10-26-2021, 02:14 PM
Nathan wrote:
It's not the harvesting season but the sowing season - all crops in Britain are harvested in late summer to autumn.
I think this is undeniable.
I also agree that given the scenario of the invasion of Anglesey by Seutonius Paulinus, the sowing season referred to is not the Spring sowing.
The Autumn sowing for Winter wheat is October, therefore logically a large proportion of the Iceni and Trinovantes must have been away during October.
This then probably places the battle to the second / third week of October.
A possible series of events would seem to work.
Classicianus arrives end of October.
Possibly everything else follows with the troops from the rest of Britain being brought together under canvass and the campaign continuing with the 14th, the 2nd, the 20th and the remnants of the 9th and associated auxiliaries, a formidable force to retake the lands and garrison them.
November, December, January and February for the campaign, troops arrive in March to be put in new quarters (not under canvass).
Polyclitus arrives in March and the campaign is temporarily suspended.
Campaign restarted in April and the loss of ships incident occurs
Turpilianus arrives June / July.
August - poor harvest for the Iceni and the majority of the harvest goes to the Roman army.
Famine for the Iceni ensues.
It's not the harvesting season but the sowing season - all crops in Britain are harvested in late summer to autumn.
I think this is undeniable.
I also agree that given the scenario of the invasion of Anglesey by Seutonius Paulinus, the sowing season referred to is not the Spring sowing.
The Autumn sowing for Winter wheat is October, therefore logically a large proportion of the Iceni and Trinovantes must have been away during October.
This then probably places the battle to the second / third week of October.
A possible series of events would seem to work.
Classicianus arrives end of October.
Possibly everything else follows with the troops from the rest of Britain being brought together under canvass and the campaign continuing with the 14th, the 2nd, the 20th and the remnants of the 9th and associated auxiliaries, a formidable force to retake the lands and garrison them.
November, December, January and February for the campaign, troops arrive in March to be put in new quarters (not under canvass).
Polyclitus arrives in March and the campaign is temporarily suspended.
Campaign restarted in April and the loss of ships incident occurs
Turpilianus arrives June / July.
August - poor harvest for the Iceni and the majority of the harvest goes to the Roman army.
Famine for the Iceni ensues.
Deryk
