07-24-2015, 04:37 PM
Dana Adler states:
"I would suspect that he had no idea of abandoning his troops, he just wanted to split Boudicca's force and deal with her piecemeal so that his men had the advantage of numbers."
Well according to all the accounts if he did travel south of the Thames, he failed dismally in splitting her forces as allegedly Boudica brought 230,000 people with her.
Although he was recalled after losing his ships this was very near the time that you would have expected him to be replaced anyway. Also a new strategy was needed and he hadn't changed his methodology to adapt but continued to wipe out the Brythons.
On his recall he does not appear to have been disgraced and becomes a consul for the second time in AD66 and in AD69 was a senior general in Otho's army.
"I would suspect that he had no idea of abandoning his troops, he just wanted to split Boudicca's force and deal with her piecemeal so that his men had the advantage of numbers."
Well according to all the accounts if he did travel south of the Thames, he failed dismally in splitting her forces as allegedly Boudica brought 230,000 people with her.
Although he was recalled after losing his ships this was very near the time that you would have expected him to be replaced anyway. Also a new strategy was needed and he hadn't changed his methodology to adapt but continued to wipe out the Brythons.
On his recall he does not appear to have been disgraced and becomes a consul for the second time in AD66 and in AD69 was a senior general in Otho's army.
Deryk
