Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61)

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The Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) was a decisive clash in Roman Britain in which the Roman governor Suetonius Paulinus crushed the rebellion led by the Iceni queen Boudica.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military conflict
alsoKnownAs final battle of the Boudican revolt
approximateLocation along the Roman road later known as Watling Street
exact battlefield location uncertain
belligerent British people
surface form: Britons

Romans
category battles involving Celtic peoples
battles involving the Roman Empire
combatant Boudican revolt
surface form: Boudica's rebel forces

Iceni
Roman Empire
Trinovantes
other Brittonic tribes
commander Boudica
Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
conflict Boudican revolt
date AD 60 or 61
describedBySource Cassius Dio
Tacitus
effect secured continued Roman rule in Britain
suppressed large-scale tribal resistance in Britannia
followedBy end of the Boudican revolt
forceStrengthBritons far larger rebel army
forceStrengthRoman about 10,000 men
approximately one legion with auxiliaries
historicalPeriod 1st century AD
historicalRegion Britannia
location Roman Britain
province of Britannia
namedAfter Watling Street
notableCommanderRole Boudica served as queen of the Iceni
Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
surface form: Suetonius Paulinus served as Roman governor of Britain
outcome massacre of large numbers of Britons
partOf Boudican revolt
Roman conquest of Britain
history of Roman Britain
precededBy destruction of Londinium
destruction of Verulamium
Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) self-linksurface differs
surface form: sack of Camulodunum
result decisive Roman victory
side Roman forces under Suetonius Paulinus
rebel Britons under Boudica
significance decisive clash between Roman authority and native resistance in Britain
tactics Roman cavalry charges against flanks
Roman defensive position in narrow defile
use of disciplined infantry formations
year 60
61

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Watling Street associatedWithEvent Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61)
Boudican revolt notableBattle Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61)
this entity surface form: Battle of Watling Street
Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) precededBy Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Battle of Watling Street
this entity surface form: sack of Camulodunum