10-29-2012, 03:14 AM
Quote:Poor old Postumus does take a bashing
Ah, but he was harder on himself! :-(
So what didn't Postumus do? All we know is that he failed to follow an order, and thereby cheated his legion of a share in the glory. Possibly he didn't follow the order (whatever it was) because he didn't fully understand it, and preferred not to hazard a guess... For all his battlefield experience and logistical knowledge, a praefectus castrorum possibly wouldn't have had the background in independent command necessary for effective strategic thinking. As we've said before, a veteran at the top of the centurion tree wouldn't want to risk his whole career on a gamble...
Nathan Ross