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Boudica's Battle of Britain

The Ancients

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The Roman Route to Colchester

Paul Linus and his army were ambushed on the way to relieve Colchester. They are thought to have arrived too late but it is not known what happens to them. The Roman route between Colchester and Budica's next big target which is now present-day London? That road runs directly along. It's a straight line and the railway from Colchester to London follows the exact line as well. So Paul Linus gets to London ahead of Budica and that's the crucial point. When he arrives there the population must think that he's the savior. He's at the vanguard of the returning army. But when he takes one look at it, he just says I'm

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