09-17-2022, 08:19 PM
(09-17-2022, 12:21 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote:(09-16-2022, 05:45 PM)Owein Walker Wrote: What about Suetonius preparing defences around his position?
Nothing in our sources mentions it. He was choosing a battlefield, not building a fortress.
His idea, as I see it, was to get the Britons to attack him on a restricted frontage. They would have been a lot less likely to do this if he was in a securely fortified position - they could have just surrounded him and waited...
That's rubbish. We are explicitly told he is looking for a seat for war, that he was PREPARING to give up DELAY and that he was NOT BEING RASH like Cerialis. So, he was not looking for a battlefield, he was looking for a seat for war.
Everything talks of delay in order to prepare, not rushing into battle (the Galloping Horseman Scenario!).
Oh the grand oh Duke Suetonius, he had a Roman legion, he galloped rushed down to (a minor settlement called) Londinium then he galloped rushed back again. Londinium Bridge is falling down, falling down ... HOLD IT ... change of plans, we're leaving the bridge for Boudica and galloping rushing north.
