Aureliana remarked to her high command that the Vortigern seemed to be pouring ever more troops into the fray. The Queen’s remaining spies had been able to inform her that so many reinforcements were being brought up from Londinium to Verulamium that there was now now but a single cohort defending the capital. Having received this intelligence, Aureliana had persuaded Germanus and Aetius (who had now sworn loyalty to the Archbishop of Britannia) to take advantage of the fact that the Vortigern was trying to win the day by focusing all his resources on the present battle. Germanus got word to Lucius back in Lactodurum ordering them to set off forthwith for Londinium with the reserve forces (on the assumption that they had been well enough trained to succeed in their mission) to secure the city now that it was d...

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