08-24-2011, 10:30 PM
Quote:Therefore in this scenario would the Romans have called upon Cartimandua to supply Brigantian auxiliaries?
I doubt that actually - the Brigantes were far from the (probable) scene of the action, and their loyalties perhaps questionable. Besides, Paulinus had more than enough troops available - four full legions plus auxiliaries. His problem was in concentrating his force where they were needed, which would have been in the south or east somewhere. As it was, the ninth legion detachment moved too fast and were cut off, the second legion moved too slowly, or not at all, and Paulinus was left with the fourteenth and a few extra cohorts, so had to think on his feet...
Nathan Ross