Suetonius Paulinus chose a narrow defile flanked by forest to negate the enormous British numerical advantage. The Roman volley shattered the British charge and the cavalry drove them back onto their own wagons. Boudicca took poison. The exact site is unknown — somewhere in the Midlands, possibly near Mancetter in Warwickshire. The revolt had burned Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium.
c.80,000 British killed; 400 Romans
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