Boudican Rebellion

Question 1

Who was Boudicca the queen of

Answer 1

The Iceni people

Question 2

What is Boudicca remembered for

Answer 2

leading a revolt against the romans who had taken over her country.

Question 3

revolt defintion

Answer 3

take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.

Question 4

Who is Bouddica’s husband

Answer 4

Prasatagus, a roman client king

Question 5

What was the revolt motivated by?

Answer 5

The uprising was motivated by the Romans’ failure to honour an agreement they had made with her husband, Prasutagus, regarding the succession of his kingdom upon his death, and by brutal mistreatment of Boudica and her daughters by the Romans.

Question 6

What was the agreement between Prasatagus and the Romans

Answer 6

When King Prasutagus of the Iceni died, he left his lands to be divided between his daughters and the emperor, Nero.

Question 7

What did the Romans do instead of sticking to Prasatagus’ will

Answer 7

Romans ignored Prasutagus’s will and seized his lands, flogged his widow Boudica, and raped their daughters.

Question 8

Factors that enraged the Britons

Answer 8

-recalling of loans
-the appropriation of lands
-the actions of scapula, decianus catus and seutonius
-the seizure of icenian property
-violence against the family of prasatagus
-mistreatment of the druids and sacred sites
-the feeling that nothing was safe from roman greed and lust

Question 9

Three main stages of the revolt (written by tacitus)

Answer 9

-the destruction of Camulodunum (Colchester)
-The burning of Londinium (London) and Verulamium (St Albans)
-the final battle

Question 10

Roman Knowledge of Britain

Question 11

Caesar’s expedition to Britain intentions

Answer 11

he travelled with an army to make war

Question 12

inhabitants of gaul

Answer 12

-so poor and wretched that there was nothing worth taking from them
- Caesar took hostages from their king after not being satisfied with the final result of the war.

Question 13

What did Boudicca’s army do to Camulodunum

Answer 13

• She attacked Camulodunum (Colchester), where her troops slaughtered thousands and set fire to the temple of Claudius, killing those who sheltered inside.

Question 14

What did Boudicca’s army do to Londinium

Answer 14

Burnt it down and massacred 25,000 inhabitants
- burning the city and killing anyone who could not escape.

Question 15

What did Boudicca’s army do to Verulamium

Answer 15

Burnt it down
- desecrated roman cemeteries
-mutilated statues
-destroyed tombstones

Question 16

Battle of Watling Street

Answer 16

Battle of Watling Street, (61CE). In this final decisive battle of Boudica’s revolt against Roman rule in Britain, a large British force was routed by the heavily outnumbered Romans, under the command of Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. The battle marked the end of resistance to Roman rule in southern Britain, which was to last until 410.

Question 17

Formation Tactics Suetonius - watling street battle

Answer 17

narrow gorge protected his flanks and a forest protected his rear. With open plains to the front, Boudica was forced to engage the Romans in a massive frontal charge that was funneled into a tight mass and cut down by volleys of javelin. Once the Britons were in disarray, Suetonius ordered his forces forward in typical Roman wedge-shaped formation.

Question 18

As the Britons retreated, what happened.

Answer 18

the ring of wagons belonging to their families impeded their escape and they were massacred.

Question 19

The Aftermath of the revolt

Answer 19

Boudicca’s defeat resulted in swift Roman restoration and vengeance. Direct Roman military rule was established and many tribes that had committed to the revolt such as the Iceni, were put to the sword and their lands sacked
-an estimated 80,000 Britons were slaughtered
-Only 400 romans were said to have been killed in the final battle