09-12-2022, 08:22 AM
(09-11-2022, 11:11 PM)Renatus Wrote:(09-11-2022, 07:51 PM)MonsGraupius Wrote:Quote:chained to the spot by the weakness of their sex
Don't blame me; blame Tacitus. However, having said that, I have been as guilty as you in not checking Church & Brodribb's translation on this point. 'Imbellis' does not mean 'weakness'; it means 'unwarlike, unfit for war, peaceful, fond of peace'. So the comment may not be as sexist as you like to make out.
I have two pieces of advice to give to you, which I don't suppose you will take
You are still trying to say. That someone in the much smaller settlement of London, who sees Boudica coming, will not "hobble" over the bridge. It's not that difficult a concept ... enemy coming ... they are but a few meters from the Bridge which goes directly from the Roman settlement to the other side. A bridge that is extremely easy to defend. yet you claim they did not.
It's not as if Boudica's raid on London was a surprise, which would account for some people being still in the settlement when it was overwhelmed. They had plenty of warning ... enough for Suetonius to ride hundreds of miles from Wales, take stock of the situation and then leave.
yet, you are claiming, that whilst Suetonius can travel hundreds of kilometres, that the people of London couldn't travel 0.1% of the distance to cross over the Thames.
Can I just rub in how ridiculous that is. A Slug can travel about 5metres an hour. For Suetonius to get across London bridge at the same time as the slug travelling about 0.1% of the distance, (down the strand, to the bridge and 100m across), means Suetonius has to travel about 5km/hour.
So, quite literally a slug could have escaped London and got across the bridge well before Boudica arrived. It is the most trivial crossing in the world, until Suetonius takes down the bridge! That is the only way anyone could have been overwhelmed in London.
And, might I point out, that to sustain your hypothesis that Suetonius was totally mad as a general, you've gone from the Gallop down Watling street ... to a slug desperately going over London bridge ... and still not being overwhelmed.
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.
