Chapter 41

"Suetonius Paulinus wanted to subdue the mutinous spirit of the Britons, so he resolved to attack them and drive them to the Isle of Mona, called Anglesey today." Dr. Rosenbaum was in the middle of his lecture to two rapt listeners. True to Ceara's instructions, Jessie had asked no questions nor interrupted his flow of speech, relying, instead, on her limited note-taking experience and her newly awakened mind.

"He ordered a number of flat bottomed boats, new in that time period, to be constructed so that he could send men across with their horses. He knew how familiar the Celts were with their woods, and without horses he would never catch them. Many of those boats arrived with infantry as well. It seems to us like overkill, but Paulinus wasn't kidding around. He worked desperately, trying to earn his own bragging rights, and to do so, he needed a high body count, especially of the Druids that even the great Julius Caesar had failed to eradicate.