Slaves Of Fear: A Land Unconquered - Plot & Excerpts
*** Paulinus ordered all food stores from the oppida to be taken back to camp. The stronghold was then put to the torch. It took some time for the damp timbers to ignite, and the thick columns of black smoke could be seen for twenty miles. Governor Scapula had ridden back to the Roman camp once he saw the stronghold was taken by his soldiers. His principia tent served as a tribunal in which he would meet the defeated Deceangli chieftain. In all, nearly three thousand prisoners were taken. Most of those captured at the stronghold were warriors. The fighting men had sent their women and children away, hoping they might escape. The sight of many of their families penned up in the crude stockades told a grim tale. The captured warriors could also assume many of their loved ones had been killed. They were kept separate from the women and children, and there was no way for anyone to know who was imprisoned, dead, or managed to escape. Scapula made certain his armour was polished, and he draped his finest deep red cloak over his left shoulder.
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