Talk:Battle of Caer Caradoc

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A cavalry tombstone found near Gloucester, I believe, indicates one of the units that may have seen action was the Ala I Thracum, a cavalry auxiliary. The tombstone is that of one of the units duplicarius which the author explains is an NCO on double pay, named Longinus Sdapeze, a Thracian from what is now Sofia, Bulgaria. From Graham Webster's Roman Invasion of Britain pg. 20.

I'm not sure if this particular cavalry reg. participated in this battle, more research will be needed. Clearly it will be much easier to define what cohorts were actually present at the site of the battle than the Britons under Caratacus command, but such an investigation would add much to this article.L Hamm 00:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

PS The article on Caratacus does not yet have a link to this article.