess he's actually a Praefectus Cohortis. My Romans are modeling a Cohortes Equitata, a mixed infantry and cavalry auxiliary cohort. These units did a lot of the hard work on the frontiers, while the legions were further back building roads and plotting rebellions.

Now I really must get my thumb out and make some 120mm movement bases and finish my Goth/Rohirrim heroes so I can play some Midgard!