09-26-2021, 02:13 PM
(09-26-2021, 01:43 PM)Theoderic Wrote: By my calculations it would mean that SP would have already been on the road when he received the first letter from Cerialis re the concerns at Colchester.
I don't think it was quite like that. Tacitus tells us that there was a small military unit at Colchester. My guess is that, perceiving that there was a major threat on the way, the commander of that unit would send messages simultaneously to all possible sources of help, Catus Decianus, Cerialis and Suetonius. By my calculations, given sufficient remounts and relief riders, a message could have been got to Suetonius at the Menai Straits within 24 hours.
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)
