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Battle of Watling Street 61 AD (Boudicca Defeated) - Mancetter

61
Warwickshire, England
Era
Roman Period
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Warwickshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Iceni, Trinovantes and other Celtic Britons led by Boudica
VS
Victor
Roman Empire (Gaius Suetonius Paulinus)
Forces involved

Roman: approximately 10,000. British: 230,000-300,000 per Cassius Dio, figures regarded by modern historians as extravagant/exaggerated

Outcome
Decisive Roman victory that crushed the Boudican revolt and consolidated Roman rule in southern Britain.
The Battle

History & Significance

Battle of Watling Street 61 AD (Boudicca Defeated) - Mancetter was a Roman pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in the area of Warwickshire, England in 61. Roman Empire (Gaius Suetonius Paulinus) prevailed over Iceni, Trinovantes and other Celtic Britons led by Boudica. Decisive Roman victory that crushed the Boudican revolt and consolidated Roman rule in southern Britain.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Battle of Watling Street 61 AD (Boudicca Defeated) - Mancetter lies on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Casualties & Losses
  • British: approximately 80,000 killed per Tacitus (also viewed sceptically by modern historians). Roman: approximately 400 killed, 400+ wounded. Prior to the final battle, Legio IX Hispana was destroyed and the populations of Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium (estimated 70,000-80,000 civilians) were killed by the rebels.
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Scheduled Monuments near Battle of Watling Street 61 AD (Boudicca Defeated) - Mancetter

Hartshill Castle
Hartshill Castle
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 mi

Hartshill Castle is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Warwickshire, dating to the Norman period following the conquest of 1066. The castle comprises an earthwork mound surrounded by a ditch, typical of early Norman military architecture, with evidence of timber fortifications that would…

Brett Lees-Smith from Nuneaton, Warwickshire,, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Grendon Bridge
Grendon Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Grendon Bridge is a medieval stone bridge crossing the River Avon near Grendon in Warwickshire. The structure dates to the fourteenth century and represents an important example of medieval bridge engineering in the region. The bridge features characteristic pointed arches typical of its period a…

Robin Stott / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Remains of Polesworth Abbey
Remains of Polesworth Abbey
Scheduled monument · ~4 mi

Polesworth Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery founded in the tenth century in Warwickshire, established under the patronage of the Anglo-Saxon royal house. The surviving remains consist principally of the gatehouse and sections of the conventional buildings, including fragments of the abbey church, w…

JohnArmagh / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Benedictine priory and precinct of St Mary, Nuneaton
The Benedictine priory and precinct of St Mary, Nuneaton
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

St Mary's Priory at Nuneaton is a Benedictine priory founded in the eleventh century, originally established as a cell of the English monastery of Fontevraud Abbey before becoming independent. The priory operated as a major religious and economic centre in medieval Warwickshire until its dissolut…

JohnArmagh / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kingsbury Hall: a medieval enclosure castle and post-medieval house
Kingsbury Hall: a medieval enclosure castle and post-medieval house
Scheduled monument · ~6 mi

Kingsbury Hall is a medieval enclosure castle and post-medieval house located in Warwickshire, England. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a medieval defensive enclosure, with evidence of occupation and modification extending into the post-medieval period when domestic structures were co…

David Godfrey / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Motte and bailey castle, 90m NW of All Saints' Church
Motte and bailey castle, 90m NW of All Saints' Church
Scheduled monument · ~6.8 mi

This motte and bailey castle situated 90 metres north-west of All Saints' Church in Warwickshire is a fortified earthwork of Norman origin, likely constructed in the eleventh or twelfth century following the Norman Conquest. The monument comprises a substantial mound or motte with an attached bai…

Roman camp
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Merevale Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, associated water control features and industrial remains
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
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