Time Commanders - Mons Graupius 3/5

Following this final battle, it was proclaimed that Agricola had finally subdued all the tribes of Britain. Soon after he was recalled to Rome, and his post passed to Sallustius Lucullus. It is likely that Rome intended to complete the conquest but that military requirements elsewhere in the empire necessitated a troop withdrawal and the initiative was lost. That Agricola won the battle but failed to neutralise the threat to Roman security in the north of Britain had serious consequences for the remainder of the period of occupation.

Tacitus' proud statement on the battle Perdomita Britannia et statim missa (Britain was completely conquered and immediately let go) has led to much discussion. Its implication that Agricola had defeated the last of British resistance is untrue as the uneasy peace of the next few decades proves. The suggestion that it was passed intact and peaceful to his successor is undermined by the construction and occupation of the Glenblocker forts and Inchtuthil in succeeding years which indicate an attempt to fence in rather than defeat the Caledonians completely.

It has also been suggested that in the absence of any archaeological evidence and the very low estimate of Roman casualties that the decisive victory reported by Tacitus may be an exaggeration or even an invention, either by Tacitus himself, or by Agricola, for political reasons. Soon after his announcement of victory, Agricola was recalled to Rome by Domitian and his post passed to Sallustius Lucullus. Despite his apparent successes Agricola fell out of favour and it is possible that Domitian may have been informed of the fraudulence of his claims to have won a significant victory.

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[edwin1231123]

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[CBfrmcardiff]

They needed to crush the Roman infantry on one end of the line, or the other. Presumably the Caledonians had a numerical advantage, in terms of the number of infantry regiments. It's difficult to see what's going on, but the Roman cavalry is unexpectedly stronger than theirs. TBH it's difficult to see how they could win, unless they have a big infantry advantage. It doesn't look like they have one.

[innit27]

i think they've run away haha

[demonduri]

@Kulmataklaus the first episode was there were actually chess players involve which beat win convincely (;

[ManilaSyndicate]

( lol ) The daughter sure got into it.

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4:46 romans with guns?

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Dr. Lynette Nusbacher, formerly Aryeh Nusbacher, is a military historian employed at the Sandhurst Military College at Sandhurst, UK. She makes regular contributions to a wide variety of television programmes on military themes, amongst which the game Time Commanders. In 2007 the tabloid The Sun reported that Nusbacher had undergone a sex change operation.[1].

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[Jamesosr]

wait, is this rome:total war?