07-23-2015, 10:06 PM
Quote:You will me, though.Dana Adler post=368849 Wrote:If he went south east, he could have headed for Canterbury (excavations have shown that there was at least a lightly fortified post there in the 1st century) and then down to Richborough, with the sea at his back - and the Classis Britannica on-site to either re-inforce his soldiers, or worst case, to evacuate them.You'll not find me disagreeing ;-)
Quote:Going South destroys the "cavalry dash" theory.That's no hardship. However . . .
Quote:Going South towards Dorking or South East towards Canterbury would have isolated Seutonius and his small army from the rest of and the majority of the army in the West.I agree with you on this 100%. Going south or south-east makes no strategic sense whatsoever.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)