Tempus Belli

The Italians have the best sports.



The website of this group is here; it promises that this year's reconstruction held to rigorous standards of historical accuracy for the period of the wars from 1360-1410.  Clearly the Republic of Geona was a major plot element for the event, given the heraldry.

These things remind me of an old discussion of ours, which sadly is not available currently because of the loss of the old comments system.  The posts that inspired it were here, here, and here.  They start with the Laches, an early Socratic dialogue, in which Socrates and his companions explore whether the sport of fighting in armor is useful for developing the virtue of courage.  They end with Miyomoto Musashi, the great Japanese duelist.