To: GeorgefromGeorgia
The Romans claimed 80,000 dead Celts, for a loss of no more than 400 legionaries. If the numbers are accurate [not always a good assumption to make with ancient history], and assuming they didn't kill her entire army, the odds would have been appreciably higher than 8-1.
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02/13/2006 12:41:29 PM PST by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: PzLdr
The Romans had about 10,000 legionaries +. There were claims that Boudica had more than 80,000 but other accounts were that few escaped from the trap that the Romans set. You might be right about the numbers. It easily could have been 20-1 or more. Caesar defeated the Gauls at Alesia with about 45000 verses 350000 to 400000. Sometimes the numbers were a disadvantage for the Barbarians.
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