02-16-2013, 03:56 AM
Quote:The 'betrayed and abandoned' point is interesting - in what way was Colchester (assuming that's what Dio means here) 'betrayed'?I am assuming that this refers to what I have called a 'fifth column' in the city which, according to Tacitus, somehow prevented the inhabitants from erecting defences or evacuating the women and old men, perhaps by persuading them that it was unnecessary.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)