On the second day of the Medway crossing, the future emperor Vespasian led Legio II Augusta in the main assault. Legio XIV Gemina under Hostilius Geta was temporarily in difficulty until reinforced. Togodumnus, co-king of the Catuvellauni with Caratacus, died of wounds shortly after. The battle lasted two full days — unprecedented in Caesar or Claudius campaigns — and was the true hinge of the Claudian conquest.
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