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Which three Roman cities did Boudicca's revolt burn to the ground in 60-61 CE?
Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans) all show a 30 cm burn layer dated to 60-61 CE in modern excavations. About 80,000 colonists and Romano-Britons died before Suetonius Paulinus broke the revolt at the Battle of Watling Street.
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The Icenian Queen Who Burned Roman Colchester London and St Albans to the Ground in 60-61 CE Before Being Defeated by Suetonius Paulinus on the Watling Street Boudicca, queen of the Iceni in eastern Britain, led a revolt against the Roman province of Britannia in 60-61 CE after the Roman procurator had her flogged and her daughters raped. Her army burned Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium and killed an estimated 80,000 colonists and Romanised Britons. She was defeated at the Battle of the Watling Street by Suetonius Paulinus's army of 10,000 against approximately 100,000 Britons.
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