[00:02.871] | But her triumph couldn't last. |
[00:09.568] | The lightly-defended civilians of Colchester were one thing |
[00:12.717] | But now she would have to face a disciplined Roman army |
[00:17.075] | fully prepared for all that she could throw at them. |
[00:24.275] | Sure enough, when the two forces met, Boudicca's,swollen and unwieldy army was no match for the legions. |
[00:33.421] | Her great insurrection ended in a gory chaotic slaughter. |
[01:14.875] | Boudicca took her own life rather than fall into the hands of the Romans. |
[01:27.505] | Lessons had been learned the hard way, at least for some. |
[01:30.868] | And,so when barbarians started attacking Roman forts in the north, the Romans knew exactly what to do. |
[01:39.450] | In 79 AD, an enormous pitched battle took place on the slopes of an unidentified highland mountain, |
[01:46.000] | Which Tacitus calls Mons Graupius. |
[01:49.400] | The result was another slaughter |
[01:52.555] | But not before the Caledonian general, Calgacus, delivered the first great anti-imperialist speech on Scotland's soil. |
[00:02.871] | But her triumph couldn' t last. |
[00:09.568] | The lightlydefended civilians of Colchester were one thing |
[00:12.717] | But now she would have to face a disciplined Roman army |
[00:17.075] | fully prepared for all that she could throw at them. |
[00:24.275] | Sure enough, when the two forces met, Boudicca' s, swollen and unwieldy army was no match for the legions. |
[00:33.421] | Her great insurrection ended in a gory chaotic slaughter. |
[01:14.875] | Boudicca took her own life rather than fall into the hands of the Romans. |
[01:27.505] | Lessons had been learned the hard way, at least for some. |
[01:30.868] | And, so when barbarians started attacking Roman forts in the north, the Romans knew exactly what to do. |
[01:39.450] | In 79 AD, an enormous pitched battle took place on the slopes of an unidentified highland mountain, |
[01:46.000] | Which Tacitus calls Mons Graupius. |
[01:49.400] | The result was another slaughter |
[01:52.555] | But not before the Caledonian general, Calgacus, delivered the first great antiimperialist speech on Scotland' s soil. |
[00:02.871] | But her triumph couldn' t last. |
[00:09.568] | The lightlydefended civilians of Colchester were one thing |
[00:12.717] | But now she would have to face a disciplined Roman army |
[00:17.075] | fully prepared for all that she could throw at them. |
[00:24.275] | Sure enough, when the two forces met, Boudicca' s, swollen and unwieldy army was no match for the legions. |
[00:33.421] | Her great insurrection ended in a gory chaotic slaughter. |
[01:14.875] | Boudicca took her own life rather than fall into the hands of the Romans. |
[01:27.505] | Lessons had been learned the hard way, at least for some. |
[01:30.868] | And, so when barbarians started attacking Roman forts in the north, the Romans knew exactly what to do. |
[01:39.450] | In 79 AD, an enormous pitched battle took place on the slopes of an unidentified highland mountain, |
[01:46.000] | Which Tacitus calls Mons Graupius. |
[01:49.400] | The result was another slaughter |
[01:52.555] | But not before the Caledonian general, Calgacus, delivered the first great antiimperialist speech on Scotland' s soil. |