Who the **** is Kohorta or: Why there are no cityguards in Rome

Well, I try to start at the beginning...(where else?)

There was a time when we were part of Rome's elite guards. Well, what Julius considered elite. We were a funny bunch of soldiers and loved the decadent life, if you know what I mean. That turned out to be our problem...

After getting our monthly payment, we visited some of the taverns in Ostia and, later in the evening, decided to have a look at the famous thermae in Rome. We were great fighters, and the party was at least as great as the amount of vinum we drunk. Otherwise we maybe would have simply ignored those dumb gladiators shouting that we were wimps.

We started a very polite discussion about this question, well, maybe we were a bit too loud or someone did not like the sound of cracking teeth. It ended up that this someone called the cityguards who tried to be polite, too. I mean "try" , because most of them found out that swimming is quite difficult, especially when you somehow forget to remove that heavy breast plate. You should've seen those funny bubbles! That far, the evening (or morning?) was quite amusing. Well, at least what I can remember of it. You will easily understand that Julius was NOT amused. He didn't want to lose good troops, that was the only reason we didn't have to spend the very short rest of our lifes in the lion pit.

So far the good news. The bad news are that good old Julius ordered us to spend a few years in the wilderness, dedicated to practising fighting instead of training our livers. That is our story, and you must have a strange idea of vacations if you join us just for fun, but if you like the art of warfare and polite discussions, you are invited to join us. Just ask one of us.


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