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7 – The Claudian Invasion of Britannia

The British History Podcast

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The Battle of Camulodonim

Josephus claims that the battle at camulodonim was of no importance whatever. But what we do know for sure is that claudius was in britannia for a total of 16 days. And when he left the island, he left it under the command of plautius. Claudius and vespasian both had their own historians and desired to be remembered as great conquering generals. For money, i'd wager that the true britannicus was aulus plautius - but his honors were seized by others.

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