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<p>[QUOTE="DCCR, post: 4600710, member: 106566"]I agree that they should be taken with a grain of salt, but even doing that I still can't get from his emphatic "there was no uprising" to "there was an uprising". He clearly states there was no uprising, is clear by omission that there was no uprising, the other source from the time doesn't mention an uprising, and the only one that does mention an uprising, mentions it in the context of someone else. </p><p><br /></p><p>If there was an uprising, and it was quashed by any means (either through military action or just by Constans appearing at the scene) it would have been mentioned and exaggerated by the writers of the time. If he had failed to quash it, then we'd expect to see later writers mention that, and we would probably have more obvious evidence of Britain falling out of Roman control at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>My understanding, and someone will correct me if I'm wrong, is that there is nothing in the archaeological record for a rebellion at this time, and the only suggestion there was comes from the three writers we have mentioned. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, the reasons for him crossing are irrelevant in the context of your original post, and I don't want to distract from that. There appears to be no doubt that he travelled in the winter, and that the medallion at least commemorates that. The coins seem to depend on the earlier dating suggested by Kraft. Do you know what his reasoning was for that date, or indeed, what RIC's reasoning for the later date was? I have Kraft's paper but my German just isn't up to translating it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DCCR, post: 4600710, member: 106566"]I agree that they should be taken with a grain of salt, but even doing that I still can't get from his emphatic "there was no uprising" to "there was an uprising". He clearly states there was no uprising, is clear by omission that there was no uprising, the other source from the time doesn't mention an uprising, and the only one that does mention an uprising, mentions it in the context of someone else. If there was an uprising, and it was quashed by any means (either through military action or just by Constans appearing at the scene) it would have been mentioned and exaggerated by the writers of the time. If he had failed to quash it, then we'd expect to see later writers mention that, and we would probably have more obvious evidence of Britain falling out of Roman control at the time. My understanding, and someone will correct me if I'm wrong, is that there is nothing in the archaeological record for a rebellion at this time, and the only suggestion there was comes from the three writers we have mentioned. However, the reasons for him crossing are irrelevant in the context of your original post, and I don't want to distract from that. There appears to be no doubt that he travelled in the winter, and that the medallion at least commemorates that. The coins seem to depend on the earlier dating suggested by Kraft. Do you know what his reasoning was for that date, or indeed, what RIC's reasoning for the later date was? I have Kraft's paper but my German just isn't up to translating it.[/QUOTE]
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