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To: Beowulf9
Possible, but no one knows.
It would be nice if the site of Boudica's bonfire of her vanity were found, as there could be a million or more surviving teeth from the nimrods who followed her into annihilation -- assuming the Romans and/or the locals incinerated the dead after the defeat. Any major pile of bones that survive probably marks the spot of the battle, and would settle the argument about where it took place.
Also, DNA samples could be plentiful, and shed light on how related the participants were, and what kind of genetic heritage survives in modern populations.

6 posted on 09/04/2022 8:43:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I thought I was way off base but this is interesting. Could be, then.
I just finished reading Tacitus’s Annals and now am re-reading Suetonius 12 Caesars. Haven’t read it in a few years and thought it would be interesting to refresh my memory of it after reading Tacitus who really kept my interest. Plan at some point to read Cassius Duo but I wish they’’d discover more of these writer’s stuff.

And just around the subject, did you ever see Britannia? A bit of a mish-mosh of history and wishtory but you know that girl is gonna end up being Boudicca.

Yeah, getting some DNA and knowing where the battle took place would be something.


7 posted on 09/04/2022 9:00:40 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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