08-04-2012, 10:19 PM
I am more of the "escape to the West" viewpoint with refugees in tow with Seutonius Paulinus hoping to leave everything until the next fighting season because he had a reduced force from the Fourteenth (possibly 3,000 Batavians who would have joined with the Ninth and the Second to form a reasonable force if the others had turned up)but not enough on their own to defend London or to take the battle to the Brythons.
In fact it seems like the Romans seriously underestimated how many troops they would need anyway - they misjudged the Brythons.
Being forced into a battle against extreme odds because the Brythons kept coming.....but only when he could get enough troops to offer battle.... in the right place.
In fact it seems like the Romans seriously underestimated how many troops they would need anyway - they misjudged the Brythons.
Being forced into a battle against extreme odds because the Brythons kept coming.....but only when he could get enough troops to offer battle.... in the right place.
Deryk