09-30-2014, 06:20 AM
Did anyone else see ' Weapons of Death' on last evening's Yesterday Channel, Monday 29th September?
Weaponry used in the (Boudiccan) uprising against the Roman Army.
Said to have taken place outside the town walls of Lactodurum, ''somewhere between London and Wroxeter'' then switched to the nearby landscape at Alderton, with little evidence, except that the topography fitted Tacitus' description( which was reliable) and that there was a river where the oxen could be watered
The crush of the rebels against their own wagon trains was compared with Hillsborough, which I felt was in extremely poor taste.
I could go on, but it was all a bit gruesome. At best, maybe a wasted opportunity.
Weaponry used in the (Boudiccan) uprising against the Roman Army.
Said to have taken place outside the town walls of Lactodurum, ''somewhere between London and Wroxeter'' then switched to the nearby landscape at Alderton, with little evidence, except that the topography fitted Tacitus' description( which was reliable) and that there was a river where the oxen could be watered
The crush of the rebels against their own wagon trains was compared with Hillsborough, which I felt was in extremely poor taste.
I could go on, but it was all a bit gruesome. At best, maybe a wasted opportunity.
Davidus