Roman Londonium

Question 1

When did Julius Caesar first scout London?

Answer 1

55BC

Question 2

When did Julius Caesar return to London with his army (how many)?

Answer 2

54BC and 20,000 soldiers

Question 3

How long after Julius Caesar did the Romans return to London?

Answer 3

90 years later in 43AD under Emperor Claudius

Question 4

How many soldiers did Emperor Claudius send to London and with what animal?

Answer 4

40,000 soldiers and war elephants donned with armour, spikes, swords and bells to make noise and scare enemy

Question 5

Where did the Romans settle in London?

Answer 5

Along the banks of the River Thames - narrow, shallow, point tidal waves stopped

Question 6

What did the build across the River Thames and how long did it last?

Answer 6

A bridge (the first London Bridge) and 1600 years

Question 7

What was so genius about the first London Bridge built by Romans?

Answer 7

They invented a winch system to open the bridge up to let ships pass through

Question 8

Who were the native tribe that opposed the Romans?

Answer 8

The Iceni

Question 9

What year did Queen _______ and King __________ of the Iceni tribe strike a deal with the Roman Emperor ______?

Answer 9

Queen Boudica, King Prasutagus and Emperor Nero in 60AD

Question 10

What happened when King Prasutagus of the Iceni tribe died?

Answer 10

The Romans got greedy, disregarded the existing deal, raped the two daughters and publicly flogged the Queen

Question 11

Queen Boudica raised an army of how many people?

Answer 11

100,000 indigenous people

Question 12

How many Romans did Queen Boudica’s army kill?

Answer 12

80,000 people plus 30-70 thousand in the fires

Question 13

How hot did the fires get to and how did historians know this?

Answer 13

1000 degrees and charred earth half a metre below modern London

Question 14

How many men did Emperor Nero send to quell the uprising of Queen Boudica?

Answer 14

200 unarmed soldiers, no swords

Question 15

How did Queen Boudica and her daughters die?

Answer 15

Queen Boudica - suicide by snake bite

Daughters - in battle

Question 16

When was the statue of Queen Boudica erected and where?

Answer 16

1902 and out the front of the Houses of Parliament

Question 17

When was Roman Londinium at its peak?

Answer 17

110AD with basilicas, amphitheatres, bath houses like Rome

Question 18

When was the Roman Londonium city wall built, why and how?

Answer 18

280AD and outside enemies gaining strength and using stones from a quarry in Kent, transported by 2000 boat trips down the Thames

Question 19

When did the Romans abandon London and why?

Answer 19

410AD and for defend Italy from Goths and Vandals