Verulamium
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Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain. It was sited southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England. The major ancient Roman route Watling Street passed through the city, but was
Remains of the city walls, with distinctive Roman brick tiles. St Albans Cathedral is in the background.
Roman Theatre, St Albans
A lidar view of part of Verulamium including the Roman theatre
Stretch of Roman wall by the London Gate
Boudica
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Boudica or Boudicca was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a British national her
Verulamium
…known as "Latin Rights", a lesser citizenship status than a colonia possessed. It grew to a significant town, and as such received the attentions of Boudica of the Iceni in 61, when Verulamium was sacked and burnt on her orders: a black ash layer has been recorded by archaeologists, thus confirming the Roman…
Boadicea Haranguing the Britons (1793)
Boudica depicted as a Tudor queen in Holinshed's Chronicles (1577)
The statue Boadicea and Her Daughters by Thomas Thornycroft, near Westminster Pier, London
The History of England (1791), illustration by Francis West