08-22-2012, 09:33 PM
Hi John
Castle Stowe - of course - I have read it a few times - my only problem with it is once the Romans charged the Brythons could have fanned out and enveloped them because they could "spread" (as it were) to allow the extra men to be absorbed - a bit like an amoeba.
The idea that the Brythons used the river valleys and old trackways makes a lot of sense.
[attachment=5016]ROUTE.jpg[/attachment]
I have cheekily stolen your map and indicated aroute for the Trinovantes and the Iceni to arrive at Cunetio using the old routes, ensuring that SP cannot go North as long as they parallel his route and follow him as two separate tribes. Other tribes could also muster there from North of the Thames swelling the numbers.
Castle Stowe - of course - I have read it a few times - my only problem with it is once the Romans charged the Brythons could have fanned out and enveloped them because they could "spread" (as it were) to allow the extra men to be absorbed - a bit like an amoeba.
The idea that the Brythons used the river valleys and old trackways makes a lot of sense.
[attachment=5016]ROUTE.jpg[/attachment]
I have cheekily stolen your map and indicated aroute for the Trinovantes and the Iceni to arrive at Cunetio using the old routes, ensuring that SP cannot go North as long as they parallel his route and follow him as two separate tribes. Other tribes could also muster there from North of the Thames swelling the numbers.
Deryk