Calling all armchair generals! Boudica's Last Stand.

[Nathan Ross]

Heritage Gateway records that ...

Thanks for the link, Steve.

"The town was burnt down during the Boudiccan Revolt of AD 60-61, but was quickly rebilt. The new town shows evidence of regular planning, dating to the late 60's of the 1st century AD."

This seems rather similar to the finds from Silchester - burning followed or accompanied by large-scale urban reorganisation. Without other evidence to tie it to the Boudica revolt, could the burnt remains at both sites be just cleared debris from the building/reconstruction work?

However, I wouldn't put the town outside the radius of the revolt necessarily.

it is not a given that this was a safe area for an army on the move that was prone to ambush.

"Suetonius... with wonderful resolution, marched amidst a hostile population to Londinium" - so he was passing through unsafe areas anyway.

Even if the burning was connected to the revolt, an army could have occupied the town either before or after it was attacked.