
065- Burn It To The Ground
The History of Rome
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The Triumph of Suetanius
When news of camel and dunham reached suitanius in wales, he immediately abandoned his campaign and marched straight for the new commercial centere of londinium. But upon arrival, he assessed the situation and decided the new city was indefensible with buddica marching straight for them. He abandoned the town and looked for a better position from which to direct his counter attack. Theugh reports that budica led 230 thousand warriors, is certainly an exaggeration. There is no doubt that the romans were massively outnumbered. Tacitus reports that though suetanius arrayed his men in a single line, it was not enough t match the length of the far deeper british
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