The Boudican revolt was an armed uprising by Celtic Britons against Roman rule during the Roman conquest of Britain, fought around AD 60 to 61 in the Roman province of Britain and led by Boudica, queen of the Iceni. It was provoked by the Romans' refusal to honor an agreement made with Boudica's husband Prasutagus over the succession of his kingdom after his death, and by the brutal treatment of Boudica and her daughters by the occupying Romans. The Iceni, Trinovantes and other Celtic Britons rose against Rome, but the Roman army under Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, though heavily outnumbered, decisively defeated the allied tribes in a final battle that inflicted heavy losses on the Britons, ending the revolt in Roman victory.
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Start Yearapproximate; sources give AD 60 End Yearapproximate; sources give AD 61 CombatantsIceni, Trinovantes and other Celtic Britons versus the Roman Empire 1 Classification
Death Toll Min Conflict TypeColonial or Anti-Colonial War 1 Connections
Commanders and Forces
Roman legions under Gaius Suetonius Paulinus crushed Boudica's revolt in Roman Britain around AD 60-61
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The Boudican revolt was an armed uprising by native Celtic Britons against the Roman Empire during the Roman conquest of Britain. It took place circa AD 60-61 in the Roman province of Britain, and it was led by Boudica, the Queen of the Iceni tribe.
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The result was a Roman victory.
- An uprising by Celtic Britons against Roman occupying rule, per the entity's own sourced description.
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In the three settlements destroyed, between seventy and eighty thousand people are said to have been killed.
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