Boudicca's revolt

Name: Boudicca's revolt
Start: 60
End: 61

Type Event Region Europe Time 60–61

In 60-61 CE Queen Boudicca of the Iceni launched a major revolt against Roman oppression, sacking Camulodunum and Londinium before being defeated by …

Timeline

60Camulodunum (Colchester) · EssexBoudicca allied with tribes such as the Trinovantes and rose in revolt, first capturing the Roman colony of Camulodunum, slaughtering its inhabitants and burning the city; she then advanced on Londinium (London) and Verulamium (St Albans), causing widespread destruction.
61Watling Street · EnglandRoman governor Suetonius Paulinus led his legions to a battlefield favorable to his tactics, routing the larger but loosely organized rebel army with disciplined infantry formations; after the defeat, Boudicca reportedly took poison, according to Tacitus.

Sources

Annals, Book XIV — Tacitus https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/14B*.html
Boudica: The British Revolt Against Rome AD 60 — Graham Webster (1999)