Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.

[Renatus]

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Look again at my post with seasons in them, you asked a question i had already answerd.

I assume that you are referring to your post #1991, which is the one containing the wording that I am querying.  As you suggest, I have looked at it again.  It is a long post and contains a lot of material that may or may not be relevant to this issue.  Frankly, I am none the wiser, so please indulge me and set out in simple terms what you are suggesting.  You need not go into great detail; a broad outline will do.  Of course, if I have the wrong post, please give me the number of the correct one.

You refer to  , https://www.romanarmytalk.com/showthread...#pid351987

So we have a 2 month operation to get there and take it, and 3 months to create the supply base to hold it, a 5 month operation which fits a single campaign season.

Two problems with compressing it all into a single year, first is tacitus records it as a 2 season event, second is the problems of logistics and time and crop cycles, when you compress it to a single year, so to do so means getting creative.

I had already defined the campaign season earlier  here, if teh above is not clear enough.

Hanny Wrote:
Roman campaign season along with all its religious festivals set at specific times had a set month to start and ends in October, just because this campaign set out late would not change that.

All this toing-and-froing is getting us nowhere.  The link you have provided just takes us to a post of mine, so that doesn't help.  You then talk about to periods of 2 and 3 months adding up to a 5 month operation, which I assume relates to Suetonius' Anglesey campaign.  Then, after quoting the passage I am querying, you refer to the Roman campaigning season with its religious festivals ending in October.  None of this has any relevance to when the revolt broke out, how Suetonius was forced to react to it and how long the whole process lasted.

In order to resolve this and to establish how you see this episode developing, I am going to ask you for your suggestions for four dates.  I am not asking for precise days; months will be quite sufficient.  Nor am I asking you to commit to specific years, AD61/2 or 60/1; first year and second year will be enough.  What I am asking of you are your suggestions for:

1.  The date(s) of Suetonius' Anglesey campaign.

2.  The date the revolt broke out.

3.  The date of the sowing season relevant to that outbreak.

4.  The date of the final battle.

With that information, I should be able to work out what you mean by a '2 season event'.