Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.

[Renatus]

In his latest timeline, Nathan has Suetonius Paulinus' full report reaching Rome in the April of the year after the outbreak and defeat of the uprising, thus leading Tacitus to place the revolt in that year.  Referring to the 'full report' gives rise to the suggestion that there might have been at least one interim report.  The obvious occasion for such a report would be after Paulinus had arrived in London and assessed the situation.  Indeed, it could be argued that it would have been remiss of him not to make a report at that time.  We may speculate on the contents of such a report: that there had been a revolt and the colony had been destroyed; that he intended to defeat the revolt with the troops that he had but the 9th Legion had been severely mauled and would need to be brought up to establishment, and that he would need additional auxiliaries to police the disaffected tribes after the revolt had been suppressed.  He would also have reported that the procurator had absconded and a replacement would have to be sent.  This has a bearing upon the timing of events in the aftermath of the revolt, particularly the arrival of the additional troops and of Classicianus and his report upon Paulinus' campaign of reprisals.