A Chronological History of Britain
Every episode of The British History Podcast that includes Roman Britannia. Caesar, Britannia Superior, Britannia Inferior, and more.
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70 CE to 78 CE.
This episode we’ll be talking about how awful life under Roman Rule was in the first century, the year of the four emperors, and the events that lead up to Agricola.
(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, Celtic History, Roman History)
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60 CE
Having burned several cities to the ground, Boudica and her army of enraged Britons are a seemingly unstoppable force. However, Governor Suetonius has returned from the West, and has marshalled his forces. It was a conflict is so famous that even Tacitus wrote of it… and only one general would come out on top.
(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, Celtic History, Roman History)
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This episode focuses upon the year 60 and the story of the queen of the Iceni.
Rome’s chickens are coming home to roost. After nearly 20 years of conflict and domination, things are hitting a fever pitch in the first of two episodes that will cover one of Britain’s most famous warleaders, the woman who would challenge the might of Rome. Boudica.
(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, Celtic History, Roman History)
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This episode covers the years 54 CE to 60 CE and the major characters are…
Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes and unhappy wife
Venutius, King of the Brigantes and unhappy Husband
and Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, governor of Britannia… and probably unhappy as well.
There is a new Emperor ruling over Rome. What impact will this have upon how Britain, one of the Empire’s newest properties, is administered. Meanwhile, how will the tribes within Britain, such as the Kingdom of the Brigante, cope with the brewing cultural conflict between the Britons and the Romans? This episode will address those questions and will also talk about how Romanization was carried out, and the sheer chaos that would have created among the Britons.
(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, Celtic History, Roman History)
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This episode will cover the years 42 to 54 CE
The main characters will be…
Caractacus, leader of the British resistance and exiled king of the Catuvellauni.
Aulus Plautius, the general who took Britannia for Emperor Claudius
Publius Ostorius Scapula, a Roman governor of Britannia
Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigante
and Venutius, King of the Brigante
The Governance of Aulus Plautius is over and a new Governor is brought to command, and subjugate, the Britons. A brutal man named Publius Ostorius Scapula. But the British resistance was not over. Caractacus might have lost the fight against Plautius, but he wasn’t defeated. The fight for Britain continues.
(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, Celtic History, Roman History)
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This episode covers the invasion of Britannia in 42 CE by emperor Claudius. The major characters we’ll be talking about today are…
Emperor Claudius – Emperor of Rome and man in need of a serious PR campaign.
Aulus Plautius – His General, and the man tasked with invading Britannia.
Vespasian – Leader of the Second Legion and future Emperor of Rome (though he didn’t know it yet).
Togodomnus – Son of Cunobellinus and leader of the Catuvellauni.
Caractucus – Brother of Togodomnus, and other leader of the Catvellauni
“Whoever were the first inhabitants of Britain, whether natives or immigrants, has never been answered: don’t forget we are dealing with barbarians.” – Tacitus, Agricola.
Emperor Claudius, driven by politics and a need to establish his value, has dispatched the Second, Ninth, Fourteenth, and Twentieth legions to Britannia. The British warriors tribes managed to hold their own against the power of Rome twice before, and against Rome’s most famous General, but will they be able to withstand the sheer destruction that four legions can bring? Only time will tell.
(History of Britain, History of England, History of Wales, Celtic History, Roman History)