SexViolHist Bib: Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: Roman Conquest of Britain

»The Roman conquest of Britain was the Roman Empire's conquest of most of the island of Britain, which was inhabited by the Celtic Britons. It began in earnest in AD 43 under Emperor Claudius, and was largely completed in the southern half of Britain (most of what is now called England and Wales) by AD 87, when the Stanegate was established. The conquered territory became the Roman province of Britannia.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

G e n e r a l K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: Celtic History, Roman History

II. Geographical Index: European History: English History

III. Topical Index: Cases: Real Victims: Boudica's Daughters; Types: General: Rape

General

I. Author Index

[Info] Redfern, Rebecca. »Gendered Violence in Iron Age and Roman Britain.« The Cambridge World History of Violence. Vol. 1. Edited by Garrett G. Fagan et al. Cambridge 2025: 320-341.

II. Speaker Index

Boudican revolt (AD 60-61)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Boudican revolt was an armed uprising by native Celtic Britons against the Roman Empire during the Roman conquest of Britain. It took place circa AD 60–61 in the Roman province of Britain, and it was led by Boudica, the Queen of the Iceni tribe. The uprising was motivated by the Romans' failure to honour an agreement they had made with Boudica's husband, Prasutagus, regarding the succession of his kingdom upon his death, and by the brutal mistreatment of Boudica and her daughters by the occupying Romans.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

Cases: Real Victims: Boudica's Daughters Representations: Historiography: Cassius Dio, Tacitus

Campaigns of Agricola (AD 78–84)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The new governor was Agricola, returning to Britain, and made famous through the highly laudatory biography of him written by his son-in-law, Tacitus. Arriving in mid-78, Agricola completed the conquest of Wales in defeating the Ordovices who had destroyed a cavalry ala of Roman auxiliaries stationed in their territory. Knowing the terrain from his prior military service in Britain, he was able to move quickly to subdue them. He then invaded Anglesey, forcing the inhabitants to sue for peace. (...)
Agricola built a network of military roads and forts to secure the Roman occupation. Existing forts were strengthened and new ones planted in northeastern Scotland along the Highland Line, consolidating control of the glens that provided access to and from the Scottish Highlands.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

Representations: Historiography: Tacitus