60AD 60–61 · Colchester, London and St Albans
Boudica's revolt against Rome
After Rome annexed the Iceni kingdom in eastern Britain, its officials flogged the widowed queen Boudica and raped her daughters. She led the Iceni and their neighbours in a revolt that burned Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium and Verulamium (St Albans), killing tens of thousands. A Roman army under Suetonius Paulinus defeated her somewhere in the Midlands, and she died soon after.
Sites
- Site 1: Colchester CastleNorman keep built on the vaults of the Temple of Claudius, which the rebels destroyed.Map ↗
- Site 2: Verulamium Museum and Park, St AlbansWalls, mosaics and theatre of the Roman town the rebels sacked.Map ↗
- Site 3: Boadicea and Her Daughters, Westminster BridgeThornycroft's bronze chariot group on the Embankment, set up in 1902.Map ↗
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