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Re: Boudicca
The distribution in figure 6 implies a hard core in the area around Chester (Deva) which was the base of Legio XX Valeria Victrix for 200 years, they also were with Paulinus in North Africa before the Boudiccan campaign. The XX also recruited in North Africa (several Centurians) but used Illyian cav...
Re: Boudicca
try this on for size then, a dna remnant of Roman cavalry auxillaries in our midst.....
http://www.jogg.info/32/bird.pdf
http://www.jogg.info/32/bird.pdf
Re: Boudicca
That's exactly what I'd been led to believe. So any candidate site for the battle should surely be accompanied by a speculation concerning where the marching camp/s to hold 10 000 troops would be sited. The Church Stow theory is the only one which seems to attempt this, do any of the other candidate...
Re: Boudicca
The interesting thing about the Church Stow topography seems to be that the slopes would have been too steep for chariots (although I am no expert) so assaults along the ridges would have been the only way to bring them into play, straight into the triple ditch complexes. So a slog on foot up the gu...
Re: Boudicca
There is a new site/theory doing the rounds for the Boudiccan Battle site;
http://www.craftpegg.com/Battle_Church_Stowe_CP.pdf
http://www.craftpegg.com/Battle_Church_Stowe_CP.pdf