10-03-2021, 03:56 PM
(10-02-2021, 01:09 PM)Hanny Wrote: Two problems with compressing it all into a single year, first is tacitus records it as a 2 season event,
Are we getting confused here? What do you mean by 'season' - season of the year or campaigning season? If the former, I could agree with you that that is a possibility. Depending on when one thinks the revolt started, it could be spring/summer or summer/autumn, even autumn/beginning of winter. It could equally be within a single season, however. If you mean the latter, there is no chance. All the indications are that it was a relatively short affair. Carroll, in the article that you cited, suggests that the revolt started at the beginning of May and that the final battle took place five weeks later. That said, as I indicated before, I have no difficulty in believing that the revolt started in one year and that, after the defeat of the rebels, the aftermath extended into the following year.
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)
