01-13-2019, 06:00 PM
(01-13-2019, 01:25 PM)Stug50 Wrote: It would be unusual for any large military force to move through territory, occupied or hostile without sending out advanced reconnaissance. Varus for example allegedly made the mistake of detouring through unfamiliar territory without using reconnaissance, I suppose he decided that he had good enough intelligence based on information from Arminius the result of which ended in a massacre.
I’ve read various reports that state that some of the Romans’ managed to set up a camp at night with hastily built defences which they were able to use with some limited success but they ran into trouble when they tried moving on from the camp.
That will be chapter 20 hear: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Ro...o/56*.html
I've been trying to find any mention of finding these defences at Kalkriese but cannot find anything.
(01-13-2019, 01:25 PM)Stug50 Wrote: Of course this is all conjecture on my part but I would think that various contingency plans would have been the norm for moving such a large body of men and equipment. I’ll leave it to those with far better knowledge than myself to debate how the Legions were organised when moving from camp to camp.
I found this which interest you: http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus...War%203.4a
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.
