10th Festival of Ancient Heritage involve more than 300 reenactors from Italy, France, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria. For the second year the Festival is held in the Roman legionary base near Svishtov. The Roman legion camp Novae is the most extensively explored and conserved military camp within the northwestern border provinces of the empire.

 

The Roman legion camp Novae originated as the settlement of VIII Augustus Legion around 45 A.D. About 25 years later this military unit was substituted by I Italian Legion. The festival shows antique weapons and military re-enactments, and customs and culture of the ancient Thracians, Dacians, Romans, Goths and others.

 

The festival recreates ancient history - lifestyle, culture and military clashes between imperial Rome and the peoples and nations of the known world; a rich cultural program and has become a leading forum for the meeting of the lovers of Antiquity from different ends of Bulgaria and Europe.