05-22-2020, 10:41 PM
We did consider Dio's reference to Paulinus taking ship back in October 2012. As Nathan mentions, Dio knew that Mona was an island and, therefore, assumed that it would be necessary to sail to the mainland. He need not have known that there was only a narrow channel between the two. Nothing in our sources suggests that Paulinus' journey to London was anything other than overland and the details that Nathan quotes actively militate against anything else. We have, I hope, satisfied ourselves that there was no cavalry dash. Let's not allow ourselves to be seduced into thinking that there was a naval dash instead.
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)