01-10-2016, 05:14 PM
(01-10-2016, 04:47 PM)John1 Wrote: Any self respecting pillager would be off home to bank the spoils before heading out for more with more friends and relatives who had missed the first round . . . Only if we buy into a single horde plodding around the country and sticking tight together, and some of us don't . . . I still think it's very possible that after Colchester most of the force went home with their plunder and reformed at a later date to sort out Paulinus. This opens up an entirely different geography and time line for the final battle.
Where in the sources do you find support for any of this?
(01-10-2016, 05:08 PM)John1 Wrote: Latin's lovely but how about some geography? . . . terrain beats latin on this one.
But it doesn't beat history - unless you want to rewrite it, of course.
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)