11-29-2015, 12:40 AM
(11-28-2015, 09:27 PM)Theoderic Wrote: if Catus had outraged Boudicca in April the Iceni would have had to have armed themselves... and marched onto Colchester in about six weeks.
While the attack on Boudica was probably what sparked the uprising, I don't think we need to assume that the result was immediate. It could have taken a long time for news of the event to spread, and for the various tribal groups and sub-groups to agree on a united response. Even assembling such a large body of people in one place to move against Colchester would have taken a while.
Six weeks may have been plausible even so. All we know is that the rebellion was apparently on a roll before the planting of the spring crops, which I believe usually happens today around the third week in April.
Nathan Ross