Welcome to the New Year

Salvete Frater,

Once again we pass from the Old Year to the New, the time of Janus where we contemplate the Tears and Joys of the Past and the Hopes and Fears of the Future.

As the Sun slowly grows stronger and the promise of the restoration of the Light, made long before the Winters Darkness, comes to pass. We look now to the plans we must make for the New Year, the seeds that must now be sown that will become the fruits of our labours, the Roman Tours Deva Victrix Events yet to come for 2009

In order to succeed we need to grow, to develop and expand upon not only the Victories of the previous year but also the lessons learned from the mistakes we made.

We grow and change because change is life and the enemy of change is the enemy of life. Without change we stagnate and die.

We share a unique bond, a unique situation.

We are flexible, it is our greatest strength. Unlike the rest we do not fear change but embrace it

We Re-enact but are not just a re-enactment group.

We interpret, we entertain.

We ground break.

We are the frontline elite troops for Romans in Britain.

Where Roman Tours Deva Victrix leads others follow.

What we do others eventually copy.

While we must not fear to dream our efforts must be as one.

Common purpose.

Common mind.

For without someone to watch his back the greatest warrior is vulnerable to the lowest wretch.

Together as one we march forward into this fresh experience. Once again we feel the fire begin to burn within our blood, that same fire that welds us together Frater to Frater.

Prepare your weapons and armour, sacrifice to the Gods and when the call comes meet me on the Field of Mars at the fortress of Deva and together we will make the Empire live again.

On my own, I stand ALONE

But I am many. For WE are LEGION.

Gaius.