02-15-2013, 03:44 PM
That would be the same problem as Mancetter, High Cross, Church Stowe, Tripontium, Paulerspury and to an extent Dunstable.
We know this was the most likely route for the Romans down from Anglesey, so at least one army passed that way
We know it is about as far south as you can go without risking out flanking from the Iceni teritory from the east,
We know it is accessible as a mustering point from north, south, east and west
We know it defends the crucial cross roads at High Cross
I think these are some of the reasons why so many candidate sites are clustered in this area,
it makes sense on the basis of the available information.
The only outstanding point is Paulinus' trip to London and that is open open to an awful lot of interpretation and speculation.
AND.....this is Paulinus himself nominating a site, how much more authoroty could he have ;-)
We know this was the most likely route for the Romans down from Anglesey, so at least one army passed that way
We know it is about as far south as you can go without risking out flanking from the Iceni teritory from the east,
We know it is accessible as a mustering point from north, south, east and west
We know it defends the crucial cross roads at High Cross
I think these are some of the reasons why so many candidate sites are clustered in this area,
it makes sense on the basis of the available information.
The only outstanding point is Paulinus' trip to London and that is open open to an awful lot of interpretation and speculation.
AND.....this is Paulinus himself nominating a site, how much more authoroty could he have ;-)