
065- Burn It To The Ground
The History of Rome
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The Battle of Watling Street
Budica roused her army with a speech, imploring them to make this moment the last moment for the romans in britain. But suitanius knew what he was doing and had placed himself at a spot where only so many britons could attack at any one time. Of the 230 thousand budaca led into the battle of watling street, 80 thousand now lay dead on the plain. Roman losses were put at 400. Her revolt shattered budaca drank poison to avoid capture. Budica's rebellion very nearly caused nero to abandon britain altogether. Having set a roman client back on the throne of armenia, corbulo had settled conditions
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