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Boudica's (Lines: Rebellion Suetonius The With The About To Join and Was The For Was That The Was With Fear of

Suetonius had around 10,000 armed men from the 14th legion and auxiliary units prepared to engage Boudica's forces in battle. He chose a location for battle that was enclosed on three sides by narrow passes and woods, leaving only one open plain, to prevent ambush. Suetonius drew up his legionaries in tight formation with lightly armed troops surrounding them, while the cavalry stood massed on the wings. In contrast, Boudica's forces rushed about wildly in groups with their wives watching from wagons, showing great numbers and ferocious courage.

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Boudica's (Lines: Rebellion Suetonius The With The About To Join and Was The For Was That The Was With Fear of

Suetonius had around 10,000 armed men from the 14th legion and auxiliary units prepared to engage Boudica's forces in battle. He chose a location for battle that was enclosed on three sides by narrow passes and woods, leaving only one open plain, to prevent ambush. Suetonius drew up his legionaries in tight formation with lightly armed troops surrounding them, while the cavalry stood massed on the wings. In contrast, Boudica's forces rushed about wildly in groups with their wives watching from wagons, showing great numbers and ferocious courage.

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Boudica's Rebellion 3 (lines 24 - 361

Now suetonius had the 14th legion, together with detachments of the

20th and auxiliaries from the neighbouring areas, about 1o,0oo armed

men: he prepared to advance and join battle.

And he chose a place which was closed off by narrow defiles and, at

the back, by woods: for he knew that there was no room for the enemy

other than that in front, and that the plain was open with no fear of

ambush.

Therefore the legionaries were drawn up, thronged in lines, with lightly

armoured troops surrounding (them): the cavalry stood by, massed

together on the wings.

But the forces of the Britons were rushing about wildly in all directions

in groups of infantry and troops of cavalry; the crowd was as great as

at no other time, and they were so ferocious in their courage that they

brought their wives with them too as witnesses of their victory, and

they placed them in wagons which they had positioned at the edge of

the plain.

page 172

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