07-08-2010, 12:23 AM
Quote: However, if this is indeed the case, then it implies that the province of Britannia was stripped of its legions to form the army that 'invaded' Caledonia.
Oh sure, there's nothing definite. However, by this point southern Britain had been peaceable for nearly 150 years, and the three legions stationed there seem to have been largely intended as a defence against threats from the north. Spain, much larger, got by with only one legion, and Gaul with barely more. For an emperor campaigning in the north, the three legions in Britain could, I think, be used almost in totality, with only skeleton garrisons left behind in case of, say, a sudden uprising by the Silures :wink: .
Quote:Obscure aerial views of what might have been large Severan camps/supply dumps is no real substituite for some reasoned discussion on the topic.
Well, I think we can agree that the program in question was a sizeable heap of fluff, and reasoned discussion not really their bag! It is a shame, when you consider the amount of time and money surely spent on the thing, that something half decent couldn't have been done. Hard to see, really, who the makers were intending to please, or even interest...
- Nathan
Nathan Ross
