Roman Londonium Flashcards
When did Julius Caesar first scout London?
55BC
When did Julius Caesar return to London with his army (how many)?
54BC and 20,000 soldiers
How long after Julius Caesar did the Romans return to London?
90 years later in 43AD under Emperor Claudius
How many soldiers did Emperor Claudius send to London and with what animal?
40,000 soldiers and war elephants donned with armour, spikes, swords and bells to make noise and scare enemy
Where did the Romans settle in London?
Along the banks of the River Thames - narrow, shallow, point tidal waves stopped
What did the build across the River Thames and how long did it last?
A bridge (the first London Bridge) and 1600 years
What was so genius about the first London Bridge built by Romans?
They invented a winch system to open the bridge up to let ships pass through
Who were the native tribe that opposed the Romans?
The Iceni
What year did Queen _______ and King __________ of the Iceni tribe strike a deal with the Roman Emperor ______?
Queen Boudica, King Prasutagus and Emperor Nero in 60AD
What happened when King Prasutagus of the Iceni tribe died?
The Romans got greedy, disregarded the existing deal, raped the two daughters and publicly flogged the Queen
Queen Boudica raised an army of how many people?
100,000 indigenous people
How many Romans did Queen Boudica’s army kill?
80,000 people plus 30-70 thousand in the fires
How hot did the fires get to and how did historians know this?
1000 degrees and charred earth half a metre below modern London
How many men did Emperor Nero send to quell the uprising of Queen Boudica?
200 unarmed soldiers, no swords
How did Queen Boudica and her daughters die?
Queen Boudica - suicide by snake bite
Daughters - in battle
When was the statue of Queen Boudica erected and where?
1902 and out the front of the Houses of Parliament
When was Roman Londinium at its peak?
110AD with basilicas, amphitheatres, bath houses like Rome
When was the Roman Londonium city wall built, why and how?
280AD and outside enemies gaining strength and using stones from a quarry in Kent, transported by 2000 boat trips down the Thames
When did the Romans abandon London and why?
410AD and for defend Italy from Goths and Vandals
