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Roman Period

Pictish Ambush on Roman Column near Strathmore 209 AD

209
Scotland
Era
Roman Period
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Legio II Augusta detachment
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Caledonian-Pictish warbands
Outcome
Roman column harassed but not defeated; Severus imposed punitive treaty
The Battle

History & Significance

Guerrilla resistance to Severus campaign in Strathmore; Pictish tribes used forest and bog to bleed Roman columns after refusing pitched battle

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Scheduled Monuments near Pictish Ambush on Roman Column near Strathmore 209 AD

Wester Logie,enclosures 250m SSW of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2 miles
Fletcherfield,two standing stones
Scheduled monument · Bronze Age · ~2 miles
Reedie,cairns 850m NNW and 850m NW of
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Reedie,souterrain 200m WNW of
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~2.1 miles
Fletcherfield,enclosure 100m SE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~2.4 miles
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