09-17-2022, 10:36 PM
(09-17-2022, 08:01 PM)Owein Walker Wrote: Concerning the camp and the protection of the civilians, to maintain their safety the camp would need be situated behind the battle lines, or SP would have to divide his army to defend them at the camp, and I don't see him weakening his army to do that.
(I am smiling saying this). Do you agree ?
I have to say, SP really has his back to the wall at this point !
That is why Suetonius crossed the Thames along with all the civilians. The Thames creates a natural barrier which is far better than a camp.
Anyone saying Suetonius headed north is talking nonsense for exactly the reason you say.
London was a settlement of no strategic value, except that it had a bridge. Indeed, it doesn't seem to have existed in any meaningful sense before the bridge. So, there is no point for Suetonius to head for London, except to secure the bridge and via it the Thames against Boudica.
The "Galloping Horseman" is a fiction ... which led to the idea that Suetonius goes directly to battle and so is the idea he heads north. It is time to totally ditch the Galloping Horseman along with the idea that Suetonius heads north and immediately goes to battle. Because the only strategic value in going to London ... was the bridge.
Oh the grand oh Duke Suetonius, he had a Roman legion, he galloped rushed down to (a minor settlement called) Londinium then he galloped rushed back again. Londinium Bridge is falling down, falling down ... HOLD IT ... change of plans, we're leaving the bridge for Boudica and galloping rushing north.
