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Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.
Quote:If, as Richard Hingley suggests, B (royal birth, etc) was related to Cartimandua... Who was the woman who succeeded Cartimandua around AD 85?

I like Hingley's book a lot, but I don't recall his reasoning behind this suggestion. As far as I know, Boudica was just 'of the royal house' (Tacitus). No ideas about relations elsewhere. Cartimandua had been restored to her throne by Roman troops just a few years before the uprising - she wouldn't have much to gain by pitching in with the Iceni. She was deposed again (by her ex-husband Venutius) in 69 - the Romans rescued her, but Venutius apparently retained control until the Brigantes were subdued by Petilius Cerealis c.72-75.


Quote:Where did the Iceni, Trinovantes (Briganti?) get their armory from?

They would probably have been disarmed after the attempted revolt in 47. However, disarming an entire people is seldom easy or easily enforced, as we've seen in more recent times... no doubt there would have been caches of hidden weapons that could be 'recommissioned' in case of need. However, it is likely that the majority of the rebel warriors would have been armed with improvised weapons, farming implements and captured Roman gear.


Quote:I have read somewhere that it was illegal to crucify a young girl, hence ritual abuse.

You may be thinking of the anecdote (earlier in T's Annals, and Dio too) that the daughters of Sejanus were raped before their execution, as it was illegal to execute a virgin. One of the more charming bits of Roman legislation... Boudica's daughters were possibly so treated to render them unmarriageable; Prasutagus had included them in his will together with Nero, presumably so their future husbands would inherit a portion of the Iceni kingdom and so keep it out of Roman hands.


Quote:Was T. really mistaken...?

Probably! Agricola was written quite a while before Annals, and there are other differences between the two accounts. This should also remind us that Tacitus was no great authority on 1st century Britain and its people!


Quote:What was he delaying for? The logical explanation is that he was waiting for reinforcements.

That is logical yes, and in general I agree. However, I was trying to think laterally - for all that certain aspects of Paulinus's planning might seem obvious to us now, we can't rule anything out purely on the grounds of such logic. Generally I'd say it's safer to make assumptions about the behaviour of the Britons than of Paulinus, who probably had much greater freedom of movement and many more options available to him.
Nathan Ross
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Re: Calling all armchair generals! - by Ensifer - 03-11-2010, 03:13 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-18-2012, 06:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 12:02 AM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 02:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 05:40 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 02-19-2012, 11:26 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 05:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 09:42 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-24-2012, 10:10 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:11 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 03:25 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-25-2012, 08:36 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-26-2012, 02:57 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 04-27-2012, 01:50 PM
Re: Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Steve Kaye - 08-05-2012, 02:24 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by Nathan Ross - 09-04-2013, 06:35 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-07-2014, 02:18 PM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-08-2014, 01:50 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-11-2014, 02:03 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-18-2014, 07:54 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-20-2014, 02:37 AM
Calling all armchair generals! Boudica\'s Last Stand. - by antiochus - 11-25-2014, 08:29 AM

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