1/ Analyzing the greatest battles of the classical world:

The Battle of Watling street or the end of the Boudica Rebellion -->

Roman Britain in 60/61 AD. Boudica, queen of the Iceni tribe is in full rebellion against the #Roman Empire, raiding the entire province
2/....killing every Roman and their allies that her 100.000 men under arms can reach. Just recently she was able to sack Londinium, slaugthering every Roman that couldn't evacute the town time. This all happend while Roman governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus....
3/..was conducting a greater mop-up operation further north, leaving only small garrisons left. With Londinium lost, Paulinus was able to rally together as small band of Roman forces including the XIV legion with the veterans of the XXth, and auxiliaries from the neighbourhood.
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