Will Rome's northern frontier fall? – Battle of Watling Street, 60 AD

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Will Rome's northern frontier fall? – Battle of Watling Street, 60 AD


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🚩 In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire,…

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  1. 🚩 If you like what you see, consider supporting my work on Patreon and you get ad-free early access to my videos for as little as $1 https://www.patreon.com/historymarche — You can also show your support by subscribing to the channel and liking the video. Thank you for watching.

    🚩 In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire, Rome’s strategy for command and control failed horribly. For the first time in memory, the Roman army is in retreat and the power of Rome is questioned. The Iceni army led by Boudica has cornered the outnumbered Romans at Mancetter. The Roman general Gaius Suetonius Paulinus steels his men for the battle ahead: “Ignore the racket made by these savages. There are more women than men in their ranks. We have beaten them before and when they see our weapons and feel our spirit, they will crack. Stick together. Throw the javelins, then push forward! Knock them down with your shields and finish them off with your swords. Forget about plunder. Just win and you will have everything!”

  2. it apparently occured to nobody that boudhica lost her first and only battle against other than militia (garrissons) . maybe she was just incompetent. maybe she had no clue' of military tactics. because she was never taught in those domains

  3. The Britsh lost badly here , fighting in their country , outnumbering the enemy, their families are witching them, this would never happened in Germany or Russia in 60 AD Germany was called Germania and Russia was called Sarmatia in those days and they would a lot better

  4. It is probably not that complicated to find the location of the battle. Suertonius chose the best defensive position available north of St Albans. He drew up his soldiers in a line between the hills of Bacombe and Boddington, which lie by the town of Wendover, and then had the Chiltern as a protection to the rear. For those who want to solve this, a metal detector and an examination of the field between the hills is required. Some of the thousands of spears that the Romans threw at the English should remain in the ground.