08-23-2012, 11:49 PM
Quote:I would have thought that the Brythons would have an excellent knowledge of the country and its routes and how long it took to get from A to B (or in this case C - D)Not necessarily. Aside from a few habitual travellers (traders? / bards? / wandering druids?) most people probably had little knowledge of territories beyond a day or two's walk of their home. They might know roughly where a certain road or river went, but no more. This would make accurate strategic planning difficult over any great distance, especially against a moving enemy. The Romans had a similar problem - anything more than a mile or two either side of their road network was terra incognito at this date.
Nathan Ross