Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.

[Nathan Ross]

can a list be devised which gives the best likelyhood of success in finding the true location?

The problem with all those statistical analyses is that Paulinus himself would not have had access to anything like this sort of technology in chosing his battle site - as far as we can tell, all he could rely on was the evidence of his own eyes and his knowledge of the ground on certain specific routes.

It also places too much emphasis on Tacitus's topographical description, which may actually have been a fictional composite of various arenas for ideal generalship, as suggested by Livy, for example.

Unless our ideas about the battle site (or its general area) are informed by a consideration of the campaign as a whole, and Paulinus's likely strategic movements, I think we're just throwing pins at a map!

(and yes, I do think most has already been said on this topic - although I'm always open to new suggestions! :-) )