09-04-2013, 10:59 AM
Quote:However, the 'Roman' road (probably, like Stane Street, a pre-existing track) from St Albans through to Baldock would present a suitable avenue for Iceni withdrawal, as Appleby suggests. It may be that the site of battle does indeed lie in this direction - there's some quite rolling countryside along the way, probably with some suitable defiles...But why would Paulinus go that way? He had a force that he had already judged inadequate to defend London and he would be taking himself away from his major sources of reinforcement.
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)