11-10-2012, 07:26 AM
Quote:Is there really any certainty all the eggs would go in the same basket?
That would appear to be the pattern in regions where large numbers of camps have been traced (ie Scotland, principally) - multi-camp 'complexes' do exist, but most of these are from different eras rather than contemporary. The main legion force would almost certainly have arrived with Paulinus, probably with a few accompanying auxiliary units. There may have been additional cohorts joining them later, which might have set up smaller camps or annexes, but you'd still be looking for a large central compound.
Then again, since we have few if any marching camps from south-east England anyway, perhaps they had some other way of doing things down there? :-|
Nathan Ross