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Emperor Claudius inades Britain with 4 legions under General Aulus Plautius. Caractacus remains the only leader in the region who has not surrenderred. British resistance to the Romans in the South East ends
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Emperor Claudius inades Britain with 4 legions under General Aulus Plautius. Caractacus remains the only leader in the region who has not surrenderred. British resistance to the Romans in the South East ends
Makes an alliance with the invading Roman forces & becomes a puppet King
Defeated by General Plautius causing the Dobunni to surrender to the Romans
Defeated in battle by General Ostorius Scapula
Leads the rebel tribes in the West against the Roman invaders. Leads resistance to Roman occupation in the Catuvellauni & Trinovantes territories
Sent to captivity in Rome. Defeated in battle them flees to the Brigantes
Handed over by Cartimandua, the Brigante Queen, to Ostorius Scapula
While held captive makes a forceful speech in front of Claudius & is spared his life. Sent to captivity in Rome
The Roman administrator plunders the Iceni, Boudicca is flogged & her daughters raped
Leads the Iceni & the South East of England in revolt against the Romans. About 70,000 Romans are killed but Suetonius retaliates by killing 80,000 Britons
The Romans defeat the Iceni, 80,000 Iceni fall to 400 Romans. Forces the Roman Governor Paulinus to return from his campaign in Wales to London. Death of Boudicca, killed during the defeat of the Iceni by the Romans
Boudicca descends upon Colchester taking revenge against the IXth legion
London falls to Boudicca
The Iceni destroy the Roman stronghold of St Albans
England becomes the Roman province Britannia, its capital at Camulodunum (Colchester). Caractacus is taken to Rome as a prisoner. Caractacus and Togodumnus lead the defence against the Roman invasion
Caractacus and Togodumnus lead the defence against the Roman invasion
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