Boudica

Boudica's Revolt
Boudicas Revolt in AD 60 was perfectly justifiable. Britain was invaded by the Romans in AD 43 under control of emperor Claudius. The Icenis at this time were under control form King Antedious. The Icenian kingdom made a treaty with the Romans making the Iceni a Client Kingdom.

A client kingdom is a kingdom under control of the Romans. The king of this kingdom remained in throne but the king had to answer to the Romans. This meant that the king had certain freedom but in the end had to listen to what Rome said. The Iceni controlled all trade routes into the wash. The Romans needed to have use of these sea routes for trading and shipments. The Romans used the Iceni towns to house their soldiers when preparing to secure the south coast routes into Britain. The Romans didn't like leaving troops near newly conquered colonies because it was a waste of their resources. It was much more effective to waste the Icenian resources even though it annoyed the Iceni.


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