"Speaking of Verulanium, are there any significant defensive positions nearby which SP could have built/ used??"
yes the stonking great Fort at Windridge !!!!!!! Used then later rebuilt.....
"we know from archaeology that the damage there was not great"
Like the razing of the Windridge Fort didn't occur !!!!!!!! so it was rebuilt with only the NW segment retained......
page 88 July 2016........ don't you remember.... ok me neither............
Manshead and New Ground are both good..... wrong.... but good.....
"So its possible Agricola took Tacitus to the actual battle site" I can't see why not... probably a highlight of the Grand tour of Brittania for some generations..... I have money on there being a temple or two on the site.
Also still looking for the site where the IX got bumped, probably in or around this cone;
Where my favorite potential for the final wipe out is the valley confluence at Bartlow where these massive Roman mounds are located at the valley bottom;
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yes the stonking great Fort at Windridge !!!!!!! Used then later rebuilt.....
"we know from archaeology that the damage there was not great"
Like the razing of the Windridge Fort didn't occur !!!!!!!! so it was rebuilt with only the NW segment retained......
page 88 July 2016........ don't you remember.... ok me neither............
Manshead and New Ground are both good..... wrong.... but good.....
"So its possible Agricola took Tacitus to the actual battle site" I can't see why not... probably a highlight of the Grand tour of Brittania for some generations..... I have money on there being a temple or two on the site.
Also still looking for the site where the IX got bumped, probably in or around this cone;
Where my favorite potential for the final wipe out is the valley confluence at Bartlow where these massive Roman mounds are located at the valley bottom;
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