09-17-2012, 01:59 AM
Tacitus must surely be describing a position in a narrow confined space between hills. Not on a ridge.
In the context of CS I have no problem with reading this as the Romans occupying Castle Dykes, I'd call it a ridge top but I certainly don't see the text ruling it out.
Vindex wrote:
Last post from me on this topic for sure.
I trust "the topic" means the river crossing and not the thread. We can't do this without you Moi.....
In the context of CS I have no problem with reading this as the Romans occupying Castle Dykes, I'd call it a ridge top but I certainly don't see the text ruling it out.
Vindex wrote:
Last post from me on this topic for sure.
I trust "the topic" means the river crossing and not the thread. We can't do this without you Moi.....