01-10-2021, 04:07 PM
(01-10-2021, 03:50 PM)Steve Kaye Wrote: on first reading Mommsen's text I also thought he supported the 'cavalry dash', but he isn't.
Ah yes, it seems you're right! Although it's a fairly tortuous bit of prose, as you say...
Mommsen seems to be assuming that Paulinus 'wished to sacrifice Londinium' before he had even commenced operations!
Nathan Ross