The Icenian Queen Who Burned Roman Colchester London and St Albans to the Ground in 60-61 CE Before Being Defeated by Suetonius Paulinus on the Watling Street
Boudicca, queen of the Iceni in eastern Britain, led a revolt against the Roman province of Britannia in 60-61 CE after the Roman procurator had her flogged and her daughters raped. Her army burned Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium and killed an estimated 80,000 colonists and Romanised Britons. She was defeated at the Battle of the Watling Street by Suetonius Paulinus's army of 10,000 against approximately 100,000 Britons.
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