Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.

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This is for the doubting Johns and others who ooze negativity and contribute nothing of value to those who try. In 2013, after a full, militray career .... Happy sniping.

Is that a full milktray career or a fool ... (you did ask us to snipe).

Unfortunately, you don't give any links to your proposal, so I can't snipe about that ... but if you would like me to comment on it, could you provide a link. But I do like your approach of listing criteria and then looking for a site. The problem I would have is that I found the original texts do not say what many people assume they say, and too often people using your approach start from the narrative that has been fabricated by academics rather than what was actually said.

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On Caratacus last stand. Yes - spelling is unfortunately not my forte (nor my English). On a few certain key words, I am indeed Dyslexic and rushed it (when I was in the military, this was not a problem as military Emails have a spell checker).

I will say this on your comment, it is important to note that in Roman writing, accurate historical fact was just one secondary aspect. It was the literary style that took precedence. As such there are indeed, many different translations of Tacitus with different interpretations including elements suggested by various authors. In my search I chose two of the most renowned translations which I considered the most authentic because of the terrain I discovered (90% matches anyway and on the most important parts it is a 100% match). A single word added in by a mistranslation can indeed throw the whole search out as I learnt to my cost.

The site I have found, matches the main translations. I again went through every map and grid square using a color code and it has taken 15 months to locate the place. If this was easy everyone would have found it. Interestingly, please note how many people have actually nominated a site and how few have provided any evidence. I can think of only one - Martin Hackett. I would have started my search earlier this year but have been delayed due to the weather and other matters. I am going to do this and if I cannot get landowners permission, then I will publish my evidence on it and leave it to others to judge. PS As stated my earlier efforts 9 years before pale in comparison to where I am now. This is a journey and as such begins with the first step. Watch this space. I am coming.