Yeechang Lee <ylee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Rich Rostrom wrote:
>> Governor Quietus will not take it seriously,
>
>As you and others have pointed out, Quietus will almost certainly
>declare himself Emperor, because of the long, long, long history of
>other governors of Britain doing the same.
Umm, it's 100 AD in Britannia; that history
hasn't happened yet.
>It would be helpful to list in what areas Roman Britain actually would
>lead Europe ca. 1600, besides personal hygiene.
>
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>
>Military commanders experienced at commanding several tens of
>thousands of very well-trained and well-disciplined soldiers? Didn't
>Watling Street involve more soldiers on either side than Poitiers?
By 1600, there are much larger armies in the field.
But it's certain that nothing less than
a national army could conquer Britannia.
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