01-15-2013, 02:36 AM
Thank you Vindex - what an excellent and well researched article you referred me to.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/dis...3X12000207
The mixture of Governors seems to make sense in the expansion and then the consolidation / pacification cycles but obviously something failed drastically around AD58 / AD59 to allow the humiliation of the Iceni and the missed intelligence regarding the preparation for the rebellion.
Somehow under the tenure of Governor Veranius and / or Governor Seutonius Paulinus the procurator Catus ravaged the Iceni and possibly managed to upset the Trinovantes to such an extent that they were ripe to rebel when given a lead.
As it appears from later events that both the Governor and the Procurator were not only controlled from Rome but that they reflected each other in their attitudes to the Brythons - so does this mean that they formed a joint Administration as opposed to one keeping an eye on the other?
Kind Regards - Deryk
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/dis...3X12000207
The mixture of Governors seems to make sense in the expansion and then the consolidation / pacification cycles but obviously something failed drastically around AD58 / AD59 to allow the humiliation of the Iceni and the missed intelligence regarding the preparation for the rebellion.
Somehow under the tenure of Governor Veranius and / or Governor Seutonius Paulinus the procurator Catus ravaged the Iceni and possibly managed to upset the Trinovantes to such an extent that they were ripe to rebel when given a lead.
As it appears from later events that both the Governor and the Procurator were not only controlled from Rome but that they reflected each other in their attitudes to the Brythons - so does this mean that they formed a joint Administration as opposed to one keeping an eye on the other?
Kind Regards - Deryk
Deryk