Britannia During the
Revolt of Boudica
(A.D. 60)Battle (exact
locations unknown)
Route of Boudica’s
rebels
Route of Roman troopsalthough julius caesar was the
first Roman general to set foot in
Great Britain, the real occupation
of the island began almost 100
years later during the time of the
emperor Claudius. In a.d. 43 Ro-
man legions disembarked on the
Kent coast. They successfully pac-
ified the Cantiaci (the Roman name
for the tribes who lived in the area
near modern-day Kent) and the Ca-
tuvellauni, who were based north of
modern London and whose former
capital the Romans called Verula-
mium (modern St. Albans). Soon
after, Claudius arrived with more
troops and was able to take control
of Camulodunum (Colchester). Pra-
sutagus, ruler of the Iceni, who lived
in what today is East Anglia, collab-
orated with the Romans. By a.d. 60,
however, when Suetonius Paulinus
was campaigning in Wales, Pra-
sutagus’s widow, Boudica, sparked
a revolt alleging mistreatment at the
hands of the occupiers. Her rebel-
lion brought destruction down on
three major Roman towns before
she was routed at an unknown lo-
cation in the Midlands.ROME COMES
TO BRITAIN A LEGIONARY
EMBLEM BEARING
THE LEGEND SPQR,
THE INITIAL LETTERS
OF THE LATIN TERM
MEANING “THE
SENATE AND THE
PEOPLE OF ROME.”
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