10-16-2010, 07:29 AM
Quote:Ron Andrea:pkbjf3ll Wrote:A "defile" backed by woods was what I remember.
I have always considered that tactically, Paulinus may have considered the following:
a. Advance down Watling Street with dispatches to th XIV and XX telling them where he was going and where they could possibly intercept him on their march to join him.
b. En route, recce possible locations to join battle which would be to his force's advantage and disadvantage the Britons and their way of fighting.
c. Having decided that Londinium was not a place he would choose to fight, withdraw to the nearest recce'd location and wait, not wanting to be caught in marching order.
Exactly how I have viewed it!
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[b]Legio XIIII GMV. (Q. Magivs)RMRS Remember Atuatuca! Vengence will be ours!
Titus Flavius Germanus
Batavian Coh I
Byron Angel