Francis White
i been away to long, my feeling died.
crixus went out like a champ, he used no battle tactics whatsoever, goes up the coast of Italy defeating Romans but not equiping his army with roman armor and weapons, plus he could added the slaves of the defeated towns to his cause. Biggest error was leading that attack downhill when they held the higher ground, they could keep setting them on fire and let them burn in an attempt to gain control of the hill, less costly than a charge. Also when Marcus had them trapped they should have gone directly to rome forcing Marcus to push his already tired troops in an effort to save Roman lives and profit from any fires the rebels would have set.