08-30-2016, 02:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-30-2016, 08:57 PM by Nathan Ross.)
(08-30-2016, 02:02 PM)Alecto Wrote: Rutupiae is the first time I've seen that location mentioned, I take it the source must be from 395 AD, whoever that might be.
It's a reference to the Notitia Dignitatum, a late Roman (4th-5th century) list of offices: "Praefectus legionis secundae Augustae, Rutupis"
The base of the Second in AD61 is unknown - it could have been at Exeter, or Gloucester, or divided among several smaller locations. I still like Michael's suggestion from some time ago, that Poenius Postumus was commanding a detachment of veterans left to hold the fort while the main legion was away in North Wales under its legate.
(08-30-2016, 02:02 PM)Alecto Wrote: the battle must have taken place in the south or south-west of Britain.
Or south-east?
Nathan Ross