Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.

[mcbishop]

The alternative is that the Iceni didn't elect to hobble themselves by slavishly following the indirect new fangled Roman Roads whose vertical profile and location didn't suit their Modus Operandi thereby throwing themselves into the hands of the Romans.

Which was precisely what Charles E. Stuart did in 1745, exploiting Wade and Caulfeild's superb (Roman-style) roads against the government forces, who got stuck at Hexham when attempting to intercept them. A wise commander uses every advantage available to them.

Mike Bishop