Talk:Gaius Suetonius Paulinus

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A note about his name

When Tacitus refers to Gaius Suetonius Paulinus by one name, he almost invariably uses "Suetonius" rather than "Paulinus". I think we should stick to that for consistency's sake, and have followed that in my redraft. --Nicknack009 22:46, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Governor of Britain?

Needs a bit of a clean up here guys. It says here that he became Governor in 59...yet the wiki for Nepos, claims Nepos died in 57, and Britain didn't have no Governor for 2 years so one is wrong. I have seen sources that claim both 58 and 59, but none for 57....but I am no historian but someome must know enough to correct or edit this DarkMithras 2011CE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.100.246.129 (talk) 21:19, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

fugitives or refugees?

Mona is described in this article as a "refuge for British fugitives" as well as a center of the druids. The former though seems, to me, to be suspected - were they fugitives of British tribal laws, or Roman laws? If they were fugitives of Roman law it would probably mean that they had been given high standing by the Romans, such as citizenship, else they would have been dealt with by their own local law. Then what does Tacitus mean? does he mean that Mona was harboring fugitives from Roman Law or British Law - and as Mona was not within the conquered territories of Britain until Paulinus invasion. Is there a distinction being made between British fugitives and British refugees? Why did Tacitus choose the former term? Was he correct or was he more politically motivated. L Hamm 19:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Or were the fugitives deserters from the auxiliaries, or the legions? Either way we should be able to confirm it. L Hamm 19:27, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Image

I have removed the image in this article, which had a caption that claimed that it was an artist's impression of 'Suetonius Paulinus, the imperial governor, returned from campaigning in Wales to London'. It is in fact a painting by Chris Collingwood entitled AD 61, depicting 'cavalry and legionaries (plus an auxiliary Hamian archer) of the XIVth Legion' (http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/more.php?ProdID=2405). It is therefore arguably only partly (if at all) relevant to his life and career, and I've removed it accordingly. Michael Fryer 08:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Another image is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/suetonius.shtml --Snek01 16:56, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Boudica's fate

the article states unequivocally that boudica took poison. even the period historians are in disagreement over this, with tacitus saying so, and dio saying that she took ill and died. the history channel documentary dissembles, and says that all that is known with certainty is that neither she nor her daughters were taken captive.i think some note needs to be included to this effect. if a credible source for suicide by poison exists, then that needs inclusion.Toyokuni3 (talk) 23:17, 9 September 2009 (UTC)