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The Roman Governor, Suetonius Paulinus, was with the main Roman army far away in Anglesey fighting the druids, the powerful Celtic priests.

When Suetonius heard the news of the revolt, he guessed that Boudicca would be heading to Londinium (London).

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Anglesey

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London was everything that the rebels hated about Roman rule. But, instead of going straight there after their victory at Colchester, the Celts spent the summer celebrating and looting.

This meant that the Governor, Suetonius Paulinus, was able to reach London from Wales with a small cavalry force.


London was an important Roman trading centre with thousands of people but, when Suetonius arrived, he realised he didn’t have enough men to defend London against Boudicca’s army.

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Instead, he evacuated as many people as he could to Verulamium (St Albans). Many important Londoners escaped by boat. Many abandoned their shops and homes and buried their possessions intending to return later to retrieve them.

St Albans

London


By the time Boudicca’s army reached London, they found it deserted and undefended. They spent several days in London burning the town and torturing and killing anyone who had stayed behind.


St Albans

London

Then, Boudicca’s army headed for their next target, St Albans.


On the way, Boudicca’s army met the main Roman army that was returning from Anglesey in Wales.

St Albans

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Colchester

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It’s not known exactly where this battle took place.

Archaeologists believe that it happened somewhere along WatlingWatlingWatlingWatling StreetStreetStreetStreet(now the A5), which was a road that ran from Wroxeter to London.

Anglesey


There was a terrible battle, but the discipline and skill of the Roman army was so great, that the bloodthirsty rabble which made up Bouidicca’s army, were doomed.


The Roman governor, Suetonius gathered his troops at …. ‘a spot a spot a spot a spot encircled with woods, encircled with woods, encircled with woods, encircled with woods, narrow at the entrance, narrow at the entrance, narrow at the entrance, narrow at the entrance, and sheltered in the and sheltered in the and sheltered in the and sheltered in the rear by a thick forestrear by a thick forestrear by a thick forestrear by a thick forest’.

He ordered his men to take no prisoners.


The Celts thought they would be victorious again and wanted their families to witness their victory. They parked their wagons behind them so that their families could watch the battle. Instead of victory, the Celts found themselves in a trap.

Worse still, Boudicca’s army couldn’t escape because they were trapped by their own wagons.

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According to Tacitus, by the end of the battle, 400 Romans had died but 80,000 Celts had perished.

The revolt was over.


Tacitus wrote that rather than be taken to Rome as a prisoner, Boudicca poisoned herself.

Dio Cassius wrote that she fell ill and died.

No one really knows the truth.


Even though the revolt had been put down, the Romans took revenge for the loss of their men.

They repeatedly destroyed crops and terrorised the Celts


Finally, in AD 61, Emperor Nero sent Classicianus to restore peace and prosperity to the Roman province, Britannia.

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Britain was now BritanniaBritanniaBritanniaBritannia, a province of the mighty Roman empire. It’s capital was at Londinium.


Britannia was divided up into territories, military settlements and towns and was ruled by a governor.


There were councils and elected magistrates to enforce the law.

The Roman army kept strict control over Britannia.


As the years went by, more and more Britons in the towns took on Roman customs. Life was mostly peaceful under Roman rule and people began to enjoy living in Roman towns with bath houses and shops and many other comforts.

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Even so, in more isolated places in the countryside, the old Celtic way of life continued much as before. People hunted, herded cattle and sowed their crops.


Soon there were quite a few Romans living in Britannia. Many Roman soldiers settled in the towns when they left the army and sometimes they married local girls. Life in Britannia began to settle down.


Do you think that Boudicca was right to

start a revolt?



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