01-10-2016, 05:00 PM
(01-10-2016, 02:20 PM)John1 Wrote: How many waggons would it take to choke the approach to any of the candidate sites? 8 meters per wagon could fill the choke point at Church Stowe (325m) with 40 waggons, 20 waggons if there are 50% opennings which would certainly still impede a fleeing horde
Nathan has dealt with most of the points that I would have made, so I will concentrate on this one. We are not talking about 'choke points', are we? Read your Tacitus: . . . quae super extremum ambitum campi posuerant, '. . . which they had placed on the extreme edge of the plain.' They must have been there in considerable numbers because, despite their position, they still blocked the warriors' escape.
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)